Summer Lovin'

Rating: 10/10 (4 July 2010)

A beautiful look on true relationships makes up (500) Days of Summer. Nothing more than a sweet, touching, and believable antics do Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel get into. I should state, like in the movie, that this is a story of "Boy meets girl". It is in no way "A love story". This is a movie, that surpasses the title of "Just another quirky Romantic Comedy".
The movie is about sweet and simple Tom Hansen(Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who looks and frets over the "girl of his dreams". He is an architect, though works as a Greeting Card Maker of all jobs. One day, his boss gets a new assistant, Summer Finn (Zooey Deschannel). Tom is in the love at first site stage. He denies it, but the fact of the matter is it's undeniably true.
After learning Summer like the same music as he does, Tom tries to hint Summer he likes her and wants to go out. After numerous attempts fail, he sucks it up and spends time with her. The duo play the "mommy and daddy" like relationship. Going to Ikea to pretend the appliances are actually theirs and frequently going out to dinner.
The storyline and chronological order of the movie overall impresses me to great extent. It's played out in days, though skips frequently so the audience doesn't have to watch everyday, throughout.
When something goes well in Tom's life, it flashes to a point in the movie were something doesn't go right. Tom than becomes almost obsessed with Summer and believes she is the girl for him and nothing can stop him from "winning her over".
After various uses of quotations around different love quotes I should state my reasoning that this movie takes a lot of aspect of all the love terms out there and uses a bit of each one. The director of this movie, Marc Webb, in which this is his debut film, does a wonderful job with this movie.
(500) Days of Summer is not by any means a love story. It's a true visionary piece composed of stunning lines and a beautiful relationship between Joesph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschannel who very much could be a couple more than just on screen.
Starring: Joesph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschannel. Directed by Marc Webb.