Comments on: (500) Days of Summer – a review

By: thechrisgriffin

thechrisgriffin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:09:40 +0000

Yay! I'm so glad you loved this movie! Totally one of the best films of the year for me! I think I saw it about 4 times in the theater. I just really related to Tom, every scene in the movie I could point to a time in my life that I was in a similar situation.

This is one of those movies that I will never tire of and one that I constantly think of. I am very much anticipating the dvd release here so I can watch it again!

By: thechrisgriffin

thechrisgriffin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:09:40 +0000

This is one of those movies that I will never tire of and one that I constantly think of. I am very much anticipating the dvd release here so I can watch it again!

By: Kimberley

Kimberley — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:24:04 +0000

Thanks for the commend Mandi – as I said, I cannot WAIT to see it again, there is so much to relate to in this movie, even if its presented in the most dream-like way, with sequences that are homages to other periods, or the use of daggy songs from the 80s to represent emotions. Its just.. beautiful! :)

By: Kimberley

Kimberley — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:21:59 +0000

I think Joseph Gordon-Levitt is so fierce – the roles he's chosen are brave, and unpredictable but he always delivers. And Zooey, she just fits this role so perfectly. Like you said, she is mysterious and so alluring yet maybe that mystery just goes to show we never did get to see the real 'Summer' and we saw her purely through Tom's eyes – where he didn't see the reality of the situation, and only saw the moments as they were happening, whilst he was feeling them. Or I'm just a romantic sap… (like Tom!)

Thanks for giving it a read, and the lovely comment!

By: Mandi

Mandi — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:12:23 +0000

I love Zooey Deschanel and this sounds like something I'd totally adore. And I love any film that tries to stay true to the reality of a memory – which of course is usually completely unreal in itself.

Great review!

By: celluloidtongue

celluloidtongue — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:25:31 +0000

I really went in for this, too. Maybe that's due to my unabashed fondness for Gordon-Levitt and Deschanel both, but I had such a good time with this film. Only real gripes are that we barely get to know Summer at all (which is sort of the point, granted, but given all the insights we get into Tom's character, it did leave me wondering exactly why he fell so hard for her – aside, of course, from her having excellent taste in tunes and looking like Ms Deschanel) and that the little sister was annoyingly wise beyond her years. Liked the kid who played her, but the character felt out of place.

Lovely review though, and great to see the film getting some early amour over here. I'd happily catch it again myself!