Not A Romance

Rating: 6/10 (17 January 2019)

Yeah yeah, we get it. 500 DAYS OF SUMMER is not a romance. "Not a romance." That's what everyone seems to have to say about this movie, critics and regular people alike. But it's just a regular romantic comedy, if you ask me. It's a little bit different though, right? Actually, not really. I mean it's as different as TERMINATOR and TERMINATOR 2, but it's just more of the same really. People thought the filmmakers were genius for turning the genre on its head? Sorry, but I'm not seeing it.
I'm not a huge fan of romantic comedies in general (I only ever watch them with my girlfriend whenever I let her pick a movie) and I didn't particularly like this one any more or less than many of the others I've seen, but overall I guess it was decent for a romantic comedy (not so mushy and more realistic than what they usually do). And it's got Jess from NEW GIRL, and she's fun to watch. The acting is good (though I never really cared for JGL) and the story is better than some, worse than others. I like the music (Pixies have a song in here). Recommend for fans of the genre.