Let’s talk about the movie "Palm Springs" today.
The film title is Palm Springs (2020), alias Love Holiday Unlimited Loop (Hong Kong) / Palm Springs Unbelievable (Taiwan).
This is a comedy set in the framework of time loop, the protagonists are trapped in the same day of endless loop. Unlike previous time-loop films, it is a group of people that fall into the time-loop in Palm Springs, not the protagonist alone.
A mysterious cave appears in the desert, and people sucked into the cave will be trapped in an endless loop timeline. According to the film's setting, as long as the person caught in the time loop dies or falls asleep, the day will be restarted, and the cycle will continue forever.
There are many movies that focus on time loops, and there are many previous works of the same type. "Groundhog Day", "Terror Cruise", "Edge of Tomorrow" and "Happy Death Day" are all classics.
As a work that once again challenges the cycle of time, "Palm Springs" naturally has its own innovations.
The first difference is the entry point of the film's perspective.
The male protagonist Nyles is the first person to fall into the cycle of time. When he himself was bored at first, he wandered in the desert and accidentally ran into this mysterious cave, thus falling into an endless cycle.
Niels gradually adapted to this cycle. The film did not start from the beginning of Niels falling into the cycle, but from the time when Niels became a skilled worker in the confinement of time.
Therefore, when the audience first saw Niels with a look of lovelessness, it seemed that this man was a little out of tune with his environment. In fact, it is precisely because Niels has gone through dozens or hundreds of cycles, and he is familiar with the things that happen all day, but he is a little cynical.
This is a big difference between this film and other time cycle films, and it will be obvious to understand this point.
The second difference is the number of people caught in the loop of time.
In the past, it was the protagonist who was trapped in the time loop, and the audience needed to follow the protagonist’s sight to explore the story slowly. Through the protagonist's exploration, the audience is also looking for ways to break the time loop.
The setting in "Palm Springs" is more interesting, as long as you are sucked into the mysterious cave, you will fall into the same time cycle. Therefore, in this film, there are not only Niels, but also Niels's girlfriend's sister Sarah, and Roy who has traveled hundreds of miles to attend the wedding. Through the follow-up performance of the film, it can be seen that in addition to these three hapless children, there are many people who are also stuck in the time cycle, and have adapted to this cycle, and are unwilling to leave.
Trapped in the cycle of time, immortal cannot escape, it is like setting a topic in the film first.
And breaking the endless loop and escaping the time loop is like breaking a problem.
How to solve the problem became the key to the second half of the film.
Niels has already tried various lifestyles, playing with the world every day, so happy. But after always repeating the same day, after trying various possibilities, he inevitably developed some negative feelings of world-weariness.
Breaking the question at this point has become a task to rescue the negative world-weary man from endless reincarnation. Since death cannot solve the problem, the answer is only love. The seemingly old-fashioned answer is actually very relevant.
The leading actor Andy Sumberg has acted in the American drama "Detective God Annoying" and won the Golden Globe Award for the comedy Shidi. As long as the audience sees him, the three words "Sao Lang Bian" will appear in their minds.
This time he was nominated for a Golden Globe comedy actor for "Palm Springs", and it is possible to win, although it is unlikely to be under the influence of "Hamilton" and "Borat 2", at least it is an affirmation of his comedy career.
Undecided quantum mechanics,
Time loops to make new ideas.
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