The movie 500 Days of Summer went from a small indie film to being one of the biggest box office movies of 2009. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom Hansen and Zooey Deschanel as Summer Finn. The pair depict one of the most interesting love stories a movie has ever shown. It begins with the classic story of boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, girl goes out with boy. And what happens next includes topsy and turvy twists and turns which none can fully understand until it all becomes clear as the film progresses.
The character of Summer is an interesting one, she is attractive, but strange and at times distant. She seems to fall in love with Tom, but she never goes head over heels for him, at least in the way he does with her. Then she goes and marries a man she knew for a shorter amount of time than she even knew Tom.
This, needless to say leaves Tom heartbroken and lost. So there's a quick synopsis for you, go see the movie. Guys it's okay this is one chick flick that is acceptable to see.
But this movie did more than awe me and make me laugh, and wanna cry. It taught me a valuable lesson. It showed me no matter how we feel about people, we can never make them feel the same way about us. We can't force love or happiness, we can only let it come to us.
Because when we force it, then it's not really true. It's a emotion we feel we are supposed to and must feel. The way Tom loves Summer is so grand and great we should all strive to devout ourselves to the people we love in the same way. But if they don't wanna love us back in the same way we just have to let it go. Tom has a hard time figuring this out in the movie. In the end he does, so we can all go home happy, but it is one of his biggest struggles in the film.
So love your lover strong, take their hand and hold on. Because that's all you can do, so do it well. And if they don't wanna reciprocate the same feelings back to you, accept it because there's definitely nothing you can do.
This film presents the biggest question that every person in Tom's situation asks, "What went wrong?"
ReplyDeleteSummer never wanted a traditional family life yet goes around and finds one, without Tom. A reality that hits him hard. Reliving all the moments is a way for him to grasp how it was possible to have great chemistry with her and not have the same happy ending she finds with another person.
The most painful truth that this movie presents is the unfairness of certain people who never want this kinda of life, never look for it, however it manages to find them, but those individuals who desperately want it, are left seeking it.
JC you are so right. I love the way the film is real in this sense. It helps me reaffirm when I am wondering like Tom does that one, it'll happen eventually. And two the world isn't fair in such ways and the only way to cope is to deal with it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment.