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InkDagger Since: Jul, 2014
#1: Oct 14th 2017 at 2:38:03 AM

Hey, I didn't see a thread for this, so I made one. Anyone else see it?

Its a slasher movie that combines Groundhog Day with Scream and it was surprisingly good. Had some fun humor and the writing could be pretty clever. And, unlike most Slashers, it genuinely cares for its characters and doesn't have the whole 'Welp, she's a bitch. Can't wait to watch her die'. I really liked it.

n3rd_d4sh Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#2: Oct 14th 2017 at 2:43:19 AM

I haven't seen it, but forgive me for bitching because holy shit You Tube plays the ads for it ALL THE DAMN FUCKING TIME!!!

But it does seem interesting. Groundhog Day but as a horror movie is the general vibe I get from it.

InkDagger Since: Jul, 2014
#3: Oct 14th 2017 at 3:51:34 AM

Yep. Though I've seen people complain that the film never explains why the main character is reliving the day every time and I kind of call bullshit. Its part of the premise. It doesn't need to be explained and any explanation would be needlessly contrived. Not to mention Groundhog day didn't explain it and they even outright cut the explanation from the film in the first place.

n3rd_d4sh Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#4: Oct 14th 2017 at 3:55:33 AM

People just kinda want an explanation for everything. They never seem to be satisfied when it's left vague. I guess people just have fun trying to decode everything in a game or movie or something to see a general result.

Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#5: Oct 14th 2017 at 11:54:50 AM

I first saw this as a poster ad and it looked like it was just a thriller or a scary movie that's mostly one-sided (as in, the villain has near-total dominance). Recently however, the ads show the victimized protagonist fighting back with guns, so it looked like there's an element of action and combat that balances the scales.

And now I learn that it's a Groundhog Day film? I'm interested.

jamespolk Since: Aug, 2012
#6: Oct 16th 2017 at 9:21:10 PM

Apparently it's a huge hit. $20 million on opening weekend when they only spent five million on the movie. And not one superhero in the whole film!

DS9guy Since: Jan, 2001
#7: Oct 17th 2017 at 9:03:27 AM

[up] Funny you should mention superheroes. The screenplay is by Scott Lobdell, a comic book writer best known for his work at Marvel and DC.

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#8: Oct 17th 2017 at 8:44:59 PM

You're not going to believe this. I wanted to watch the movie today, but when I got to the theater, they were still cleaning up the flooding in the auditoriums from the thunderstorms I got over the weekend. surprised

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
Overlording the Underworld
#9: Oct 18th 2017 at 2:44:49 AM

Oh, I loved this movie. When you look back on it afterward you can see holes, but they're not really unrealistic holes in the least. That's right, even real life has plot holes, and this movie manages to nail those without falling into the worst ones stories get. Not gonna spoil anything for those who didn't see it yet. It's definitely worth a look. I'm gonna buy it on Amazon when it comes out, for sure.

As for the lack of explanation, if you want a sad theory, It's the Afterlife. SHE'S repeating the same day over and over, but everyone else isn't. So every loop where she fails, is another universe where she dies and everyone else has to deal with the aftermath.

Sabertooth1000000000 Sabertooth from Land of the Livid Dead Since: Jul, 2010
Sabertooth
#10: Oct 19th 2017 at 11:13:18 AM

Oh man, I saw this on opening night and thought it was wonderful. I actually loved all the characters, and it was nice to see a film that takes place at a university where that isn't the entire premise.

It's not even that scary honestly; more exciting and thrilling.

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KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#11: Oct 19th 2017 at 11:53:41 AM

Haven't seen the film yet but I am somewhat interested, which is odd since I don't really like horror films. What I liked about the previews is the impression that the heroine is not a typical reactive victim like in most slashers, but is proactively trying to fix the problem. The fact she knows someone is trying to kill her every cycle is a great bit of paranoia, but I'm interested in how she ends up using the cycles to her advantage. That's the point of the "Groundhog Day" Loop.

edited 19th Oct '17 11:54:04 AM by KJMackley

Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
Overlording the Underworld
#12: Oct 19th 2017 at 12:30:26 PM

Watch it. You'll see. It really is awesome. There's some serious character growth in the movie.

InkDagger Since: Jul, 2014
#13: Oct 19th 2017 at 1:20:36 PM

Its really nice to see a slasher that actually cares about its characters too. The heroine, while a totally bitch at the beginning, developes into a really likable character over the film. Too often Slashers will develop doomed characters and otherwise making their characters assholes so we're ok when they get killed off.

