Double Indemnity

The typical aspects of film noir's are low key lighting, pessemistic mood, and a bit of mystery to it. These exact things are found in the movie especially the low key lighting and the overall depressing aura. Throughout the movie, we see nearly every scene with low key lighting. Such a significant contrast in lighting and shadow makes certain scenes a little more emphasized when all you can see are the characters and nothing else. This makes each scene a little different from what is typical of other films with more lighting, a brighter atmosphere, and just the ability to see the settings and background of the scene. Instead, in the movie, with the inability to see the background of most scenes, it makes the viewer focus their attention only on the immediate action or characters in the scene making their importance even more significant.

Groundhog Day, over and over and over

A great presentation of a film featuring comedy and romance together. Bill Murray playing the role of the main character is stuck in the same day, repeating it to no end. How long did he repeat the day for? Nobody knows but what we do know is that the movie had a lot of comical scenes making it very enjoyable. Such as when Murray's character Phil, is shown repeatedly suiciding in various ways. Such as jumping off a high building, getting smashed by an oncoming bus, and even driving off a cliff with the groundhog in a hillarious attempt to end his cycle. However, to no avail he is still stuck in that same day and furthermore, we find out that he's even tried to poison himself and other simple ways of suicide. The interesting thing about the movie is progression. It seems as though Phil never manages to escape the endless cycle and at this point, he decides to make use of his 'curse'. At first, he decides to use this as an advantage to gain what he wants but eventually he becomes a changed person and his 'curse' is now an epiphany to him. He changes his ways and ultimately he finally escapes the cycle a whole different person. What began as a curse changed to be in his favor once he realized the opportunity that was presented to him. Overall the movie was interesting and funny as we watch how Phil deals with his obstacles.