500 Days of Summer - A Rant

[gorillalarry]

I love Zooey Deschanel. I think she's adorable and it's a point of contention in my current relationship. I was thusly disappointed by the character she plays in 500 Days of Summer...no, not disappointed, that's not right. I hated her character and I hated this movie. Here's the long and short

Comments

[dear_book]

yes yes yes! i agree with you so wholeheartedly. "Offended because these characters are, to some extent, supposed to be us." at times i felt like i was watching a 14-year-old's vision of cool hip mid-20s life. a mad lib of a movie where someone had filled in The Smiths, 50s style, and Pixies karaoke in order to tell me it was cool and interesting. and can i just point out that being an architect does not just entail drawing skylines?

the movie did have a few good points. the ikea trip, as deborah points out, was adorable. i didn't hate this movie while i was watching it. i merely disliked it as i left the theater. but as more time passes, and i reflect, i grow more and more and more annoyed.

one of my friends couldn't understand why i didn't like it and i feel i didn't effectively explain myself. i will direct her to your post.

[sillycymberlin]

I saw the movie last night. It just now got to Mammoth. Your entry was perfect... because I went in with super low expectations.... and expected certain things to be annoying... so when things were annoying it didn't bother me.... and even though I was hit over the head with Smiths, Pixies, The Graduate, and Regina Spektor it didn't bother me... I listened to songs from all 4 on my run this morning

[anonymous]

yo- you're engaged right? why not write a post about that?