500 days of Summer

Rating: 6.6/10

Genre: Drama

Overall value for time and money: 6.5/10

It's not hard to figure that this movie is not a romantic one but more of a drama since it was already laid out through the narration by the lead star at the start of the movie. Well... I would say it does have a hint of romance in it, but generally, while some might insists that this movie is pretty good because of its "honesty", I say it's just riding on the main concept of fate and the entire movie simply revolves around it. Nothing too fantastic about it.

The movie is about a girl who doesn't believe in true love and a boy who falls in love with her.. thinking that she's the one for him. Her name is... Summer. And wa la, 500 days of Summer. The movie is chronologically screwed up because it trottles to and fro in their relationship. On one scene we have how they met, the next they broke up 300+ days later and it returns back to their Honeymoon period again.... It's pretty novel, but kinda messy I thought. Didn't quite work for me.

I thought they could have build up more on the ending where *spoilers ahead* Summer told the lead that everything was right except him being the right one for her. Could have been more touching but the lines were too vague, weak and confusing. Well, the very last scene did save it a little, was sweet but ironic... It's half of a feel-good movie, half of a thought-provoking movie. Good movie, not a strong film that would convince me to have a 2nd go at it.