For No One

(500) Days of Summer
Day 20

Film 18

I have wanted to see (500) Days of Summer for months now. The preview really got me hooked, on top of the high overall score at Rotten Tomatoes and the fist full of award nominations it had from the independent film circuit. That and I am a sucker for almost romance movies.

(500) Days of Summer is exactly the kind of movie I love the most. It takes chances. It plays with the medium and storytelling. It has Zooey Deschanel (who I did not know about before this film and I am absolutely in love with afterwards.) It takes all of these pieces to make an enjoyable, heaving hitting comedy.

(500) Days of Summer starts off by saying that it is not a love story, it is a story about a boy and a girl but they are not destined to be. It follows our lovable protagonist, Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt,) who is a man who believes in true love and is easily pulled every which way. In the beginning he has no spine and it is obvious. Summer (Deschanel) is a little more proactive and harbors a complete opposite view on love. It tears them apart. We knew this was going to happen, and the course of events that breaks them is very well put together. The interesting thing is where they go from what we know and twists it.

(500) does not end at the break up. It uses the scene to skyrocket it into an analysis of a broken heart and how someone can recover from it. I do not want to give anything away here, because it is all spectacular and I would hate to spoil it.

There are a couple motifs I almost want to hit on but I do not feel like I should. I doubt anyone really cares about them too terribly much and since I am still behind on the count I will save them for my own personal musings.

My final verdict:

I loved (500) Days of Summer, although it probably is not the perfect movie for every occasion. It makes you think, so be wary before watching it with a significant other. It is a great movie, my favorite so far and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys to chew through a film.

I want to leave you all with one of my favorite clip from this movie: