Deschanel and Gordon-Levitt Part of 500

[ross2287]

Voted for 4, but the third one is good too.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

The 1st(top left) looks generic. The 2nd(top right) looks like he's teenager pining for some girl in high school flick. The 3rd(bottom left) is just ugly.
I'll take the fourth one.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Probably one of my more anticipated filmes....looks really well done.

 

[Prison Mike]

I like the first and fourth one.

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

Deschanel is a cutie, I like her. This movie looks like a good date movie, something to sit down and watch with the person you wanna be with and have a 'moment'. Looks good, and the two main actors are great. It just looks like a good 'take your girl to see this, and you're going to get laid' type movie.

 

[PWN3R]

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/03/04/help-choose-the-poster-for-500-days-of-summer/

Help Choose The Poster for 500 Days of Summer

Our friends at Fox Searchlight are trying to figure out what the poster for (500) Days of Summer should look like. They have asked us to poll /Film readers to find out which poster you guys like better. So please head on over to FoxSearchlight.com to get a better look at the four choices and to place your vote.

2nd one is .
I adore Deschanel, her films, music, everything. Definitely looking forward to this.

 

[Dr Strange]

I would have to say 1 but 4 is very good too, but 1 it is.

 

[chamber-music]

JGL is cool, Deschanel is cute and the soundrack features The Smiths, Joy Division, Jack Penate, The knight Rider theme, Feist, The Doves and The Pixies!

Yep this movies got my money

 

[Octoberist]

4 is good because it's a nice photograph of Zooey and she could be a good selling point of the movie.

 

[ross2287]

I'd happily hang the fourth one on my wall...and never leave the house again.

 

[ross2287]

http://www.foxsearchlight.com/500daysofsummer/

Official website has some new pics of the film and there's a new trailer.

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So excited!

 

[Dark Donnie]

International Trailer



Summer: "I'm going to the supply room anyone need anything?"

Tom: "I think you know what I need.........toner"

Can't wait to see this!

 

[ross2287]

Anyone going to see this?

I have to wait until the 29th.

 

[Bond]

Let me start out by saying that this is probably the second best movie of the summer, right behind Star Trek. I wouldn't call it a rom-com, but it doesn't take itself too seriously either. It's like a more serious Juno, and a less serious Garden State. I had been hearing about the success of this movie at film festivals and such, but I really went to see it just to get my Zooey fix, and as it turned out, this was just one of the most original movies I've seen in a while.

I'm not the biggest Joe Levitt fan, but he does fantastic as Tom, the aspiring architect working for a greeting card company. Yeah. You feel sorry for him, then happy for him, then sad, then you keep switching. He does a fantastic job at changing the way he looks and acts, whether it be a good day or a bad day, throughout these 500 days he has with Summer. Zooey of course is adorable. She's believable as this perfect girl that has an affect on everyone she sees, and the connection her and Tom, or Levitt, have throughout this movie is great.

Arguably the best part of this movie is how unrealistic it is. Everything that these characters do is so precious and likeable that you just can't see them living in the same world that we do. Everything about it is just so old school. Director Marc Webb throws us into this different kind of movie, that leaves us with a sense of more enjoyment than if it were done just as most directors would have done. There is a musical sequence right in the middle of the movie, which Tom sings and dances to after he taps that Zooey ass for the first time, and thats when you realize how playful and innocent everything going on is. Oh, and did I mention that this movie is set in LA? I had no clue from watching the trailers. Webb shows us the architecture of LA, not just the hot beaches and hot *****es and palm trees and all that stuff that we usually see in LA movies. We get these different kind of old-school characters in this different kind of old-school environment, and everything just seems so perfect.

The supporting cast doesn't play much of a big role, it's mostly just Tom's friends. The Mexican guy that he works with, who apparently has a drinking problem only at one certain bar, is hilarious and a great down-to-earth transition that we get throughout the movie. The other friend however, who has long hair and I swear he's in some movie that I've seen a ****-load of times but can't remember, is kind of weak, but whatever.

So, this movie is something entirely different, but ultimately awesome. Levitt and Zooey are great, the feeling that we get throughout the whole movie is great, and the message that it leaves us is just fantastic. If you have a chance to see this movie, then see it. I can't really think of any complaints... I guess at a few parts it seemed to hold back itself in order to keep the PG-13 rating, but it was hardly noticeable. Great movie right here.

9.5/10

 

[ross2287]

^^Nice review.

I've heard literally nothing bad about this movie.

 

[flickchick85]

I generally hate romantic comedies, but I freakin' loved this one. In ranking summer movies, I actually liked it more than Star Trek, and I'd probably put it right up there with Up and Public Enemies as my favorite of the year thus far.

