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(500) Days of Summer
Marc Webb, 2009
Very rarely is there ever a film that hits me so hard, that has me wanting to see it again immediately after I finish watching it. (500) Days of Summer just happens to be one of those films, because I’ve seen 3 times since I first saw it on Friday. I’m not even sure if I’ll be able to sum up all of my feelings for it in words, but I’ll try my hardest to do so.
First off, I loved the narration for the film. I loved how they actually put in a narrator in the film to explain things in a way. I still think that the movie is more told through all of the song choices for the movie. This is actually the first movie ever for me, which I loved every single song they put in the movie. The soundtrack is incredibly amazing in case anyone was wondering. I usually don’t like the type of indie music either, which has surprised me most about this. It was a great mix, with artists like Regina Spektor, Simon and Garfunkel, Wolfmother, and the Smiths.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt shone more than anyone in this, by far. I’d definitely count this as his breakthrough role, and I can’t wait to see him in some more of his upcoming roles he has. He was meant to play Tom Hanson. Like I seriously can’t describe in words how amazing he really did. Zooey Deschanel did pretty great as well, but was really overshadowed by Gordon-Levitt throughout the whole movie. Deschanel doesn’t usually do too badly in anything I’ve seen her in; though I did think she was a little off in her role in the Happening. Geoffrey Arend did great; too, he played his part as the comic relief pretty great.
I almost never like romantic comedies as much as I loved this one. Even when I do, it’s usually an older romantic comedy, before they got really crappy. What I loved most about it was the realism of the movie. I don’t really want to give away the ending, but it’s a lot different than any other romantic comedy I’ve ever seen. I like how they chose to film it, too, with it not being in chronological order. It reminded me a bit of how Pulp Fiction was told, with the second to last scene of the movie being the first shot of the movie.
I don’t know if I did such a great a job at trying to persuade you to go see this, but I pretty much already knew that I wouldn’t be able to sum up my thoughts of it into words. It’s just a film that you have to go and experience to understand. It’s by far my favorite movie of the year so far, but it’ll more than likely stay that way. It’s actually the best new release that I’ve seen since the Dark Knight came out last summer.
Marc Webb, 2009
Very rarely is there ever a film that hits me so hard, that has me wanting to see it again immediately after I finish watching it. (500) Days of Summer just happens to be one of those films, because I’ve seen 3 times since I first saw it on Friday. I’m not even sure if I’ll be able to sum up all of my feelings for it in words, but I’ll try my hardest to do so.
First off, I loved the narration for the film. I loved how they actually put in a narrator in the film to explain things in a way. I still think that the movie is more told through all of the song choices for the movie. This is actually the first movie ever for me, which I loved every single song they put in the movie. The soundtrack is incredibly amazing in case anyone was wondering. I usually don’t like the type of indie music either, which has surprised me most about this. It was a great mix, with artists like Regina Spektor, Simon and Garfunkel, Wolfmother, and the Smiths.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt shone more than anyone in this, by far. I’d definitely count this as his breakthrough role, and I can’t wait to see him in some more of his upcoming roles he has. He was meant to play Tom Hanson. Like I seriously can’t describe in words how amazing he really did. Zooey Deschanel did pretty great as well, but was really overshadowed by Gordon-Levitt throughout the whole movie. Deschanel doesn’t usually do too badly in anything I’ve seen her in; though I did think she was a little off in her role in the Happening. Geoffrey Arend did great; too, he played his part as the comic relief pretty great.
I almost never like romantic comedies as much as I loved this one. Even when I do, it’s usually an older romantic comedy, before they got really crappy. What I loved most about it was the realism of the movie. I don’t really want to give away the ending, but it’s a lot different than any other romantic comedy I’ve ever seen. I like how they chose to film it, too, with it not being in chronological order. It reminded me a bit of how Pulp Fiction was told, with the second to last scene of the movie being the first shot of the movie.
I don’t know if I did such a great a job at trying to persuade you to go see this, but I pretty much already knew that I wouldn’t be able to sum up my thoughts of it into words. It’s just a film that you have to go and experience to understand. It’s by far my favorite movie of the year so far, but it’ll more than likely stay that way. It’s actually the best new release that I’ve seen since the Dark Knight came out last summer.