Whatever happens tomorrow, or for the rest of my life, I’m happy now… because I love you. -Phil Connors
I don’t know what to make of this film. I’ve caught parts of it in HBO but was only able to really watch it now.
I don’t know what to say, the last time I felt like this was when I watched Up, but this was a far more uplifting experience probably because the film is so thought provoking in the what would I do if it was me type of fantasy.
Have to write this down before it escapes me.
-Andie Mcdowell is perfect for this role, not too hot for us to get distracted but not to homely for us to not care whether Bill Murray and her get together.
-How about that a multitude of ways to interpret, and the different iterations where masterfully executed.
-The bit about him mastering everything that goes down, even to the level of detail of when a gust goes by.
-The bit about the first thing that happens after he is trapped in this daily replay loop is to mope around think there is something wrong with him.
“PHIL: It’s the same thing your whole life.Clean up your room! Stand up straight! Pick up your feet!Take it like a man! Be nice to your sister! Don’t mix beer and wine, ever! Don’t drive on the railroad tracks!”
GUS: That’s one I agree with.
later on
PHIL: I’m not going to live by their rules anymore!
GUS: I noticed that.
PHIL: You make choices and you live with them.
-The bit about the second thing that thinks to do is to act like a person who does not care for rules and other restrictions, even going into a monologue about
-The bit about dying and the which started with the car chase and eventually turned into a series of suicide tries where exquisite and thoughtful.
-The bit about the old man dying and resulting to him trying to save the old man and everybody else.
-The bit about him learning stuff and improving himself, finally learning to love (I was trying to type live but love would also do here).
This film is definitely on the will forever stay with me category.
Phil : What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered?
Ralph:That about sums it up for me.