vanscribbles:madisenkuhn:gallifreyanturtles:#no one realizes the significance of this #th
vanscribbles: madisenkuhn: gallifreyanturtles: #no one realizes the significance of this #the point of this movie is not that you will find another love #it’s that douches like tom will keep falling into the cycle of chasing a manic pixie dream girl #and probably think that she’s the one #but guess what? just because you listen to the same music or because she has a cute name #doesn’t mean that you’re meant for each other #500 days of summer the most misunderstood hipster hit the world has ever seen And let’s talk about the fact that Joseph Gordon Levitt himself said the point of the movie is not so you’d feel bad for him and fall in love with him, it’s so you’d realize how selfish some people are. Actual quote from him from an interview: The (500) Days of Summer attitude of ‘He wants you so bad’ seems attractive to some women and men, especially younger ones but I would encourage anyone who has a crush on my character to watch it again and examine how selfish he is.”“He develops a mildly delusional obsession over a girl onto whom he projects all these fantasies. He thinks she’ll give his life meaning because he doesn’t care about much else going on in his life. A lot of boys and girls think their lives will have meaning if they find a partner who wants nothing else in life but them. That’s not healthy. That’s falling in love with the idea of a person, not the actual person.” loved a boy who told me this was his favorite movie and i can’t believe how long it took me to realize that he is literally tom. he is that exact character. And also, the idea that Tom moves on from woman to woman like it’s seasonal is a big thematic element of the film, particularly the transition from Summer to Autumn. He’s actually not interested in investing in a relationship with a woman, he just wants his own experiences and emotions validated for that period in time, and it’s just as transitory as it is cyclical. It’s a genius movie that so many people miss the point of. -- source link