500 Days Of Summer

When I first heard the title and the plot of the film (excluding the names of the characters), I thought okay this is about a guy and how he spend his 500 days of summer. Summer that is the season I mean. But when I watched the film for the first time, that is when I realized, Summer is a name. Name of the love interest of Tom Hansen, the main actor. I like the way they did with the title, that it seemed it has a dual meaning.

Usually, movies like this would end like the boy gets the girl. That even the girl did not want a serious relationship or did not believe in love at first, in the end it will all change and they’ll live happily ever after. Instead they showed how people or rather the guy struggle to go through his life after his dream girl dumped him. I think that’s their unique selling point. Showing the realness, the real struggle and the choices we make in life. Either give in with the pain or let go and move on. Which is too embarrassing for anyone to share, but this film will make people realize that they’re not alone and that it is normal.
At first I was so confused and a little bit annoyed with that, but as I watch it seemed better with that. I feel like the writer wants us to feel what Tom feels. How he felt after and feel while with Summer. Compare and contrast. Connect and Relate. They want us to feel that we are the ones who are in his place. Interesting movie