Palm Springs (2020)
8/10
Another Pretty Cool Timeloop Movie
9 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
There's something about time loop movies that are pretty cool, though I guess it probably has to do with Groundhog Day simply being one of those classic films that spur people on to adapt it to different situations. This one is certainly no different, and it does have some uniqueness about it that I particularly enjoyed. The difference with this one is that multiple people are actually trapped in the time loop, and they are able to interact with each other, which I thought was quite cool. The other thing is that while we know who is trapped in the loop, we don't know how long they have been in the loop, namely because they have been caught in it for so long.

So, basically have this guy Nyles, who as you can guess, has been living this day over and over again. Like, it's a wedding where his girlfriend is a bridesmaid, and it is located out in the desert, Palms Springs to be precise. Obviously, he has used the opportunity to, well, pretty much try everything, and he also discovers and awful lot of secrets as well, such as his girlfriend being unfaithful to him. However, the catch comes when one night he is out in the desert with the maid of honour, and is attacked, and he flees into the cave, the one that originally started the time loop, and she follows him in.

It's pretty cool actually, and while I'd suggest that it is slightly different to Groundhog Day, it still has a lot of the elements. It's pretty funny as well, especially with a lot of the shennanigans that he gets up to. In fact, it seems as if he has been in this loop for so long that he no longer cares, and it has just become part of his life. Not so with Sarah, who is looking for a way out, and decides that the only way to do it is through quantum physics. Actually, it's quite interesting how these days quantum physics is thrown around with the idea of time loops, but that is probably because despite having been around for about a hundred years, there is still a lot we really don't know about it. In fact, it is just another one of those 'new frontier' type of things film makers and such that is probably why it appears so often.

Anyway, this is a pretty cool film, and quite funny as well. While it doesn't really break new ground, it's stull quite fun to watch.
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