(500) Days of Miss DiversiT

So, I guess I’m a bit late on that one…

I just saw “(500) Days of Summer” a couple of days ago on TV. I don’t even think it got a proper release, here in Brussels. As usual, we miss loads of good stuff just because it’s not technically addressing to a wide dumb audience.

Anyway, I saw it and I don’t really know what to think of it. Okay, I’m lying : I loved it! But it depressed me a bit ‘cause – Bloody Hell! – they totally used me to create Tom’s character (and, now that I think about it, a bit of Summer’s as well)!

Tom believes in soul mates, love at first sight, fate, destiny and all. When he meets Summer, he’s so sure she’s “the one” that he idealizes her. She doesn’t believe in love; she just wants to have fun without pressure or strong feelings.

Of course, they’re trying hard to be happy but how can it work when you love someone totally and absolutely and that he/she doesn’t love you the same way? We all know how it ends: with a broken heart…

What I loved in this film, it’s how realistic it was. At least to me. You always want to see the bright side of love and you don’t want to face the fact that, sometimes, it has to end. So, they’re showing us the “good days” of Tom and Summer and also the “bad days” where their relationship slowly dies. The ending isn’t really what I’d called a happy one. But I won’t tell you how it ends (what a bad reviewer I’d be!).

Wait a minute…this…is…ME!

As I wrote a few lines before, I should sue Mark Webb, the director of “(500) Days of summer”, for sucking so much out of my life to put it in his characters. Examples coming!

First, playing around in Ikea? I do that every single time I go there ‘cause that’s where the fun is! That, and the cheap hot dogs and cranberry juice. I never really found someone who was playing with me. My friends just basically laugh at me…In a way, it gives me hope: I am not alone and, someday soon, I’ll find someone to play with me!ha!

Second, screaming curse words in the street and pretending it’s the Tourette’s syndrome? I was doing that when I was 16: I nearly invented the concept! We used to play in the summer, where people were outside enjoying a drink. If you’ve never done that: you have to try this! Sooo much fun!

Third, imagining that people are smiling at you and dancing around whenever you’re happy? Well, welcome into my life! It also works the other way around : when I’m sad/grumpy/angry/mad, I swear that it’s always raining and that people are looking at me in a weird way (of course, that’s all in my head…but still!).

I shall stop here with all these examples otherwise I’ll write ten pages and that’s way too long for a review!

The ending left me quite depressed. It made me feel like I was going to be heartbroken for as long as I don’t find my “one”. Because, yeah, I still believe in love and all that crap!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tJoIaXZ0rw

To conclude, I’ll say that it’s a truly great film talking about love, good stuff and bad stuff.

Zooey Deschanel is absolutely beautiful and plays perfectly her part (Mark Webb fell in love with Zooey’s eyes and you’ll notice that there’s a lot of blue shades in the film, just to emphasize her gorgeous ocean eyes) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt is incredibly good. His character is going through a lot of things and experiment a lot of feelings. It was impressive how well he played this wide range of emotions.

How to define “(500) Days of Summer”?

Not a classical romantic comedy, more like real life story about love.

Miss DiversiT

P.S.: hey, Mark Webb, not hard feelings! :D

Miss DiversiT: accio review ’Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ !

I know that, when you are a reviewer, no matter what you review (food, books or, in this case, movies) you can never pretend that you are objective. Because everyone has a different past, affects that change constantly and a personal view of the world. Like what Oscar Wilde used to say about beauty: it is in the eye of the beholder.

I am a fan of Harry Potter, which might alter my judgment. Beware, before the first film, I thought it was ridiculous to speak about sorcerers, a school of witchcraft and wizardry and other dragons and flying broomsticks. I was an authentic aunt Petunia!

But after seeing ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’ Stone’, its magic cast a spell on me.

Ever since, I read all the books, I have seen all the films and collected every magazines the press gave me! Ma own little tradition, for the nosy readers, is to go see the films in theatre six times or so. I try to enjoy as much on big screen as I can.

Well, there are the reasons why I couldn’t be objective…

Since the fifth opus, it is David Yates who is in charge of the films. I have to say I particularly disliked ‘The Order of the Phoenix’: the rhythm was flat, there were too many ellipses and the storyline was disjointed (and remember, I am an aficionado!). I am thus a bit mistrustful concerning the making of the next films.

Eight films for Seven books?

The last episode of the saga was split in two films. It is certainly an excuse to make some more money on the back of our favorite little wizard and on the back of his numerous admirers. The release of the last film in 3D only confirms what I am saying. If it is true that the fan within me is quite happy that it is not over yet, I have to say that I regret all that business around Harry Potter.

All the other books were condensed, tons of details have been forgotten to allow the making of the six last films. I think they could have done the same with the seventh and last book.

‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: part 1’ is suffering from some lengths. I think about the scene where Harry is dancing with Hermione. It is adorable, it truly is, but it does not bring anything and it was not even in the book!!! I also regret the lack of professor Snape… I believe that people who only know Harry through the films will not understand the settlement about Snape. And that is a shame! That is what makes the pleasure of reading ‘Harry Potter’: every single detail count and God knows if that detail is important!

On a more positive note – because I quite enjoyed the film – I am thrilled to see the evolution of Ron’s character. He’s evolving a lot faster in the books and his role of the ‘best friend always there and always ready’ in the films was getting on my nerves!

Finally, he is taking some space, he is rebelling against Harry and he becomes a real character. Rupert Grint shows us this brand new Ron with a lot of talent and conviction. We can tell how happy Grint is to blossom in front of the cameras: his acting is all natural and strong.

To conclude, I will say I enjoyed this first part of the seventh film even though I regret a few things. I am impatiently waiting for the end of the saga and I can already tell you that I will not see it in 3D (I do not know about you but, personally, I can not see the point! Besides, it hurts my eyes!).

Miss DiversiT