Post by CMF Newsman on Jul 16, 2009 11:02:46 GMT -5
This is the final week until Phillip Johnston comes back from lands afar, so I thought I’d eschew Harry Potter and welcome him back with a film that was on his Summer Movie picks, and one that I was actually interested in seeing (if I can get a date…ladies?).
500 Days of Summer stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom Hanson. You might remember him as the young guy from Third Rock from the Sun, or from the upcoming G.I. Joe. Apparently, he’s following the Brad Pitt method of one money movie per art movie, and I find that commendable. Tom Hanson is a man who believes in love, and holds it in such high esteem that he feels empty without it.
One day, he’s on an elevator with Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe), who observes how much she likes the music he’s listening to on his headphones. She sings a little bit of the song that’s playing, bats her impossibly beautiful eyes, and Tom (and I) are instantly in love.
Like many a great Office Space homage, Hanson hates his job, obsesses on opportunities lost, and wishes for something more. He turns out syrupy schlock for a greeting card company, and yearns for passion in his life. Enter Summer, who takes a job at his company, loves The Smiths just as much as he does, and is basically a walking checklist of everything Hanson wants in a woman.
More at chattanoogapulse.com/film/film-feature/film-feature-i-love-summer/