I watched about the first thirty minutes in one sitting when something came up so I couldn't finish it. At that point, I wasn't all that impressed.
Still, continued buzz and my delight to see Joseph Gordon-Levitt after his 3rd Rock from the Sun days being featured in something, plus in my mind there is something just so darn cute about Zooey Deschanel (even if my cousin is so over her 'cuz he thinks she always plays the same role); I found myself wanting to give this movie another shot.
I am so glad I did.
I enjoyed the 500 day gimmick, which made it very clear when the movie was flashing forward, flashing back, etc. I enjoyed that someone hadn't somehow lost their mind and thought there are 500 days in the season summer...no...the female love interest's name is Summer. And as I have mentioned before, I enjoy a plot twist I didn't expect because I am so into the story I am not trying to figure out in my head what the obvious outcome will be.
Of course, I don't think it is a secret that Mr. Levitt's character and Ms. Deschanel's character don't end up together. At the beginning of the movie the narator makes it clear this is not a love story. Yet despite everything, there is a happy ending or maybe more appropriately a hopeful ending of love to come.
Finally, a movie I feel lived up to the hype and one I am willing to blah, blah, blah about to anyone willing to listen.
Movie 411:
Movie: (500) Days of Summer
Screenplay Writer: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
Director: Marc Webb
Film Editor: Alan Edward Bell
Plot: An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her. Cast (top 3 from IMDB, click here to see more): Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deshanel, Geoffrey Arend
P.S. You may or may not know, I also am the SoCal gal who writes the CaliforniVacation blog and the L.A. Sightseeing Examiner for examiner.com. I was excited to have the downtown L.A. locations included in the movie and the Walker & Eisen Architects reference for the first high rise in downtown Los Angeles. I am just wondering if the research wasn't off just a tidge. According to my sources, Walker & Eisen, designed the Taft Building, which is the first high rise in Hollywood located on Hollywood Boulevard and Vine. The architect for the Continental Building (1902), 408 South Spring Street, was John Parkinson.
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