http://www.lockstockandtwofilmgeeks.com/500-days-of-summer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Film review by two cinephiles. Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:17:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.lockstockandtwofilmgeeks.com/500-days-of-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-63 My Top 10 Favorite Movies of the First Half of 2009 | Lock, Stock, and Two Film Geeks Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:01:24 +0000 http://www.lockstockandtwofilmgeeks.com/?p=228#comment-63 [...] This movie is so relatable it’s not even funny.  I may not have lived exactly this, but it’s so universal that it strikes home anyway.  And yet it feels specific and genuine at the same time.  It’s a really witty and fresh script as well.  Both actors are great, and have good chemistry.  And there’s Zooey Deschanel, who I’ve had an unabashed crush on ever since I saw Mumford and Eulogy, two of her earliest films.  Sadly she just got married to one of my favorite musicians, Ben Gibbard, so I’ll have to begin to mentally let her go.  There’s a great mix of indie music too, and some wonderful directorial stylistic flairs.  Benn and I reviewed it in depth in our Film Duel column. [...] [...] This movie is so relatable it’s not even funny.  I may not have lived exactly this, but it’s so universal that it strikes home anyway.  And yet it feels specific and genuine at the same time.  It’s a really witty and fresh script as well.  Both actors are great, and have good chemistry.  And there’s Zooey Deschanel, who I’ve had an unabashed crush on ever since I saw Mumford and Eulogy, two of her earliest films.  Sadly she just got married to one of my favorite musicians, Ben Gibbard, so I’ll have to begin to mentally let her go.  There’s a great mix of indie music too, and some wonderful directorial stylistic flairs.  Benn and I reviewed it in depth in our Film Duel column. [...]

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