TAYANGAN MALAM INI : GROUNDHOG DAY (1993)
Menjelang 14 Februari saja maka berduyun-duyunla sang kekasih menuju ke panggung wayang untuk meyaksikan filem romantik komedi bersama ayang masing-masing. Memandangkan Valentine’s Day adalah HARAM disambut oleh muslim sejati seperti saya dan untuk mengelakkan syubhat menuju ke cineplex berdekatan untuk meraikan Valentine’s Day ini maka apakata anda stay rumah bersama keluarga layan movie Groundhog Day ini.
Groundhog Day ialah satu hari yang disambut pada 2 Februari setiap tahun khususnya di USA dan Canada. Mengikut folkfore sekiranya binatang groundhog ini keluar dari tempat penghibernasiannya pada hari tersebut, ini menandakan musim sejuk akan berakhir manakala sekiranya groundhog ini tak muncul-muncul maka musim sejuk akan berlanjutan lagi selama 6 minggu.
Dalam filem ini, Bill Murray berlakon sebagai Phil Connors yang bertugas sebagai wartawan bersama produser Rita (Andie MacDowell) dan kameraman Larry (Chris Elliott) ditugaskan untuk membuat liputan Groundhog Day di Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Tetapi kejadian aneh menimpanya apabila setiap hari pada pukul 6 pagi Phil akan melalui hari yang sama iaitu 2 Februari.
Aku malas nak tulis panjang. So aku quote pendapat kawan aku tentang filem ni. Kira kitorang satu kepala la.
What do we gain from watching this movie? Different people will take away different things from it. I discovered two very important truths in Groundhog Day.
One was the importance of concentrating on the things that last. Phil Connors must live the same day over and over again, and is forced to realize that the only real change that will ever be possible must happen within himself. (From this it is a short leap to the realization that this is the only kind of change that really matters; for in his case, it is literally true.) It is at this point that he takes up piano, begins reading, learns to ice-sculpt. But if it weren’t for his unique predicament, he never would have realized this; in his routine at the TV studio back in Pittsburgh, we surmise, there was always something changing…and not changing. (It is interesting that Phil is a weatherman: the weather is a perfect metaphor for something that changes constantly…without, in the long term, changing at all.) We can be distracted by the superficial changes in the world around us, and forget that real change in our lives must come from within. This was the great gift of Groundhog Day for Phil Connors: the chance to discover this truth for himself.
The other thing I noticed, while reflecting on this movie, is how uncertainty can keep us from charitable acts. We use our ignorance like a crutch: we don’t give to charity because it may be a scam, we don’t offer to help someone because they may not need help anyway, and so on. But Phil doesn’t have the luxury of ignorance. He knows…he knows with absolute certainty that if he doesn’t buy the old man a bowl of soup, that man will die in the streets within a few hours. He knows that if he isn’t on hand at the right time, a boy will fall from a tree and break his neck. Faced with such knowledge, even Phil, self-absorbed as he is, cannot stand by idly. Nor could we, in his position. This is a powerful argument for knowledge as the most reliable foundation for generous behavior. What other movie can offer an insight half so profound?
AWARDS :
BAFTA Awards 1994 – Won Best Screenplay – Original
British Comedy Awards 1993 – Won Best Comedy Film
Saturn Award 1994 – Nominated Best Fantasy Film
BMI Film & TV Awards 1994 – Won BMI Film Music Award
Hugo Awards 1994 – Nominated Best Dramatic Presentation
London Critics Circle Film Awards 1994 – Won Screenwriter of the Year
Aku bagi rating 7 bintang untuk film ini.