It reminded me quite a bit of Annie Hall, with some more modern storytelling techniques that would, in lesser hands, feel like gimmicks but instead feel absolutely essential here. And yes, while it does feel like it exists in it's own little movie world, it still felt...true. It's hard to explain, but it felt like a fairytale about the brutal truth of romance rather than the Hollywood version of it. It's like they go out of their way to make sure Tom and Summer are generic enough to be anyone and touch on every rom-com cliché in the book, yet make us care about them anyway, and somehow give those clichés a mocking tone that make them feel completely fresh.

The performances are perfect. I'm a big fan of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and his many disturbed/unusual indie movie characters, yet I still found it completely refreshing to see him play someone so darn normal. And Zooey Deschanel made a character who, on paper, could come across as a total cold-hearted b***, actually seem quite likable, easy to empathize with, and in the end, misunderstood.

This movie had my favorite closing line (and opening title cards, for that matter) of any movie this year for sure, and an amazing soundtrack to boot. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone, even if they normally, like me, hate these kinds of movies.

9.5/10 (the only thing holding it back from a 10 is thinness of some characters, which didn't actually bother me because of the nature of the story, but it's there.)

I can't wait to see it again.

 

[Gamma Ray]

I watched the trailer and I've gotta say... Gordon-Levitt is a spitting image of Heath Ledger.

 

[Bond]

Sometimes Levitt doesn't look a thing like Heath, but sometimes they look remarkably similar.

 

[mikeyh89]

I really want to see this so I'm happy to see all the positive buzz.

And any mention of Levitt and Heath just reminds me of 10 Things I Hate About You. Damn I love that movie.

 

[ross2287]

Just got back a while ago from a pre-screening and I'm still on a Zooey-High.

This is, without a doubt, my favourite film of the summer. It was good in practically every department. Now I really want to go to LA and see the places where this was filmed.

The soundtrack was phenomenal and deserves to win some kind of award. Didn't Garden State's soundtrack win a Grammy or something?

My favourite part was, hands down, the Morning After Hall & Oates dance. The clip is online but they leave out this one part that is sure to please any Star Wars or Harrison Ford fan. It literally had me laughing out loud.

Sometimes Levitt doesn't look a thing like Heath, but sometimes they look remarkably similar.

He reminded me so much of Heath in this movie. Especially, for some reason, in the Ikea scene and whenever he said, "I don't want to get over her; I want to get her back."

Great movie. Can't wait to see it again. You should all go see it too!

 

[Octoberist]

I'm gonna try to check it out this weekend.

 

[scifiwolf]

I would love to see this movie, but it's not playing anywhere near me anytime soon.

 

[Episode29]

My Review:

If you can recall back to the far-flung month of last April, I performed some very jubilant calisthenics over Greg Motolla’s incessantly huggable Adventureland, a film I gushingly praised as being “a genuinely funny, heartfelt slice of coming-of-age narrative that sneaks up and lulls you into a blissful state of nostalgic joy”. Faint praise indeed, and my unabashed fondness for the film has only increased since. However, with the slowly expanding release of Marc Webb’s lush and tender pop-smart post-modern dramedy 500 Days of Summer, we’ve once again been lovingly presented with another brilliantly comical, and similarly-themed, exploration into the dizzying highs and soul-crushing lows of twenty-something romance. If 2008 was the year of the reinvented superhero, I hereby dub 2009 as the year of the perceptive young love story.

Ostensibly assembled as an affectionate 21st century tribute to the 1977 Woody Allen classic Annie Hall, which mixed real-world relationship insights with fourth-wall-breaking snark and hilariously indulgent genre-bending absurdities, 500 Days of Summer is like that film’s hip little brother: still bearing the same timeless American hopes and dreams, but boasting a contemporary ironic voice and an ADD-addled brain . As opposed to the average fluff-stuffed rom-com, which typically traces a dopey-smiley couple of combative alpha personalities from first “Meet-Cute” to “Stupid Misunderstanding” to the inevitable “Climactic Slow-Mo Make-Up Smooch”, Webb’s artfully constructed slice of whimsy bounces wildly around the timeline of its central duo’s romantic cycle, honing in the small intimate moments of truth crammed neatly between the colossal defining events. This is a film more focussed on the emotions of the morning after than the steamy passions of the carnal act itself.

