Saw the movie today… if you have a chance to go see it, go!
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Tom Hansen) and Zooey Deschanel (Summer Finn) make an adorable couple. But don’t get your heart set on their happy ending, because, as the narrator warns you at the beginning of the movie – “this is not a love story.”
The back-and-forth and the ups-and-downs are accompanied by zany sidekicks and a preternaturally insightful kid sister. It’s funny and light-hearted at times, but at others – it speaks to harsh truths of life as an young adult in a big city where possibilities seem to be zooming by you.
(500) Days, in my mind, is really a story about twentysomethings finding their way in the personal and professional sphere. It’s about the discoveries you make as you grow up - that love might not be all that you’ve expected, that following your passion (be it a person or a career) means risking rejection, that life is filled with moments that are inexplicably glorious and undeservedly cruel.
(500) Days is not just a love story. It’s a life story. I think Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s performance really made this movie. And I’m not just saying that because I have a small crush on Mr. Gordon-Levitt.
If you saw this movie, what’d you think?
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Ohhh, I really really want to see this movie. I love Zooey Deschanel. Glad to read that it’s getting great reviews.
Can’t wait to see this movie!
(psstt….it’s Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and I totally have a crush on him too! He just so happens to be a great actor as well…!)
Thanks for the review. I’d seen an ad for it and it sounded like a total girl movie. It still sounds like one, but it sounds like one I’d enjoy! hehe.
Now you’ve sold me on this movie. I will go see it soon I hope. Zooey Deschanel is so quirky and I just like her in every movie that she is in.
I saw the movie at the SXSW film festival in March, I loved it. Absolutely wonderful.
Fixed! I don’t know why I thought it was Justin… guess Gordon-Levitt’s good-natured charisma just got me all mixed up!