Its original but nothing special

Rating: 8/10 (26 August 2010)

500 days of summer is an original type of film that attempts to be funny using a variety of animation, voice-over, split-screen, slow- mo, and semi-documentary techniques along with an unusual jumping back and forth from future and past inserts that only results in a series of short-attention span. The end scenes of this movie almost make up for the chaotic, choppy, jerky editing that really detracts from the potential for a more traditional romantic drama that could have been even more powerful because the edgy script in linear form was likely great to begin with. There were many unnecessary dialogues and scenes but it was alright.
While watching the film, it seemed clear that Summer was really into Tom as a boyfriend. First Tom gets Summer to go out with him. She says she wants it casual, but he really falls for her. She breaks it off and he's miserable for months after. Tom turns to his much younger sister to give the advice he needs. Then at the end, when the they for a final time, she tells him that she's married. She was really not nice to him and acted mean. Overall the film is decent but tries too hard to be fresh and exciting. Though its an opinion you. ==================================================================== ====================================================================
After a rewatch 09/06/17' and many years later, opinions have somewhat changed as I watched this film from a different perspective and forgot many scenes. We can understand why it is as praised as it isn't the typical Hollywood romance film we see today. The two leads are great and elevate the film making it better but many scenes seemed to drag. Although it is better on a second viewing as there are some things must have missed on its initial viewing. Rating changed from 6 to 8.