non-liner structure was not a plus

Rating: 5/10 (5 December 2009)

Overall I didn't like this movie much, mostly because I felt the heartache of the guy for 90 minutes, which was not a nice experience. And I fail to see what was added by breaking up the chronology of the story, moving back and forth among the 500 days of their relationship. A simple question - why? Why do that? Why not follow it chronologically, the way it really happened, and the way, after all, we are supposed to fit it all together in our heads as the move unfolds? It just seems an unnecessary gimmick. If it were a mystery movie, or some terribly complicated plot that starts with us in the middle of things having to figure out a world we were suddenly dropped into, then a nonlinear presentation makes some sense. But it doesn't here.