500 reasons why i love (500) days of summer - part 1

Well, actually I don’t have 500 reasons why I love this movie. It’s just an exaggeration, you know. So, first of all, for some of you who don’t know about this movie yet, let me tell you this loud and clear: “you are missing of one the best drama-comedy-musical movies ever made, my friend!” But, no worries, you’ll about to find out about it, in just a moment.

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This movie tells about how Tom Hansen (the main character) falls in love with a girl, Summer Finn, how she breaks his heart and how he is finally able to mend the pieces of his broken heart (yes, I take this line from this song). This is the very first reason why I love this movie: because it is about a broken-hearted boy. You know, love story usually revolves around a girl who falls in love, a girl who tries to impress and get a guy, a girl who would do anything to get her prince charming and so on and so forth. But, this movie is simply different. And I love it. Anyway, before I spoil all the reasons here, if you wanna know further about this movie, go check this link or this link.

And now, let me start telling you my 500 reasons why I love (500) Days of Summer:

Reason #1: As I write earlier, I love this movie because it tells about a broken-hearted boy. Maybe, because I watch way too many girls being hurt by jerks in those typical Hollywood movies, I unconsciously enjoy watching how Summer Finn breaks Tom Hansen’s heart, haha. You know, I’m a bit feministic when it comes to love. No, let me correct it, I am a feminist when in comes to almost everything. But, seriously I enjoy this different depiction about a broken-hearted person.

Reason #2: I like the plot. Actually, it's a common present-past-present plot. But, I love how the writer uses the numbers (500) to bring the audience go back and forth around Tom Hansen’s not-so-called love story.

Reason #3: I love the narrator. He is so witty. I love his voice's tone. I love his kinda cynical jokes. I love how he tells upfront at the beginning of the movie that "this is not a love story."

Reason #4: I love the color of the picture. I notice that the main color used in the movie is light brown, which is one of my favorite colors. It's interesting because the movie itself entitled “(500) Days of Summer,” but the color mostly used in the movie is light brown which according to my opinion actually resembles the autumn season. The blue color, which represents the color of the sky in the summer of course, is mostly used in Summer's wardrobe and in the scene when Tom is so happy and dances on his way to his office as he feels like he's in love with Summer.

Reason #5: I love Joseph Gordon-Levitt's and Zooey Deschanel's acting in the movie. They are really into the characters. I love how the director depicts Tom Hansen as an adequate person who is also, I think, charming in a way. And I love how the director depicts Summer Finn as the bad-girl in an innocence way.

Reason #6: I love the soundtrack! All the songs featured in the movie are super awesome. Here is the list:

1. "A Story of Boy Meets Girl" – Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen
2. "Us" – Regina Spektor
3. "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" – The Smiths
4. "Bad Kids" – Black Lips
5. "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" – The Smiths
6. "There Goes the Fear" – Doves
7. "You Make My Dreams" – Hall & Oates
8. "Sweet Disposition" – The Temper Trap
9. "Quelqu'un m'a dit" – Carla Bruni
10. "Mushaboom" – Feist
11. "Hero" – Regina Spektor
12. "Bookends" – Simon & Garfunkel
13. "Vagabond" – Wolfmother
14. "She's Got You High" – Mumm-Ra
15. "Here Comes Your Man" – Meaghan Smith
16. "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" – She & Him

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My favorites are “Us” and “Sweet Disposition”. By the way, do you know that the vocalist of Temper Trap is an Indonesian? His name is Dougy Mandagi. It’s pretty cool, right? And for your information, “Sweet Disposition” is also featured in one of the episodes of MTV’s series “The Hard Times of RJ Berger.”

Reason #7: I love the script, all the dialogues in the movie. I think the script writer, which is also the director, Marc Webb, is a superb brilliant person. He is just so witty. And I love the fact how he uses some of linguistic features (linguistic is my field of study in college, btw). I really want to tell the details here. But I think, I’ll save it for later.

Geez, I really want to write all the reasons here, but I’m afraid I’ll have to post this post a year from now if I choose to do so. So, I guess, I’m gonna divide this post into several parts. So, ciao!