This morning, after waiting to see it since it was in the cinemas – for some reason, I just didn’t see it at the cinema, no one seemed to want to come with me – I’ve finally watched…
500 DAYS OF SUMMER
And let me just tell you, it was just as good as I was expecting! I knew it would be about love, but NOT in the whole romantic LOVE STORY kind of way. Which was like a breath of fresh air in a way, because there’s so many romantic-boy-meets-girl films out there, and whilst I am generally a sucker for a GOOD romantic film (The Notebook and Pearl Harbour spring to mind here), I’ve been getting fed up of all these stupid ROM-COMS…which aren’t even very funny or romantic at the end of the day…it seems as if these films are catering more for “lads”, who have a “funny” view of romance and find it hilarious when they watch rom-coms; I’m thinking of films such as The 40-Year-Old-Virgin…or Knocked-Up…and whilst, yes, they’re alright when you’re in the mood to watch those kind of films, I just really miss all these great films about LOVE…so, even though 500 Days Of Summer isn’t actually a LOVE story, it’s ABOUT LOVE…and I absolutely loved it. It’s a relief to find such a good film that doesn’t confine to the usual rom-com rules…it was a romantic film…but it was also funny at some points, making it a rom-com in it’s own right…but it didn’t feel like a rom-com…
And now…I’m looking forward to finding a subtitled screening of Nowhere Boy and Sex, Drugs and Rock’n'Roll…next stop: CINEMA!
