500 Days of Summer

I got to see this film at the BRILLIANT Embassy theatre in Wellington. It is set out like a theatre but- what the hey!- its a cinema. Beautifully decorated...emerald green tiles. Just lovely! I know I’ll be going again!

500 Days of Summer. Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't
Directed by Marc Webb, 500 Days tells the story of loving someone, to the extent that they love the idea of the relationship, heartbreak, hope and then back to love.
I know people who have been in a relationship and have been very, very happy and then suddenly BAM! Its over. Why? For heaven sake when it was going so well?!
For anyone who has had this happen to them they may cry with sympathy and understanding at this film. However it does an excellent job, as films generally do, at restoring hope. It is a very funny/ sad/ hopeful film. The two leads are Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who you will recognize from 3rd Rock from the Sun, 10 Things I Hate About You and other indie, off the beaten track films) and Zooey Deschanel (Failure to Launch, Elf) , who’s dead pan expressions and timing never fails to make me smile. Both of them were just brilliant! Joseph, who’s past roles were child, borderline adult roles has come into his own as an adult actor with 500 Days of Summer. I can’t help but feel as though Joseph looks an awful lot like Heath Ledger. What do you think?