...what a fantastic movie. I can't believe that I waited this long to watch it. I mean I wanted to see it in the theatre, but it didn't get a very wide theatrical release, so I never made it and then when it came out on DVD I just kept putting off buying it for some reason. Which is totally bizarre because I really love Zooey Deschanel and own pretty much every movie that she's been in.
It's funny, though Deschanel is the title character of the film, she is definitely not its focus. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (awww, remember Third Rock from the Sun...and he was also in Halloween H2O. Anyone else remember that? I think he dies by hockey skate to the face, which in itself is pretty awesome)delivered an absolutely phenomenal performance. The way he embraced his character, the ups and downs, the complete range of emotions, blew me away.
I'm gonna put it out there, this is a must see movie. Hands down, you've gotta see it. It just...it was...ok, here's my best shot at it;
This week has been a little bit shitty for me. Work has been frustrating and exhausting, I've been sleeping poorly, I've been stressed out about what to do with myself in terms of my future...go back to school, new job, what? So all of that combined has made for a bit of an emotional roller coaster, but when I watched (500) Days of Summer last night it took me out of everything. When the movie was over I felt fresh, like if there's still movies as wonderful as this being made, then there's hope. I know that sounds super lame. I know, you don't have to point it out or tell me, I know. But it's also true. So there.
As an aside, (500) Days of Summer also has a narrator, which means that I was going to love it regardless. I've got a bizarre love for any movie that has a narrator. I think that it stems from my early obsession with the movie Stand By Me, but I'm actually interested to go back now and examine movies that I was really in love with when I was really little to see if any of them had a narrator...I'd love to figure out where my obsession began.
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