January 31, 2005 5:50 PM
Groundhog Day
Happy Groundhog Day!! For the past ten years, February 2 has been one of our family's favorite holidays. No, we've never been to Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney or seen old Punxsutawney Phil - the groundhog with the all-important shadow - in person.
Maybe next year.
Punxsutawnians have been celebrating Groundhog Day since 1886. We started celebrating in 1994 when we fell in love with the movie Groundhog Day
If you've never seen this hilarious film, you really need to. And if you've seen it before, you probably need to see it again. Its positive message, catchy soundtrack, and laugh-out-loud humor have made it one of our yearly family rituals. To see what reviewers thought, check it out at rottentomatoes.com, where Groundhog Day, rated PG, racked up a very impressive 94%. Groundhog Day is the story of a small-potatoes Pennsylvania weatherman named Phil - yeah, like the groundhog - played by Bill Murray. With his unfulfilled dreams of hitting the big time, Phil is a jaded, caustic narcissist, disgusted with his Groundhog Day assignment - traveling for the third year in a row to cover the events in Punxsutawney. With him are his radiant new producer Rita (Andie MacDowell) and nebbishy cameraman Larry (Chris Elliott). Phil's contempt for everything and everyone around him are almost palpable. He can't wait to wrap the show and get out of Hicksville. But a blizzard keeps them from getting out of town. The next day Phil wakes up to the same tune playing on the radio (Sonny and Cher's "I Got You, Babe"), the same morning anchor chitchat. He looks out the window and sees the same snowless scene he saw the day before. And so begins Phil's nightmare, trapped in an endless repetition of Groundhog Day, though he's the only one who knows. Phil journeys through disbelief, frustration, opportunism, suicidal despair (and even that's funny) before he realizes that he is the one responsible for his misery. His liberation comes when he finally decides to make the most of every moment, and in so doing begins to make himself a better man and the world a better place. But just because it has a decent story line, don't think it won't be one of the funniest movies you ever saw.
Do you mind if I join you this year for our annual viewing of "Groundhog Day"? How about if we invite Anna & Hattie? Posted by: trippster | January 31, 2005 11:07 PM
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