October 27, 2009 06:52 PM by
Jiahui
Photo from Esquire (by Chuck Zlotnick)
I caught
(500) Days of Summer recently. Well, okay, not reeeally, I went the day it opened (I was that excited), but I've only gotten round to writing about it now. I was drawn to the movie, first by the awesome actors (Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are two of my favourites<3), then by the amazing soundtrack, which had quite a few songs by artists I love. And I liked the tagline: Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Girl doesn't.
And really, it's no spoiler. The movie starts out by telling you very clearly that "this is not a love story" so it'd be silly to think otherwise. And this is exactly why I like it so much! I mean, most romance storylines these days are seriously unrealistic and cliched. You meet one person, that person turns out to be your ONE AND ONLY no matter what, some lame conflict occurs, you fall in love, get married, have kids, yadayadayada. It's about time we see something new, and i guess (500) Days of Summer is it.
The film simply traces the story of how a guy (Tom) meets the girl of his dreams (Summer), told from Tom's perspective. Though it does not run in chronological order, it's still relatively easy to follow. Look out for some cute parts like the musical bit and the two characters having fun in IKEA.
I really liked the ending. It's not exactly a fairytale one (but real life never is anyway) which is why my friends didn't share the same sentiments (they prefer clear-cut, omg happily-ever-after-type endings). Whatever ending-type you swing, catch this! I really hope it doesn't get way overblown like the film Juno. Fact: I used to really hate Juno. LONG STORY, I won't get into it here. Anyway I'm mostly over it, haha. (But seriously... "Honest to blog"?! WHO SAYS THAT?!)
Anyway do go catch (500) Days of Summer soon! Sure it has some annoying oh-we-are-in-a-cool-flick references, and it's not the typical romance, but hey where's the fun in the boring and the mundane? Oh and if you're not convinced, check out this cute clip and tell me what you think!