Let it die and live, love is our only salvation.
Some time ago, Bonnie introduced a favorite movie "Groundhog Day" on her blog. After searching for a few days on the Internet, I finally found a compressed distortion film uploaded and shared on 56 Youku. Although it is distorted, it still does not detract from its rich content. The warmth of the plot attracted me to watch the real version of "Midnight Laughter" with my feet crossed on the bed at two o'clock in the morning of the first major week. .
"The Day of the Groundhog" tells a story about time and love.
The "time" method used in the story is a desperate "repetition": the screenwriter and director left the actor Phil in the town of Pusutani---beginning on February 2, 1887, "The Groundhog "Day", every day that makes him wake up is "today" that "yesterday" has passed. On this day, he keeps repeating the people he met and what happened. After spending "today" day after day, he knows everyone in the town and what happened at every time. He can influence and change the destiny of everyone in the town in "today". But no matter where he stayed with whom and did anything before "6 o'clock in the morning", at 6 o'clock exactly, when the alarm clock went off, he was still neatly dressed, lying peacefully on the same bed in the same hotel, and the people in the small town People and things are still repeating the first "February 2", there is no death, no tomorrow, no new beginning, and it goes round and round. Each one that produced different results before the end of "today" due to his intervention remained unchanged after the next day, and he would never be able to spend "today". This kind of encounter, just thinking about it, is enough to make people desperate. But obviously, the goal of the director is not to think about the grand hypothesis of "If tomorrow never comes, what will you do" along with the male protagonist in the black hole of time. The thoughts on life, philosophy or religion in the warm film are only It exists to set off the eternal true love of mankind: the old-fashioned love at first sight---the arrogant and mean-speaking weather forecast celebrity Phil fell in love with the passionate, beautiful and energetic female producer Rita at first sight, but in a short period of time While getting along on business trips, I don’t change my arrogance and meanness in the past. I habitually put myself in the position of a "weather forecast star". Habitually comment on all people and things in a mocking tone, which makes the beautiful female filmmakers have a bad impression on them. The merciful God has mercy on the stupid world, so he threw Phil into the black hole of time to experience the exercise. On the second day of a business trip with the female producer Rita, Phil fell into the "no tomorrow" demons without warning. Curse. In the same day that he could not spend repeatedly, Phil tried to seduce the beautiful women in town and develop a one-night stand; he tried to pursue Rita, but even though he revised himself time and time again to look like Rita’s ideal boyfriend: drink The wine she likes to drink, the books she likes to read, the words she likes to listen to, no matter how he deliberately, how to please Rita, he can't get Rita's heart and body before the end of today, because he was at that time It's just to satisfy one's selfish desire to "get" instead of "love." In the end, Phil gave up this hopeless attempt and turned to commit suicide: a car accident, self-immolation, jumping from a building... and the next day he would be awakened by the alarm clock on time without any damage. As the plot of the story develops, from experiencing confusion, struggle, degeneration to despair, the theme of the story gradually becomes clear. God told Phil through Rita's mouth: This is not a spell. It depends on how you look at it. So Phil realized everything and started to face every day positively. He began to learn piano, ice sculpture, to treat people around him kindly, to be considerate, caring, and grateful. Gradually, Phil became charismatic by constantly changing his inner self. At the same time, because of his kindness and consideration, he became the most popular person in the town. Rita was attracted and she fell in love with Phil. Yes, the story ends here, and the ending has surfaced: Phil finally ushered in a brand new February 3rd.
God told us through Phil: "True love is not how you look like the one she wants, it's just you are the one." Love is not the person you look like she wants, but you are that person. Love is not simply to get others, but to give to yourself. Therefore, Phil deliberately carved into Mr. Right described by Rita is not the key to unlocking the curse. Only when he truly becomes that person, a person who devotes himself to love, can he gain the respect and love of others.
The director did not tell us how long did Phil "repeat" his life in the film in order to usher in this perfect day, six months? One year? Two years? Or countless years? We can only learn from Phil’s words: He knows everyone in the town’s past and present, and he can count down what is going to happen in every time period. It took him six months to become an expert in flying cards into hats. He never played the piano until he could perform on stage to win rounds of applause. He learned the skill of ice sculpture, and he could even sculpt the appearance of Rita with his eyes closed... And all this time was spent waiting for a "perfect today" Come and rescue us. Perhaps this is the so-called correct love: before we meet the "perfect" person we want, we need to continue to work hard to create the same "perfect" ourselves. Without the previous efforts, even if we meet, we will be like in the film. Lost like Phil. In reality, there is no merciful God to revise the repeated "today" into a "perfect day" for us.
what if tomorrow is today?
If, like Phil, suddenly one day is stagnant, there is no tomorrow, no death, you can do whatever you want in this day, no matter what you do right, wrong, good or bad, wake up the next day , People will forget that everything is back to the original point, love and hate life and death cannot be changed, what will you do?
If, like Phil, you can only live on a certain day, which day would you choose to go back to, the worst day or the happiest and happiest day?
It’s not a curse, why don’t u just look at it in a different way? It's like a classic line: "I used to have a sincere feeling in front of me. I didn't cherish it. I regretted it when I lost it. If time can come back..." So, congratulations! Time has really come again. So, come on! Work hard for the person you love and burn the little universe you love! The same cup with half of the water, pessimistic people will say: only half, optimistic people will say: there is half. If you actively look at the problem from a different perspective, there will be different results.
As someone said, let’s assume that we don’t have a tomorrow for the time being, and live in the present seriously, caring for ourselves and others, Today is tomorrow, maybe one day, happiness will come suddenly.
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