Oh Zooey, I ACTUALLY love you. Image/www.imdb.com
I looked in my email inbox this morning and was pleasantly surprised to find a great run-down of 500 days of summer from my good friend who shall remain anonymous. Hooray! (I take back my bitter comments.) Perhaps the threat of eggs was just too much to take? Anyhow, I’m glad she sent it because: 1. it is hilarious, and 2. it has increased my anticipation for the film by 30%. The film doesn’t actually get released in New Zealand until October 8, so until then, get your 500 days fix after the jump. You will love it:
500 Days of Summer, or ‘I am Trying to Break Your (Scenester) Heart’.
Okay, so this movie is pretty good. It’s like 4 stars out of 5 good. I hate scenesters and most movies so that’s saying something. Here are some things to consider:
1. It IS a scenester cluster fuck. Scenester boys: You will think you ARE Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character. Or you will want to be him. Scenester girls: You will think you ARE Zooey Deschanel’s character. Or you will want to be her. Just know, you aren’t and you can’t.
2. Katherine, you will get a sweet Zooey fix from this movie. She has the indie-pixie-wacky girl thing down to a tee. JGL (that’s what I like to call him) is super-duper. He is part young Dustin Hoffman/part Heath Ledger. Well, that’s what we thought anyway.
3. This movie is funny. And sad. I am not giving anything away by saying there is no happy ending. That doesn’t mean we’re all going to die alone though.
4. There are some annoying parts, including: A dumb scene about how both the characters like the Smiths and Belle and Sebastian. It reminded me of all that Shins nonsense in Garden State. And an annoying, precocious kid who gives JGL’s character romantic advice. No-one cares, shrimp.
5. If you don’t have all the songs from the soundtrack on your iPod already, you will immediately download them after you see this movie and claim you put them on there months ago.
6. Third Rock from the Sun was a great show. FACT.
You should go see this movie when it comes out. Or you could be totally anti, pretend you don’t care and secretly watch a pirated version on your Mac by yourself. And love it.
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