It’s gotten to the point where if you aren’t head over heels for a film the majority of people seem to love, the Internet dubs you a crazy person. Such is the case with 500 Days of Summer, a film I gave a solid B+ review and yet received a few questioning glances when I didn’t include it in my Top 25 of 2009.
While it’s a fun film I’m just not falling all over myself to tell everyone how great it is and never saw myself returning to it the way I return to relationship dramas such as Before Sunset or A Brief Encounter. And I haven’t. Not as if those two films are in the exact same genre as 500 Days, but they are more my speed.
However, I still like 500 Days and I recognize how much everyone else loves it. And it’s to this point I asked Laremy why he thought everyone loved it seeing how it did make his top ten of 2009. His response was that he thought it was the “Best Morning Ever” musical number featuring the song “You Make My Dreams” from Daryl Hall and John Oates that allowed most people to hold the film so warmly in their hearts.
The scene is great and I enjoy it, and I’m just curious… is this why you love 500 Days of Summer?
On a side note, when I interviewed director Marc Webb he told me they removed a “Worst Morning Ever” sequence due to redundancy. He said, “It was an opposite parenthetical to the ‘best morning’ where the cartoon bird shits on Joe and it was sort of funny, but it was also redundant.” Wanna see it? Here it is…
ALSO… “Bram” just sent in the link to the “Reality vs. Expectations” scene everyone is talking about in the comments… Is this scene even closer to your heart?
By the way, if this is one of the reasons you love it you should probably pick up the soundtrack.
