THE GROUNDHOG DAY (1993)

First time I watch Bill Murray was on 'Ghostbuster' (I love the comic, addicted to them when I was a kid). But I didn't realize until now it was the same guy I watched in 'Lost In Translation' and 'GroundHog Day'. But I gotta say GroundHog Day might be his best role I ever watched. The movie gave a very deep beautiful life lessons I might ever watch in a comedy movie. I'll tell you why.

Bill Murray plays Phil Connors, a famous weather reporter in a network. Every year he covers a report of 'GroundHog Day' (a holiday celebrated on February 2 in the United States and Canada. According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day, it will leave the burrow, signifying that winter will soon end. If on the other hand, it is sunny, the groundhog will supposedly "see its shadow" and retreat back into its burrow, and winter will continue for six more weeks - wikipedia).

So he went to the biggest celebration of the day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, with Larry the cameraman and Rita (Andie McDowell) the producer. Phil hated the job, mostly because he's been doing the work for years and it becomes too predictable, and that he feels he's too 'big' (as a senior reporter) to do it. But because of the blizzard, he and the team are forced to go back to the city and ends up living the same day over and over again.

Analyzing : Penelope (2006)

 I already watched Penelope few years ago, before I started this blog. All I can remember was : John McAvoy was cute, and Christina Ricci was adorable.

Since I started this blog, I constantly seeking for movies with good message behind. And so as I go, I saw greatest movies ever. I remember this movie has it (good message). But when I googled it few days earlier, I found out the movie has various responses, negative ones from the critics but good ones from the viewers. It made me curious, so I start to dig my pile of DVDs and found the movie.

Since it started with a voice over says: once upon a time... and tells a story about a curse runs in Penelope's family, this is a fairy tale (so it was called). As I go on watching, I remember saying to myself when I first saw the movie; 'wait, what era is the movie? and what's with the mixed accent of the casts? one's British other ones is American.' And why is other cast wear vintage outfit, the other one is modern? The script could do a little research and more thorough.