And what an unforgettable post-coital sunrise it is, as greeting card writer Tom Hanson, played by the destined-for-big-things Joseph Gordon-Levitt, bursting with joyful triumph, merrily shakes hands with a throng of complete strangers before breaking into an infectiously winning impromptu-yet-choreographed dance routine to Hall & Oates’ “You Make My Dreams Come True”. Yep, he’s in love, all right. Who’s the lucky girl? That would be the free-spirited Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel), a spritely bundle of modern-woman philosophies and quirky, odd-ball tastes (Ringo is her fave Beatle! She collects eccentric bric-a-brac! Gadzooks!). How did they meet? I’m so glad you asked. Really. You see, she’s a recent hire at Tom’s company, working for his affable boss Vance (a kindly Clark Gregg). Sure, he thinks she’s out of his league, and tries to avoid her at first, but, after a drunken office karaoke party, things begin to click and sparks ignite.

So what’s the problem, then? Well, Summer isn’t interested in a commitment while Tom has been indoctrinated from childhood to yearn for exactly that. Uh oh. As the film jumps around we begin to see cracks appear in their union: He’s overly determined and needy, while she’s distant and masking deep-rooted unhappiness. Can a solution be found? The film’s poster informs us that “This is not a love story. This is a story about love.”, and certainly a more apt description cannot exist. 500 Days of Summer uncovers the truth behind sweeping romance, and packs it with broadly painted eye-candy and quiet, naked observations, big laughs and contemplative solemnity. Director Webb and screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber have ingeniously crafted a narrowly focussed character study that is, at the same time, eerily identifiable to almost everyone in the audience.

As fun as the film’s script is, and how much energy Webb brings to the classy affair, all would be nought if, um, not for the lively performances from its two central actors. Gordon-Levitt, an intriguing talent on the rise for some time now (Go rent Brick and The Lookout and see the early warning signs) is an ideal love-sick man-boy, charismatic and charming, but also not afraid to reveal the insecurity within. He’s able to play petulant frustration extremely well, as in an office meeting blow-up where all his romantic aggravation comes to an explosive head, and yet he still has the light touch to grab the film’s witty comic dialogue and situations and run with them.

Zooey Deschanel’s role is trickier. As Summer is, at least in sunnier times, Tom’s idea of flawlessness, she has to essentially play an almost angelic girl whose imperfections are all but ignored in favour of the fantasized ideal. Fortunately, no actress does idiosyncratic adorability better and, having finally found a director capable of harnessing her high-voltage magnetic appeal, she’s so sunny, funny and gorgeous that I’d suggest that any hot-blooded male who walks out the film not in love with her is either a soulless android or a corpse. When her character enters darker territory in the latter half, the actress is restrained and wounded – ixnaying the stereotypical screeching, erratic harpy routine in favour of something more touching and hinest. Just as Tom can’t get Summer out of his head, 500 Days of Summer succeeds in making sure we can’t get Deschanel out of ours.

Although not all of the film’s flights of fancy strike gold – there’s a foreign film montage that feels too arch and superfluous and Tom’s wise-behind-her-years Juno-like little sister, who speaks like a brainy 39-year-old screenwriter, is a tad grating and inconsistent with the identifiable humanity of the rest of the cast. Helping to counter-balance these weaknesses are a spell-binding split-screen scene, which details an event from both Tom’s hopeful pre-visualized expectations and the heart-breakingly brutal reality, the aforementioned dance sequence and, quite possibly, the greatest Han Solo reference of all time.

The film’s structure mirrors the emotional freefall of young romance, with the early encounters crackling with the electric excitement of discovery and unspoken desire and the later scenes shadowed by barely-suppressed sorrow and an uncomfortable fear of the unavoidable. Like Adventureland, and Annie Hall of course, it’s a cinematic journey that feels alive and in the moment, a snapshot of a scenario that we almost regret to admit looks vaguely familiar. 500 Days of Summer won’t change the face of cinema, or make Transformers dollars, but it will make you laugh, grin ear-to-ear and maybe, just maybe, even lead you to re-evaluate and come to terms with your own particularly traumatic ill-fated romances. Whoever said that cinematic love couldn’t be grand?

4.5 out of 5

 

[Octoberist]

500 Days of Summmer

9/10

Man, I got depressed after watching this. It's a great movie, mind you, but it brought up bad memories of past relationships. You know when you KNOW that your relationship is going downhill and for MONTHS ON END, not you or your girlfriend say anything about it. And when it's over, you want friggin' answers but you know you will never ever have closure?

Yeah, this movie explores that. Man, my heart aches.

Damn you Zooey for your beautiful smile. Your wonderful eyes...soft skin!

 

[Poeman]

Im still dying to see this movie...Joseph Gordon Hewitt is the next coming of a great star

He i heard was also brilliant in The Lookout