tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412112983823984878.post200952618644688668..comments2023-04-28T00:36:54.798-07:00Comments on Twohundredfifty: An IMDb Movie Blog: Day Thirty-Five: Groundhog DayBrad Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187660922956962905noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412112983823984878.post-80091965184514029702010-08-09T11:25:45.388-07:002010-08-09T11:25:45.388-07:00The only I have to say is the movie was entertaini...The only I have to say is the movie was entertaining but, I don't think it should be on the list.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12349158684166053883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412112983823984878.post-14302451276326605702010-08-09T01:36:00.131-07:002010-08-09T01:36:00.131-07:00Don't know about should or should not be on th...Don't know about should or should not be on the list, but for me it is a very entertaining movie. It has made me think - what would I do and compare to Bill.<br />I guess not a GREAT movie, but an interesting comedy for sure.<br />The Groundhog Day 8/10Guntarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897845849149843887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412112983823984878.post-62425042849399235072010-08-08T12:24:46.841-07:002010-08-08T12:24:46.841-07:00This is one of the most over-rated movies I've...This is one of the most over-rated movies I've ever seen. It's a simplistic (sometimes just stupid) comedy at best.<br />I hated the ending as well.<br />Should NOT be on the list.Andrew_Slaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04165794902360747065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412112983823984878.post-41217724400041492942010-08-07T18:56:42.168-07:002010-08-07T18:56:42.168-07:00I've always thought that you suspend your disb...I've always thought that you suspend your disbelief to the point that is acceptable and that a given film's universe makes possible, which allows for the time loop, since that's literally the entire movie. Since they got into it, though, they owe it to us to explain his way out of it. That's just my opinion. I'm sure you believe that because I don't understand films THE SAME WAY YOU UNDERSTAND THEM, I don't understand them at all, but I don't really see it that way. I think you're pretty tied up in your delusions of objectivity for a medium that should be at least somewhat subjective. Do you think everyone gets the same thing out of every movie? Why would we waste our time watching them, writing about them, reading about them, and discussing them with friends if we all got the same thing out of them? We would just leave a theater and never think about what we just saw ever again, because it would be superfluous. I don't want to live that way. So yes, I do think Groundhog Day owes us more of an explanation for the way he gets out of the time loop, because it's completely arbitrary that he would be freed on the day he was of all days when he understood "the secret" long before. I still "got it"; that is, I still understood why he was allowed to leave Groundhog Day at the end of the movie and not when he was throwing himself in front of buses, but there was no concrete reason why, and that bugged me.<br /><br />But you'll never read this because you quit on me, so whaaaaaaaaatever.Brad Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187660922956962905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412112983823984878.post-73602453792123350542010-08-07T15:58:26.682-07:002010-08-07T15:58:26.682-07:00Well, I'm done with this blog. Sorry, I don&#...Well, I'm done with this blog. Sorry, I don't like to say people "don't get" a film, but you seriously are trying to work out the mechanics of the end of groundhog day? Why aren't you so concerned with how the time loop starts in the first place? I mean, even if "helping everyone in Punxsutawney" was what freed him, that's still more of an explanation than the one the film gives you for how it started in the first place, which I will summarize in the next two lines of this post.<br /><br />Spoiler! They tell you nothing! End Spoiler!<br /><br />And if you really want an answer, it's nothing more complicated than that he realized how much of a selfish jerk he was, and when he started learning, growing, and living for other people, he was free. It's nothing more complicated than that.<br /><br />So hey, I'm out. I hope you learn to understand films by the time you get through this, because you don't have it yet.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06550770209250948857noreply@blogger.com