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And a thought that occured to me this weekend about (500) Days of Summer (spoilers)

Posted by Dano (aka dano) Jul 27 '09, 07:51

It's actually a standard romantic comedy told from the point of view of the "other guy" that the woman is dating when she meets her true soul mate.

Usually you see it the other way - you concentrate on the guy trying to get the girl and the other guy is just the complication. Some times in romantic comedies the other guy is a jerk, but a lot of times he's a perfectly nice guy who just isn't "the one." In this case the soul mate relationship takes place completely off screen and we get to see the relationship through the character that James Marsden seems to play a lot these days.

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No he's not. But Joseph Gordon-Levitt is. -- nm - Diva Jul 27, 07:54 1
- *puts it on the list* -- nm - Epiphany Jul 27, 07:55
James Marsden is in 500 Days? Now I *have* to see it -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 27, 07:52 14
- He's not. Just the type of characters he's been playing recently. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 27, 07:53 12
  - oh. damn. still want to see it. I'm glad JGL is finally getting recognized -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 27, 07:56
  - oh. damn. still want to see it. I'm glad JGL is finally getting recognized -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 27, 07:55 10
    - I loved Brick -- nm - con_carne Jul 27, 07:57 1
      - in my mouth -- nm - con_carne si Jul 27, 07:58
    - Well, this is the 3rd year in the last 4 he's been in great roles. I give up that he'll actually be a star off them - Will Hunting Jul 27, 07:56 7
      - Followup question: what kind of following does 500 Days have? Is it the Juno/Notebook crowd? -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 27, 07:59 4
        
        What do Juno and The Notebook have to do with each other? Like, at all? -- nm - TFox Jul 27, 08:08 1
        
        I tie both into the Hot Topic shoppers group. They seemed to *adore* both -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 27, 08:10
        
        I don't know what that is, but at the theatre i went ot there were a lot of guys there and they all weren't out on dates with women. - Diva Jul 27, 08:06
        
        Beats me. I don't even know what Juno/Notebook crowd is -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 27, 08:00
      - he's kind of deliberately avoided that kind of stardom. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 07:58 1
        
        yep. And he's producing now too. He seems in it for the long haul and doesn't want to be in a place where if he's in a bomb, he can't work again. SMRT -- nm - Diva Jul 27, 08:00
- (should I tell her that he's not?) -- nm - Dano Jul 27, 07:53

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