500 Days of Summer: "This is not a love story. It's a story about love."

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I really really loved this movie, but did you think the last scene was kind of a cop out?

What did you make of it?
 
Just watched this. Very good movie. Very sad from Tom's perspective. At the end I felt like he was going to be unhappy for a looong time, so it's a bit of a downer, but a good movie.
 
I really liked the film, and the ending. They were a cute couple, but in a 'cute but not forever' kind of way. I loved the format of the film, flipping between the days.
 
I think Summer was very real. She didn't want to hurt Tom, she told him that she didn't want a serious relationship. Tom had his hopes up too much and as his sister said, he didn't see the bad things, he saw everything in a positive way.

The realitvy vs expectation scenes were great, very realistic.

I watched a JGL interview the other day and he was asked about the scene where Tom talks with his reflection in the mirror and if he did it himself and he said then:

Kids never be ashamed of talking into the mirror. It's perfectly healthy...take it from me.

:lol: :love:

BTW: There is a JGL thread:

http://www.fanforum.com/f26/joseph-gordon-levitt-1-a-62797528/

:)
 
Them not getting together was quite realistic imo. They were looking for something else, he was in love, she wasn't. A relationship based on that would have been a disaster. Besides it was told in the beginning of the movie that it wasn't a romantic comedy and that it wasn't a love story but a story about love and it was.
 
YES! I love this movie SO much because of JGL! He's my new love, too, as well. :love:

I didn't really hate or love Summer. She wasn't exactly villainous. I don't think she meant to hurt Tom. She's indecisive (which I'm sure a lot of us were at one point or another) when it comes to relationships. There's a lot of misunderstanding/miscommunication when it came to Summer and Tom. Sometimes, we just end up being hurt just because things don't come out as we want them to be. Like what happened in Tom's case. :( I definitely sided with and felt sorry for Tom.
 
I don't know, I don't think it's the same thing. But I think that's probably because after watching Kieslowski's films - especially the colours trilogy - I completely changed my concept about anti-comedy, anti-romance, anti-tragedy, etc. Because Kieslowski inverts everything in his anti- films. It's not just atypical, you know, it's totally inverted. So I guess that affected my concept of these anti- films. So, yeah, maybe 500 Days of Summer is an anti-romantic-comedy, just not Kieslowski-like, because I can't expect all anti- films to be like Kieslowski, especially because Kieslowski is incomparable.
 
Yeah, I think it's kinda sad though :shrug: But that's why I loved the ending! I think it was really good they didn't end up together and that he grew up! I think the movie rocks too :D
 
I watched this on the plane home from Europe! Loved it! JGL is my new love.

The only issue I had with it was that I thought Summer was really unlikable. But then again, the movie was really from JGL's perspective and I identified SO strongly with him. I LOVED the reality vs. expectation sequence because it's something I (and I assume others) do ALL the time in my head. Just perfect.
 
Hi :blush:

I did really enjoy this film. Tom and Summer were perfect for each other - their personalities complimented the other and they were just so cute together :love:
 
I love how they used things she liked about him, like playing with the faucets at BB&Beyond, and then later he makes the joke, and she's not phased by it. Such a transformation. But totally natural and just.

My favorite scene is honestly "Expectation Vs. Reality" because it hit it right on the nail. The emphasis of the reality of him climbing more flights of stairs alone impressed me, because it was the perfect way to show the difference of both sides.
 
I lovelovelove this movie. I dragged my friends along (though not so much dragged, they wanted to see it too but I was definitely the most enthusiastic!) and could not stop talking about and quoting it afterwards.

My friend mentioned that she thought she saw Summer in the last scene, like watching Autumn and Tom interact, did that actually happen? I didn't see it if it did, but then again I was overly excited about seeing Minka Kelly on the big screen to pay full attention.
 
I'm a bit confused. I would think 'atypical rom-com' and 'anti rom-com' would be pretty much the same thing. :confused:

Anyway, yes, this movie is definitely different from most rom-coms (call it 'atypical' or 'anti' or whatever) in that it doesn't follow the same ol' formula: 1. Boy meets girl. 2. Some kind of complication occurs (either girl doesn't like boy, vice-versa or girl's involved with someone else, vice-versa, etc). 3. Boy and girl end up together. Happy ending.

I found it refreshing. Despite its quirky, whimsy storytelling, it follows real life relationships a whole lot more accurately than most rom-coms. That's what I liked so much about it. :)
 
JGL is so adorable! I love him. And the scene at Ikea was the cutest thing ever! :love:
 
I dunno the way people look at dating has really evolved everything is so casual...some people are together for a long time and nothing ever happens and it's never even official dating or a serious relationship. That's why this movie rocks..it showed the flaws. He got all excited and dove right into it while she presented the other side of dating.
 
No, no I was wrong :blush: She was only engaged at the end :nod:

Watched to movie yesterday for my birthday!!! :yay: and the IKEA moment was my favourite, but I still think she kinda used him: It's not nice to go out with someone for 1 year and pretend it's not serious :shrug: And to dance with him knowing you're engaged and not telling him.

But I really, really loved the ending finally! I loved when he toled her he hoped she was happy and that she didn't answer, I'm glad he didn't change his place because of her, he really grew! And I'm glad he found Autumn at the end, it's sad for her though that he was so blind because of Summer that he never noticed her. But it was fine that way, anyway :nod:
 
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