500 Days of Summer

     The new girl at work will always attract everyone's attention for the first few days she's there; but for Tom, it was more like the next 500. Summer isn't sure that she believes in love and isn't exactly gung ho for jumping into any kind of relationship. Needless to say, the two meet and begin this cycle of love me/leave me along for the next year and a half.
     Most notable about this film is the linear narrative displayed in a non chronological way. You jump to and from different days in Tom and Summer's relationship and watch it as it rises and falls and eventually settles on a park bench in the middle of the day. To me, the film represents 2 ways to look at love. One, you may be desperate to meet that someone and love everything about them once you snag them. Two, you aren't looking for love and have no expectations for it because it's not important to you. Then bam; Tom meets Summer and you get to watch their relationship struggle to find that equilibrium, to locate common ground.
     I think the music in this film found it's place almost as an accompanying mix tape to the movie. A mix tape needs to put a scene in the listener's ming, produce an emotional response and introduce an amazing new song or two. The indie tunes are a perfect match to the indie vibes of the film.