500 Days Of Summer *by Joan E. Sanchez

Directed by the relatively unknown Marc Webb, (500) Days of Summer begins bluntly
stating that It is not a love story, Its a Story about love...
By that it means it will show you how Tom Hansen, played by the superb Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("The Lookout" & "Brick"),
fell for Summer Finn, played by a incredibly gorgeous Zooey Deschanel.
In a lesser movie, things would go according to formula.
Boy meets girl, Boy falls for the girl, they both come to realize they love eachother,
something "unexpected" happens and threatens to destroy the newly found love between the leads
and then the obligatory happy-go-lucky ending i am so tired of by now.
Well reader, its my pleasure to anounce this movie drops formula like its hot and never picks it up.
Much like "High Fidelity" this movie grabs your attention by being unconventional...
How unconventional? well, At the very beggining of the movie Tom Gets Dumped by Summer (again like High Fidelity) and he is asked by his little sister (who you may or may not recognize from another little, small budget indie movie) ahem, where was i? oh yeah, he is asked to tell what happened and to start from the beggining... and he does, but not in the way you expect.
Another example of this is how certain scenes unfold, in no particular order, this movie has scenes in Black & white, it has a choreographed dance scene, it has a noir-ish french scene, and the movies most daring scene comes when Tom attends a party Summer is having...If you´re sentient human being, you´ve been through the same dilemma. Expectations Vs. Reality.
I guess what im trying to say is that i think the movie is good because of the way it moves swiftly and neatly from scene to scene while keeping you involved and engaged with its story, but it achieves greatness by showing you things you dont expect it to when you least expect it.
On the negative side i only have 1 small complaint...the movie seems awefully uninterested on the life of Summer, focusing solely on Tom´s POV. It doesnt hurt the movie a lot, but when you see it you´ll know what i mean.
You´re gonna love the ending though
Dont miss this one.

Joan E. Sanchez L. AKA. The New Kid.