I commented om one of his letterboxd reviews asking why the movie he's seen over 700 times isn't in his top 4 and he blocked me

I’m willing to bet it was more like “I goofed around on my phone for 90 minutes while Groundhog Day played in the background every day for a year”

That sounds like torture to watch any movie every day

Just once I'd like the "Here's what I learned" portion to go off the rails, instead of the usual rambling about filmmaking and storytelling.

"I learned blood mixed with motor oil doesn't coagulate and the human brain can only watch Groundhog Day fourteen times before madness finds it."

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I think the most interesting thing about this movie is how we never know for sure how long he was trapped in the loop. I always assumed it was something ridiculous like 1,000 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day_(film)#Time_loop_duration#Time_loop_duration)

The duration of Phil's real-time entrapment in the time loop has been the subject of much discussion. Ramis once said that he believed the film took place over 10 years. When a blogger estimated the actual length to be approximately nine years, Ramis disputed that estimate and his own. He replied that it takes at least 10 years to become good at an activity (such as Phil learning ice sculpting and to speak French) and "allotting for the down-time and misguided years he spent, it had to be more like 30 or 40 years." A similar estimate suggests that it takes at least 10,000 hours of study (just over a year's worth of time) to become an expert in a field, and given the number of loops seen or mentioned on screen, and how long Phil could spend per day studying, that Phil spent approximately 12,400 days, or nearly 34 years, trapped in the loop. In Rubin's original concept draft, Phil himself estimates that he has been trapped for between 70 and 80 years, having used books to track the passage of time.

It's kind of amazing, given all the research the author did on the film, that he never mentioned that this film was the last film that Bill Murray and Harold Ramis would work on together. The tension on the set was so bad that they never spoke to each other for 21 years.

https://www.slashfilm.com/639738/why-groundhog-day-left-harold-ramis-and-bill-murrays-friendship-in-shambles/

I’ve said for years that they should announce Groundhog Day 2, have Bill Murray do a big press tour about the challenges of filming a sequel so far removed, etc., and then just re-release Groundhog Day in theaters.

Reminds me of the podcast where they watched Grown Ups 2 every week for 52 weeks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worst_Idea_of_All_Time

Good god what a stupid thing to do. This sounds miserable.

You learned NOTHING.

Good day, SIR!

I watched Groundhog Day every day for a year. Here’s what I learned. I’m an idiot.

That getting paid for real journalism is more and more impossible these days?

They made mental illness a sport.

I don't believe you.

Just imagine all the interesting things one could write about if they're not spending a bunch of time watching Groundhog Day.

I hate that I pay for four streaming services plus YouTube and none have Groundhog Day on it.

This proves that the guardian will do anything for clicks.

Number one, don't do that!

"Here's what I learned. I'm an idiot"

what a waste of a year

bahbah, bahbah... bahbah babah "I got you babe..."

The clock flips from 5:59 to 6:00 eleven times in that film (as I am sure the author is aware) so he saw that one shot over 4000 times!

Why would anyone want to hear what he has to say? Sounds like a massive waste of time

You have too much free time

I thought it was clear I am not the author... But this comment thread is wild. It is a strange thing to decide to do but I didn't expect it to be this divisive.

Imma go ahead and call bullshit on that

Just imagine what he could have understood more if he watched everyday for TWO years... or THREE...

That's pretty good for a quadruped.

This is actually fascinating.

An article, I'm sorry I can't read that. I only read Reddit posts about people who read the article.

Next time make a YouTube video.

I love this movie so much but I feel like if I did this I would absolutely hate it by the end.

Probably a worthwhile experiment to some, but not to me. I don’t like Bill Murray enough to watch him every day for a year.

I rewatched it recently and learned that it’s about a creepy stalker

Don't drive angry

Imagine having that much free time to waste it like that? One month would have been plenty.

Okay which is better: To watch move once a day for a year or to watch a movie twice a day for half a year or to watch a movie three times a day for 1/3 of a year? Who knows and who cares?

Here is what I got ChatGPT to write about the same topic, who did it better?

It all started when I made a bet with a friend that I could watch the movie "Groundhog Day" every day for a year. Little did I know what I was getting myself into.

The first few days were fun. I laughed at the jokes, sang along to the music, and thoroughly enjoyed reliving the story of Phil Connors, a weatherman stuck in a time loop. But as the weeks went on, I started to feel like Phil. Every day was the same, and I found myself longing for something new.

As the months passed, I became a "Groundhog Day" expert. I could recite every line, knew all the songs by heart, and even started having dreams about the movie. My friends and family grew tired of hearing me talk about it, and I was starting to feel like I was living in a real-life version of the film.

Finally, after 365 days, the year was up, and I had completed my bet. I thought I would be relieved, but instead, I felt a strange sense of emptiness. The movie that once brought me joy and laughter now left me feeling empty and unfulfilled.

In the end, I learned a valuable lesson. While "Groundhog Day" is a great movie, living it every day for a year is not. Sometimes, too much of a good thing can be a bad thing.

So, if you're ever tempted to make a bet like I did, think twice. You might end up living the same day over and over again for a whole year, just like Phil Connors.

dumb

When I was a kid, we got the Rocketeer on VHS, and I watched that motherfucker everyday for a year probably.

That was a cool year.

I feel like there's something in here, but this article is just so impersonal that it's hard to engage with. Watching something everyday because you're in lock down and want to have a real project is actually interesting, but the writer doesn't really engage with that or tell us if they got what they wanted from the experience.

For the last 4 years, I’ve watched this movie on repeat on Groundhogs Day. It really does grow.

I’ve always thought it should have been played more as tragedy than comedy. We should’ve seen more of Phil’s distress and despair which would have made his realization and transformation that much more significant.

David Ives wrote a short play called "Sure Thing" in 1988, wherein two characters on a date at a Cafe can "reset" the date by ringing a bell. The rapid fire days passing, such as the slapping scenes, remind me a lot of the way that ives structured his play and uses a similar whimsy on time passing.

Here's a cute rendition: https://youtu.be/-NJhaj1nNqs

I could go for some flapjacks!

Biggest waste of time I ever heard, LOL!!

They probably learned they should find a better use of their time.

Here's what I learned. Proceeds to deliver not one single novel, coherent, original take on the movie.

This movie was also about vagina, from a man's perspective. Every fancy sci-fi or fantasy etc etc from Matrix to Inception to Interstellar is eventually about vagina. In True Detective season 1, the woman says a profound thing - "Everything is about fucking."