Justin at the Movies

Belated Review #2

// September 7th, 2009 // Recommendations, Reviews

(500) Days of Summer

Justin’s Rating: 5/5

Wow. I should have written this a long time ago when it was still fresh in my mind. There is so much that can be said about this movie that can’t really be put into words. You should just see this movie. The actors are one thing that I can definitely praise about this movie. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is my favorite young actor, and proves again in this movie why he is one of, if not, the best young actor in Hollywood. The guy is so diverse in everything he does, and he does them all so well. In ‘Killshot’ he plays a white trash, hillbilly, murdering nut job, and in this film he plays the goofy, sweet, hopeless romantic looking for love. I love to watch everything he does. He will win multiple academy awards. Yes, MULTIPLE. Write it down. You heard it hear first.

Zooey Deschanel plays Summer and is absolutely fantastic as she usually is. She is cute and talented and all that jazz, however, I do have a complaint….actually two complaints. 1- Does she have to sing in every freaking movie that she is in? We get it, she has a beautiful voice. After awhile it has just begun to come off as self indulgence. 2- She is always the same character. She is always the weird, offbeat, cute girl. That’s all she does. Don’t get me wrong, I love her and she is a fantastic actress, I would just like to see her do something completely different and show me that she can.

To sum up the absolute nothingness that I have said, this movie is hands down the best film of the year so far. It will most likely change in the upcoming months but this film is just short of brilliance. This is a movie I could watch every weekend and never get tired of it. It’s hilarious, frustrating, authentic, heart wrenching, and beautiful all at the same time. Summer is one of the more complex female characters that I have seen in film, and I loved the fact that she felt so real. We didn’t get to see her motivations and the reasons why she does what she does. It felt just like real life and it made both of their characters more true to life. I absolutely loved this film and the chemistry between Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who I have dubbed Jo-Go, it’s just so much easier to say) and Zooey Deschanel is a director’s dream. I haven’t seen that kind of chemistry in a long time. Once again, this film is PG-13 so I would recommend it to everybody. Don’t miss this one, you won’t regret it, I promise.