Happy Death Day LOVES its cast. Tree having her speech with Carter about 'I'm a bad person' followed by her confronting the killer, Carter getting killed, and she has every opportunity to kill the killer but realizes she needs to kill herself and reset everything so Carter isn't staying dead was GREAT character growth. Especially because we realize the self-sacrafice that was going into it.

I suppse a bit of a gripe is that Lea or whatever the roommate's name was is absent for MOST of the movie making it easy to forget she's a character. I suppose its an odd issue. If they call too much attention to her, it'd be hard to work out how obvious it is Tree isn't investigating her or you'd have to cover the fact that Tree doesn't realize she's the killer. Somehow. If they call not enough attention to her, it might become too obvious since she's the one character Tree doesn't investigate and is too extranious of a character if they don't throw any suspision on her. But, I still liked it and thought it was hilarious how petty the motivation was. After all the deaths... Its easy to forget its really only one or two from her perspective. And she had barely even started her first attempt so Tree explaining the motives and 'Howdunnit' is 'huh?' from her pov.

Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
Overlording the Underworld
#14: Oct 19th 2017 at 2:15:48 PM

I was a bit irked about the whole finisher. For a while I was ticked that they didn't end with The Golden Run but the more I got to thinking about it, the more I realized they needed to do it that way to solidify the growth. She cheated for that golden run. Now, she has to be a good person without knowing ahead of time what bad things are going to happen to people. It means more this way.

And yeah, looking back on it the whole thing was obvious, but only in hindsight unless you avoided getting caught up in the adrenaline rush of the montage.

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#15: Oct 25th 2017 at 1:38:57 AM

I loved the film, avoiding ending on the golden run was good actually, as there would be the hanging question of how did she not get in trouble for assaulting a cop.

Not only was it great to see her slowly work things out but I found the romance well done, I laughed so hard at the ending as well, so evil but so funny.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
Overlording the Underworld
#16: Oct 25th 2017 at 8:41:46 AM

I know, at first I was ticked at where they ended it, but it made sense after the fact.

TompaDompa from Sweden Since: Jan, 2012
#17: Nov 11th 2017 at 2:39:57 PM

Saw the film. It was okay.

One thing really bothered me, though. Tree sees Tim watch gay porn. She then tells him that she knows that he doesn't like women, but she doesn't fucking know that! All she knows is that he likes men, but that doesn't preclude also liking women. That's some pretty flagrant bisexual erasure.

Ceterum censeo Morbillivirum esse eradicandum.
Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
Overlording the Underworld
#18: Nov 13th 2017 at 8:01:27 AM

Yeah, Hollywood hates bisexuals. It's okay with gays, but the majority of mainstream gays and straights both seem to think that bisexuals are wishy washy punks who need to make up their minds. As fun as the movie was, I never expected them to be that progressive. Only time I've actually seen a show or movie treat bisexuals right without doing it specifically for the fanservice was Madam Secretary having one of its male characters come out as bi and get a hug from Madam Sec for coming out to her.

ETA: Also, that does kind of fit her character. She's fallen off the golden path to life and become a bitch. You can't expect her to backtrack all the way from that and not assume that a guy who took her on a sucky first date and then watches gay porn on his own is actually gay.

edited 13th Nov '17 8:04:00 AM by Journeyman

TompaDompa from Sweden Since: Jan, 2012
#19: Nov 13th 2017 at 3:13:08 PM

Yes, but wouldn't it have been funny if he were actually bisexual and corrected her?

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InkDagger Since: Jul, 2014
#20: Nov 13th 2017 at 4:05:23 PM

I realize that it can be seen that way and I hate bisexual erasure, but I kind of read it a bit differently, I kind of got the impression with her commenting 'Dude, we went on one shitty date, leave me alone', that he was kind of simply using her as a beard more than being bisexual and genuinely into her. Would it have been nice to acknowledge bisexuals? Yeah, but he was also a pretty minor/non-existent character.

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#21: Nov 13th 2017 at 4:20:38 PM

[up][up] Kinda, but if his interest in her is genuine he’s been real shitty to her and won’t leave her alone. His behaviour to her is kinda understanding if he’s a closeted gay man, while if he’s bi or strait he’s being an asshole.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Prowler I'm here for our date, Rose! Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
I'm here for our date, Rose!
#22: Nov 15th 2017 at 10:45:04 AM

Blu-ray January 16th.

This was a fun one. I'd love to see the original script, though. Sounded pretty different.

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