The Movie Groundhog Day - 990 Words

Becoming Moral Every life lived has an element of unpredictability. Sometimes, people have bad days that they would rather forget as soon as it’s over. Other times, people have great days that they wish they could relive once more. But in Groundhog Day, an unruly news anchor named Phil is forced to relive a single day in his life. After the initial fear and confusion dissipates, Phil explores different lifestyles in the struggle to obtain happiness and to find himself. Stuck at a fixed point in history, Phil experiments with different lifestyles without experiencing any long-term repercussions. The first life he tests out is the life of pleasure. In the movie, we see him overindulge in the two senses that Aristotle warns against: taste, as seen in the diner scene when Phil surrounds himself with food, and touch, shown through his night with Nancy and his attempts to get with Rita. However, the life of sensual pleasure alone brings him no happiness and, in fact, is a lifestyle Aristotle advocates against. Sensual pleasures are temporary and imperfect. People who highlight sensual pleasures, such as sex and indulgence in food, emphasize means rather than ends; they exploit necessary processes for the small degree of pleasure it brings them, subsequently depriving themselves of the happiness and pleasure they could have received in the end. For example, a glutton does not get pleasure out of nurturing their bodies, but from the food itself. As a result, gluttons areShow MoreRelatedReview Of The Movie Groundhog Day 994 Words   |  4 PagesDirector and producer Harold Ramis filmed the infamous movie, Groundhog Day, a film based on an arrogant weatherman named Phil that detests Punxsutawney where groundhogs day is held but must relive this day for what feels like an eternity. Viewing this movie from a philosophical standpoint, the viewer can relate Phil to Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism. Phil is similar to Buddha because he experiences the three marks of reality, and the four noble truths. Using a philosophical view the audienceRead MoreCausal Ditermism in the Movie Groundhog Day1964 Words   |  8 Pagesplace among other reasons for action (Horton www.oocities.org/emilische/free-will.doc). In the movie Groundhog Day, Phil Connors experiences the same day (Groundhog Day) over and over again. At first Phil uses this to his advantage until he discovers he is forced to stay in the same place with the same people who do the same thing every day. While Phil Connors lives in an identical situation every day and therefore a deterministic setting, does Phil have free will and is he morally responsible forRead MoreGroundhog Day1422 Words   |  6 PagesThe movie Groundhog Day, is labeled as a comedy, but in fact it is a story about love, a story about Phil’s transformation based on love.   Phil his character is forced to repeat the same day over and over again. He goes through many phases in this movie and in the end changing h is persona. When analyzing love, it becomes apparent that much has been written about it. In fact, love has been broken down into different phases such as Eros, Philia and Agape. Being trapped in Groundhog Day has significantRead MoreCharacter Analysis Of Groundhog Day1495 Words   |  6 PagesOn the movie Groundhog Day, it shows a character who thinks he is better than anybody else that he is stuck on the same day, so he can discover himself that being that type of person can be change. In the movie a self-consumed TV weatherman, Phil goes to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to report a groundhog living there. His new producer Rita and long-time cameraman Larry join him. Phil spends the night in Punxsutawney, where he does not want to go and does not want to stay in a cheap hotel to sleepRead MoreFilm Analysis Of Groundhog Day1292 Words   |  6 PagesGroundhog Day is a movie about a meteorologist, Phil, who has to travel to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania to cover the annual Groundhog Day celebration. Before traveling to the festival, Phil predicts that the blizzard scheduled to hit the area was no longer a threat. However, the blizzard does hit the area and, worst than the blizzard, is Phil realization that he is stuck in a time loop where he relieves the same day, February 2, over and over (Gilbert, 2013). This paper will focus on analyzing fourRead MoreAnalysis Of The Film Groundhog Day1436 Words   |  6 PagesThe four restaurant scenes in the 1994 film, Groundhog Day, take an already well-written script and bring the story to life. These four scenes play a crucial role in this film. They convey symbolism, highlight the protagonist’s character arc, and help communicate the theme of the film. This is accomplished through use of sound, lighting, camera angles and shots, costume design, and the actors’ interpretations of the script lines. The first diner scene follows relatively closely the TraditionalRead MoreEssay about Macklemore Otherside Analysis721 Words   |  3 Pagesa poetic device that Macklemore uses in this song is allusion. One allusion Macklemore uses is â€Å"Groundhog Day life repeat each time†(l.59). Macklemore mentions the movie Groundhog Day the main character’s life is on repeat and no matter what he does the same day happens again even if the day before ended in death. This is also showing that in his struggle with drugs his life was the same thing every day he would smoke and it became a routine. One other example of an allusion is â€Å"rationalize the stuffRead MoreMaslow s Hierarchy Of Needs2800 Words   |  12 Pages2007). Considering the movie â€Å"Groundhog Day,† a character by the name of Phil Connors continues to relive the same day endlessly, regardless of what he does. As a result Connors goes through an extreme personality change which can be best describ ed through the standpoint of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Phil Connor’s Personality Described Phil Connors is an arrogant, self-centered, and selfish weatherman for a news station based in Pittsburg. At the beginning of the movie Phil’s behaviors are veryRead MoreIs A Man Truly Virtuous With Excellence Of Character?991 Words   |  4 Pages(Aristotle, 32) Thus, a man in his very being will become, through his actions, virtuous and better directed toward the end in which he is aiming. Turning to the movie Groundhog Day we meet Phil, a self-centered and mean weatherman from a local news channel and he is assigned to cover the festivities that surround February, 2nd, Groundhog Day. Phil, his cameraman Larry, and his producer Rita head to the small town of Punxsutawney in Pennsylvania. When they arrive Phil is too good to stay at, whatRead MoreThe Philosophy Of Aristotle s Views On Happiness And Human Flourishing With His Philosophy991 Words   |  4 Pagesassignment number five when we had to analyze groundhog day using Aristotle’s ethics. I believe in Aristotle’s views on happiness and human flourishing with his philosophy. Although that is the only thing that my moral philosophy takes from his teachings. As far as how my moral philosophy relates to Groundhog Day, my philosophy shows true as what Phil does within the movie he gets back. For example, Phil is very rude and sarcastic in the being of the movie and as a result of that he gets negative reactions