500 Days Of Summer

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The movie 500 Days of Summer is a romantic comedy starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zoey Deshanel, and is directed by Marc Webb. The movie is about the different stages of the relationship between Tom (Gordon-Levitt) and Summer (Deschanel). Evidently, the story is about how Tom deals with their relationship throughout these stages of the relationship, which is described throughout 500 days; how they start dating, the core of their relationship, post relationship, and how Tom gets over Summer. The movie goes day by day from 1-500, but not in a chronological order. This gives a view into their relationship: the honeymoon phase, the everyday life, and when it goes bad. It is a different way to go about a romantic comedy, which gives a more realistic …show more content…

Sexual relations in reality are not as in movies and therefore romantic comedies often become unrealistic when it comes to sex. In 500 Days of Summer, Tom and Summer rent a porno movie and decide to try one of the positions in the shower after watching it. However, normally that would go smoothly in a romantic comedy, yet this is clumsy and awkward situation for Tom and Summer and they get a good laugh out of the whole situation, which is much more realistic than if it would have gone smoothly for them. Overall, the movie displays a realistic component of a relationship and how human sexuality plays a role in a relationship: attraction, flirtation, relationships, jealousy, etc.
The end of the movie shows Tom at a job interview where he meets a girl named Autumn, and then the screen goes from 500 to 1. This was a perfect ending to the movie, because it displayed how a relationship starts, ends, and that life goes on afterwards. Overall, this movie is a great romantic comedy due to the fact that it is more realistic compared to most romantic comedies. The movie gives a good sense of real relationships and how human sexuality plays a role in these

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