Steven Sumegi(500) Days of Summer - Review
March 22nd 2010 05:47
The annoyance with most romantic comedies, for us men, is that they mostly take the females' perspective. Men have spoken! We are taking strike against being forcefully dragged to romantic comedies that contain overly exaggerated female issues, annoying best friend characters and unrealistic love sequences with unrealistic male characters. Thankfully, 500 Days of Summer takes a fresh, modern and male approach to this genre by following Tom, a greeting card writer with a true passion for architecture, who falls in love with an assistant, Summer, who has just started at his work place. The problem for Tom? Summer doesn't believe in love. Even knowing Summer's take on love, Tom goes long for the ride and with their interactions he will start to believe his destiny for love is being fulfilled. The film shifts back and forth through their 500 days together and every type of emotion is reflected.
The film turns a real situation, surrounded with real people into a fun, boy-ish and comedic adventure with Tom's perspective and poses the question of coincidence over fate, and happiness over possible love. Tom's experience can be relatable to a lot of guys which is great to see in a comedy these days. The darkest moments of Tom's life are cleverly portrayed by Levitt, while Deschanel's quirky and mysterious personality was perfect for the hidden but carefree style of Summer. Combined with an amazing soundtrack and great cinematography, 500 Days of Summer is an easy film to enjoy for all. This is a story of love, not a love story.
9/10
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