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"Three thousand weak water, only take a scoop of drink", I quote here to express my overall feeling of "The Day of the Groundhog". A lot of pen and ink is used in the film to show how the protagonist lives in the time like water. Why is it "water"? The fluidity of water determines that no matter how you shape it, the water can always respond to restore the level, just as the protagonist Phil can’t change what he does to wake up tomorrow morning. It’s still today. All he can do is do it. Different things arouse different ripples in infinite time (by repeating the same day without end, experiencing infinite possibilities within a period of time, that is, showing the infinity of time in a limited time); but What matched the infinite time was the limited space. No matter how hard Phil tried, he was trapped in this small Pennsylvania city and could not escape. He intercepted "one scoop" in the infinite time, the "three thousand weak waters".
This is the core setting of "Groundhog Day", repeating the same day in the town-a mixture of infinite and finite. The main theme of this film is also "Three thousand weak water, only take a scoop of drink"-three thousand prosperous, only for one person to drink the joys and sorrows. There is always a taste of online novels in this way, but "The Day of the Groundhog" is indeed about love. Love is like a spine, supporting the whole story-Phil has almost exhausted his life while searching for love. truth. This kind of truth is almost self-explanatory, but it is by no means a simple conclusion, but a torrent of complex emotions that is comprehensible: "I know how to live!"
Halfway through I saw it, I made a guess about the ending-Phil must kill the cute groundhog or pray for the groundhog to let him go. This is a reasonable conjecture, of course, but anyway, I assume that the groundhog named Phil should play an all-knowing and omnipotent role on Groundhog Day. Why is it not the confrontation between Phil the groundhog and the protagonist Phil, but the love that is at the core of the story value sequence but is not always ranked first? For example, according to what I said above, the all-knowing and almighty groundhog should be the most important role in the ending no matter in terms of plot or value. The answer to this question will go deep into the "soil" under the film. With this "soil", the entire setting, characters, script, etc. can all stand on their feet.
Let us return to this "a scoop of water". It only happens once a day. We feel that it is commonplace, and we don't feel that there is anything special. But when this day keeps repeating, we surprisingly discovered the "secret order" in the daily routine-getting up in the morning and going downstairs will surely meet a fat friend, no matter if you are impatient or hold him in your arms ; The old woman on the first floor has already prepared breakfast and asked for warmth, although you can turn your head and walk away or answer seriously; there must be a tramp on the street asking for money, although you can ignore it or take out your wallet-all events are inevitable When it happens, the dying person can't keep it, everything is like a strictly prescribed script, and it works without any difference. Under this "secret order", nothing is accidental. This sounds like "destiny", but we cannot perceive "destiny" in the time we travel.
This is very interesting. Many people claim that “there is no destiny”. In the movie, the “destiny” is revealed through a setting. We still don’t know what it is, but we can strongly feel its unquestionable and unchangeable, just like God. The will. Furthermore, "Destiny" is a paper box, but when we open it, there is nothing inside.
Of course, we can regard all of Phil's behavior as the pursuit of the heroine, and fully understand her hobbies, personality, and temper through unlimited time. If the "hidden order" really exists, then after Phil exhausts this "order", why does the heroine still say: "You don't know me." Isn't this a matter of grasp for Phil? Indeed, the "hidden order" helped Phil understand the world, but there are still parts that cannot be ordered.
This still doesn't seem to explain why the ending relieved Phil's predicament after getting love. Inadvertently, Phil didn't have any extravagant hopes for love, but Cupid's arrow hit the hearts of the two. Is this within "order"? The uncertainty of love almost makes it a metaphysical creation. Getting the nourishment of love is like bathing in the holy light, becoming the all-knowing and all-powerful "groundhog" in the other's heart. It is natural to get out of the predicament of the "groundhog day".
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