(500) Days of Summer
Sappy british pop music! Hahahaha. I actually hated the girl ever since it started. So pretentious, uff. XD I hate the girl’s actress (perhaps I would have hated her less if she was Scarlett Johansson, or Kirsten Dunst, or Natalie Portman!) But, I mean, hey, it’s about a boy who is romantic (nothing wrong with that) and a girl whose parents are divorced and thus has a screwed up view on love (annoying). On top of that, her actress is amazingly annoying – I think I have seen her in a bunch of other shitty chick flicks and have always disliked this kind of actress. She blew up every single passable scene, I can’t believe there are actresses this bad.
On top of that, the style of the architecture in the film is atrocious. His “building design” looks like a child’s drawing (which is still sort of acceptable because he is supposed to be a bad architect), but when he takes her around to show her buildings, I could barely believe how amazingly boring and crappy those buildings are. No half decent architect is into 1900’s skyscrapers; I don’t know what’s wrong with the writers there. It all ties into my impression of the film being very smitten with boring, conservative values – old, inoffensive rock music, 50’s dresses and unartistic architecture. Sad.
A propos the 50’s dresses, I guess this is a good time to admit that I actually love everything else about the film. The dysfunctional yet natural love story, the character’s clothing style, especially hers, and the very lovely way they depict how he falls in love with her so earnestly that you cannot help but hate her. It is the type of a different view on a love story this film is providing that would probably have made it a more importantNo film in my life if I was younger. However, I have never had a love story that was remotely close to this. Every single person who I felt serious about most likely felt serious about me as well; so ultimately, there is basically no connection between me and the general setting of the film.
I mean hey, just look at those awesome Nouvelle Vague and Bergman references! Pure brilliance, oh my God!
There IS a good female character in the story, of course. The sister! She is everything a girl really should be. She’d make a great engineer, wahahaha.
The final question is: Would the movie have worked if the genders were reversed? Apparently not at all.
Come to think of it, every single man I have been very, very into has never, ever complained to me about another girl.
“She’d make a great engineer!” XXXD Hell, yeah!
And the title of this post!! XD My favorite scene is probably the one in Ikea. “Darling, I think there is a Chinese family in our bathroom!”
I think I basically agree with everything you said about the movie to 100 percent. The actress looks like Katy Perry, which makes her even more awful than she already is.
So when are you going to buy a black board for your apartment like the one he has? :3
I am never going to draw atrocious “architectural” pictures on there, that’s for sure.
Uh… well, I have not taken pictures of my apartment yet, but the bottom line is: The studio I have is really, really small. The blackboard in the kitchen could be of size 1mx1m XD The only place where I could put something like that is actually next to my table, but I don’t really want that. (I actually want some artwork instead.) Someday someday!
The Ikea scenes are absolutely brilliant and nails the “lifestyle of our generation”. I loved it too.
The Loli is God-tier. Bonus points for biking in the middle of the street, that’s how you do it!
Also, I am shamelessly mancrushing on Joseph Gordon-Levitt, just how can he be so cute? I am slowly doubting my raging heterosexuality? *hrrrrr*
You were right, the movie is really good. I didn’t think the actress as unsuitable as you though. Maybe the purpose was to depict her as a little bit over the top? Yes, I felt that he was the better actor, but I don’t know whether Keira or Kirsten would have done a better job. Actually, I can’t even see them in this movie. You need the big (blue) doe eyes and sweet, kind of innocent behavior to bring into contrast her opinion about love in the beginning. I’m not saying that she did a good job as an actress, but at least she made me wonder about the contrasting signals she seems to send off… Or was that not on purpose? ;)
About him: I really liked him though I wonder how anyone can look so sleepy for a whole movie! Not just in the scenes where he is sad but constantly! Amazing! Still, he really pulled me into the story.
The character I liked best? His friend Paul! I really like the actor (he also plays in Criminal Minds and I think I’ve seen him in other minor roles as well) and I think he did a great job of playing the nagging best friend.
Hahaha he did look sleepy, good point! I think the sleepy look is more hip than anything else nowadays.
I don’t even remember Paul, isn’t that sad… Maybe the film warrants a re-watch.
About Zooey Deschanel – I admit I have a strange fascination for her. She really is beautiful and I totally agree with you on her big, sweet-looking eyes, but that’s precisely what makes me unlikable somehow. There are these girls who are gorgeous and you think they are great (Rachel McAdams is a great example) and then there are those that are beautiful and you want to kick their butts because they are everything you want to be and they are emotionally destroying some guy you somewhat care for, in this case the poor main character. The character of Summer is exactly that kind of girl I would dislike, and I’m not so sure if that was the intention. XD