Groundhog Day...

[fajrdrako]

I watched Groundhog Day today with maaseru. I've wanted to see it since it came out, but never got the chance.

Yeah... wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff. I loved it, of course. It helps that I like both Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell, and existentialist themes - though I didn't see it as an existentialist theme till the writer said so, and I'm still not sure if it's how I would describe it. In any case, I also love romantic themes, and stories about people finding their own truths.

The only note that jarred for me was the last line of the movie, when they say they're going to stay and live in Punxsutawney. There's a theme I've often seen in American movies that living in a small town is better - spiritually? morally? - than living in a city. I don't get that.