500 Days of Summer

500 Days of Summer is film that features the very talented Joseph Gordon-Leavitt and Zooey Deschanel. This is a story about Tom Hansen, the hopeless romantic who reflects on the past 500 days with Summer Finn. Summer and Tom start off as colleagues and then friends. Soon, their friendship is taken a step further into a semi relationship. Summer, although she likes Tom, is not crazy about the idea of relationships or boyfriends. Throughout this film we are able to witness Tom Hansen’s non-chronological narrative of his time with Summer and the flood of emotions that it brings him.

I was very impressed with this film—the production, storyline and the soundscapes that are incorporated—and after viewing it when it was first premiered, it became one of my favorite films. As I mentioned above, the story is narrated in a non-chronological way. Tom Hansen describes specific days he spends with Summer Finn and bounces around from past to present. I found this narrative very unique and thought it added a lot to the story. I also felt that the soundtrack that was put to this film helped expand on the emotions that were displayed by the characters.

I thought the director, Marc Webb, did a wonderful job with this film and utilized his team of designers and producers to the best of his ability.