(500) Days of Summer

See it! I give it 3 out of 4 stars.

Side Note: I saw this movie with my sister (HD), who I see most of my movies with, and in one of the back rows of the theater, right behind us, was a lone viewer. A middle aged man who laughed at the same parts we did. He seemed to enjoy it.

Days of Summer is real. It's the movie you want to take your best friend to when he/she is depressed...and I mean depressed to the point of no return (or so you think at the time).

What is wrong with the everyday romantic comedy? Movies like: The Ugly Truth, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton or He's just not that Into You. These movies are funny? Yes. Romantic? Yes. But they fail to give you that feeling of hope, desire and butterflies in the stomach until the very end...then the credits start rolling.

Days of summer shows the relationship aspect. You get to see your favorite actors acting like they are in a relationship. Which is what you want to see the movie for in the first place, right?

And then it happens. The part of the movie that all the pessimists, cynics and Debbie downers want to see. They want the relationship to end!

It is justice for every girl or guy who has been dumped for someone else. They want the relationship they did not get to end. Not just end, but suffer.

I love movies that make you feel better about yourself. When the main character is so depressed and lonely, you think, I am not the only one after all.... I also like movies that feel identical to your current life situation. Suddenly you are so happy you chose to see this movie on this day because it will have this magical power to heal you of all your feelings of sadness or loneliness at that time. But it's true! movies can make you feel better about your current situation. The problem is, you can't watch movies every hour of every day...at some point you have to live. You have to let your own movie happen.

(500) Days is similar to The Breakup, starring Jen Aniston and Vince Vaughn. The reason to go and see this movie is, of course, Zooey Deschanel and Joseph (who no one really knows unless they are a fan of 10 Things).

I went because of the ratings and the cast. I was surprised to find that this movie was only showing in select theaters in the metro-Detroit area. Why is this? Why do they do these things to us? If the movie has good ratings, has been advertised on television and has a worthwhile cast, should it not be viewable in any theater, at least any large theater??

(500) Days of Summer is not a love story, but still uplifting at the same time. These things happen to everyone. LIFE happens to everyone. It is what you do after these things happen that make you who you are.