This weeks CineTVContest centers around finding a movie where weather plays a major role. While there are many movies out there that center around weather as the main topic, I chose one where the weather impacts the entire premise of the movie, but doesn't constantly pound you with it's intensity. Since I wasn't able to compete in last weeks contest, Romantic Comedies, I figured I'd combine the two and review one of my favorite movies of all time.
Groundhog Day stars Bill Murray as an extremely narcissistic weatherman tasked with covering the yearly groundhog event in the po-dunk town of Punxsutawney, PA. Andie MacDowell plays his very harried producer along with Chris Elliott as his cameraman. Upon arriving in town and completing his duties with as minimal effort as he can get away with, the crew tries to race out of town to beat a massive snowstorm which "Phil" (Murray's character) incorrectly forecasted wouldn't happen. Unfortunately, the roads are shut down and the team is stranded in Punxatawney for at least a couple days.
What follows is classic Bill Murray as he wakes up the next day, only to find himself back where he started 24 hours earlier. Reliving multiple interactions he had with various characters, Murray spends the rest of the movie first despairing, then becoming desparate, and finally coming to grips with his fate. Along the way he learns to lose his narcissism and become a better friend, co-worker, and ultimately a more lovable person as he remains trapped in the same day forever: Groundhog Day.
Throughout the movie, the storm hangs over the scene as it is integral in the decisions made by the team in their timing of events. Groundhog Day itself is weather-related as it's supposed to predict when winter will end. While it never really plays into the events as they are happening, as I said, the approaching storm affects the whole tone of the day being relived.
Andie MacDowell is as sweet as they come in her role as Phil's producer. She and Larry (Chris Elliott) team up to try and coax Phil to at least show something resembling a conscience as he deals with people, but it's a tough go. The gradual metamorphisis of Phil from an egomaniacal "star" to an actual thoughtful, caring human being is shown throughout the movie by his daily interactions with the team. Even though everything is happening on the "same day", each encounter changes and we're able to see him slowly progress. These conversations are almost like report cards on how far his transformation has come.
Scattered throughout are extremely comical adventures Phil takes as he tries to discover why he's "stuck" and what he can or should do about it. From turning criminal, to learning the piano, to speaking another language, the adventures make you laugh throughout, and by the end, Phil makes the entire story plausible (if not believable) and becomes a very sympathetic character who you can't help but like.
Very fun, funny, and ultimately heartwarming. I definitely recommend watching this if you get the chance. You won't regret it.
(All images are from the movie Groundhog Day released by Columbia Pictures)
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😊😁🤣 Bill Murray.. one of the legends!
Thanks for reminding of that great movie and I forgot how awesome that town name is..
This movie review just triggered my interest in watching this movie, I will check it out soon.
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Life is becoming hard day by day, and days are passing in tension and depression, in this time of worries, this movie will allows to spend some time smiling with our families, I'm going to watch this for sure @dagger212.
I absolutely love this choice. Can you please include all of the sources for your images so I can curate it and have it be entered into the contest? Thank you!
Okay. I added a line at the end crediting the studio. For what it's worth, I went and looked at movie reviews from many different movie critics and there is no "crediting" images as they are obviously from the movie. If I was using name, image, likeness to promote myself or something else, then I would need to credit the movie. But since this is an actual movie review, not for profit, I don't see the need. In fact, the critics reviewing these movies actually get paid to do it. I don't.
This is actually free advertising for the studio. I've paid my money to see this movie, whether it was at the theater, renting it online, or simply paying my cable bill. The studio wants people to review this and spread the word. This is only for their benefit.
Like I said, I added the line for the studio, but anyone trying to sue someone for a review of a movie they paid to watch would be laughed out of court.
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I heard of this before. But I haven't seen it, even though I watched his other movie !
I have not heard about this movie before but as you describe it is very funny movie and I like watching this kind of movie very much. One of the biggest benefits of watching this kind of comedy is that for some time one forgets the tension of one's life and just stays like this and gives one's mind a lot of relaxe. This Sunday I will watch the movie and then let you know how I feel.
Do it. It's one of those funny, feel-good movies that always makes you feel better after watching.
Yeah dear.
I love watching movies and seeing the poster of this movie, I think it is an old movie but I will definitely watch it because I also enjoy watching old movies because it is the only way we can get an idea of the culture and people and their clothing of the times before us.
good choice
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hey dagger I'm the Cinetv project manager and so happy you participated. while you are correct that use of the images is perfectly fine under fair use doctrine, the hive community standards and the standards of our community still require that they be properly sourced. thanks so much for understanding.....we absolutely understand that is is decentralized platform and you are free to do as you see fit, we just wouldn't be able to curate it. let me know if there is anything i can do to help.
No worries. Like I said, I make sure I source everything. I was just looking at all of the reviews by people like Roger Ebert et al and saw that none of them sourced their pictures because they are obviously part of the film. I'll make sure I continue to source my pictures.
thanks so much! outstanding post btw lololol That movie gave me such horrible anxiety the first time i watched it and now i love it lolol
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