moi . (5oclockcoffee)

Mrs Claudia PuigI, writing to USA Today*, says that "much like Annie Hall did for a previous generation, (500) Days of Summer may be the movie that best captures a contemporary romantic sensibility".
I´m speechless. In a bad way.
"(500) Days of Summer" is like any other bad romantic comedy, even warning to be a story about love and not a love story. But actually, all the love stories end up being stories about love, don´t they?

The only good point about this movie is that you discover you won´t die for someone because after a season, there´s always another one. Well, we hope so!

Impossible not to think about Kurt and Courtney, even if inspite of choosing to bring up a "glamourous" drug and rock n´roll world (or the typical approach of junkies trying to clean up), the movie focus on a woman trying to change her life and to get her son back.

Another interesting point is that it´s not really a sweet movie about mother and son knowing each other and getting close. Emily is not likeable and she´s not even sure if she wants to settle down. However, it´s more to a "typical" drama movie than any other Olivier Assayas´s movies (I´ve seen) where "nothing really happens".