500 Days of Summer

In the beginning, Tom clearly believes in love, where as Summer dismisses it completely. This doesn't stop Tom from actively pursuing Summer, even though she doesn't want a boy friend. Through the depiction of the many good and bad times the two shared together, this film is primarily about the hardships of sustaining a realistic relationships. No matter how bad one person wants to preserve the relationship, it will hit bumps in the road, and sometimes those bumps can cause you to veer off course.

I enjoyed the fact that the movie showed the lives of Tom and Summer when they were kids, giving us a brief history of where they were coming from. I love the use of the jump cutting; they started with Day 1, the meet, and then it jumped to Day 309, where things go wrong. The director would show them having a good time, laughing all the way to the part where she doesn't' look happy and he's trying to please her. Webb just keeps going back and forth with happy scenes to sad scenes forcing you to realize and try and figure out if these two are going to work things out and stay together or break up and move on. Tom and Summer needed each other at that time in their lives to be able to live happily at the end of the 500 days. The music was extremely moving. It pulled me into their love story at the beginning. Each piece of music he chose fit the scene or section of the movie and complimented the emotion Webb wanted from the audience.

This movie, with an unexpected twist at the end, will have you cheering for either Tom or Summer; but mostly Tom because he's the one with the broken heart, the real struggle. This movie had a very moving portrayal. It made me experience emotions of joy and anger with Tom and Summer's relationship. I highly recommend watching this film, it's definitely a must see if you want to see two people struggle to find that happiness that many are too scared to find.