(500) Days Of Summer
Aug3
(500) Days of Summer is a story about a guy and a girl who fall in love. Guy stuck at a dead-end job and girl is somewhat of a free-spirited bird. It stars the boy teen from 3rd Rock from the Sun, and a hippy-esk chick who is engaged to lead singer Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie. The movie has not been released fully to all theaters; it’s playing in select (non-chain) theaters. Bethany and I saw it at the Guild on 45th.
Tom (Joseph Gorden-Levitt) finds himself being miserable working at a greeting card company, writing those cute little phrases in birthday and congratulation cards. He jokes with his coworkers, about finding the right girl for him, but they just never work out. Enter Summer (Zooey Deschanel) as assistant to Tom’s boss.
The movie jumps back and forth between day 1 and 500, depicting the funny and sad periods of their relationship. Tom is taken back by Summers beauty and she is all he can talk about. A little obsessive, to say the least. In their true first incounter with each together, Tom is listen to The Smiths on his headphones in the elevator. Summer enters and recognizes the band. According to Tom, they quickly bond because of this recognition of the band.
Summer is hot and cold with Tom throughout the movie, which produces comedy through Toms facial expressions, his actions and discussions with his friends. She wants to not be tied down and just have fun, but is slowly, in Toms mind, falling for Tom. There are quite a few scenes with Tom’s friends, which really bring out the comedy of the movie.
Short points:
1: Not to many continuity issues
2: Zooey sounded like Kermit the Frog most of the time and reminded me of Maggie Gyllenhaal. And not the hot Maggie Gyllenhaal.
3: Joseph did an excellent acting job. Kept it emotional and serious, then funny when needed.
4: The actress playing Autumn (Minka Kelly) is way hotter then Summer.
Great movie. One of the better ones I have seen in a while. This more romantic then drama movie had the perfect amount of comedy, keeping me happy.
I might purchase this movie when it releases to Blue-Ray.
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