Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) falls for Summer (Zooey Deschanel). I think she wants to eat his face.

I caught this film during SXSW.  They had one viewing at the Paramount and I made sure that I was there (even though it was day 9 and I was beyond tired).

This film not only had me swooning for JGL but it also reinforced my plan for the year.  Enjoy EVERY moment and when it’s gone, it’s gone. I would also like to revise that plan based on viewing the film.  I would like to only remember the good parts of past relationships.  Because I have documented all of the bad shit somewhere on this blog I can use that as a reference for later use.  It’s not healthy to keep replaying all of that stuff in your head.

The film is a romantic comedy that was actually believable.  Boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, girl can’t commit, boy and girl fight a lot, boy has his heart broken (Zooey you made me hate you),  girl finally commits (but there is a twist there).  The part that makes this movie different from the standard love story is that the story is told out of order (but not in the way Memento did it).  We start during a time of breakup.  Flash back. Flash forward. Repeat. The filmmaker does a favor throughout the film and lets the viewer know what day they are on.  Without that it would have been a little hard to follow.  Even better, the movie was filmed by Marc Webb, a director with a music video background.  The colors popped and the scenes were just the right size for the short attention span generation.

I got to stick around for the Q&A after the film.  Most of the cast was there along with the writer and director.  The usual questions about what type of camera  came out.  The best question was if any of this had happened in real life.  Apparently the story is stitched together from a few relationships the writer had.  Slightly frightening but, It made me think that I should do more with the stuff that I put out for you, little readers.

The movie should be coming out in July.  You should check it out for yourself.   The soundtrack is phenomenal.  Regina Spektor, the Smiths (very important to this love story), the Pixies, Belle and Sabastain, etc… and somewhere near the middle of the film there is a dance number set to Hall and Oates’ You Make My Dreams Come True.