It's Official: I'm in love with "500 Days of Summer"

love stories: Apparently, they're not about love.

After weeks of anticipation and searching for theatres that dare play this film, I finally saw "500 Days of Summer."
Throughout the movie, I found myself laughing, smiling, crying (not really, just feeling sympathetic, really) at randomly distributed moments throughout the film. The film struck me as different, because, despite being classified as a romantic comedy, it turned out to be anything but that, and by that, I mean predictable.
The plot skips forwards and backwards in the 500 days of Tom Henson's (the main character, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) relationship with Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel). The constant flashing forwards and backwards made the plot refreshing, and the explorations into Henson's imagination with the sequences of animation and splitscreen added further to the film's unpredictability. Despite all of the seemingly random train of events, the film's moments all play together and tie up very nicely.
The appeal of the characters is that they are all average, everyday people. With this relatable concept in mind, I began to see the various traits of each character- whether it is their realism, their unrequited need for fun or their childlike faith- and I felt sympathy and compassion for every folly they suffered through, especially Tom.
As a romantic comedy, its fresh, different, and revolutionary. Its quirky storytelling style, its lighthearted humor, and the chemistry of Gordon-Levitt and Deschanel make the film unique and more real than any other romantic comedy out today.
Don't be deferred by the fact that the movie is in limited release- it's well worth the time to see it.
Look for some showings in you area here.
Watch the official trailer here.