If you only knew how sick and tired I am of the same ho hum romantic comedy we get starring Hugh Grant and some other boring movie star, I tell you I could go on forever. What’s so infinitely excellent about “(500) Days of Summer” is… well everything! From the get go the movie stares you right in the eyes and proclaims “No, this isn’t a romance film.” And boy howdy do they get the message across. What also helps the anti-romantic atmosphere is the casting of the always whimsical pixie Zooey Deschanel who matches wits and lines with the always excellent Joseph Gordon Levitt who by all rights isn’t your conventional romantic lead. But as always Levitt proves why he’s one of this generations excellent young actors.
I’m one of the many people in the film community who has had nothing but contempt for the practices Rob Zombie has exorcised since his venturing in to filmmaking. Beside “Devil’s Rejects,” Zombie is a man who is nothing but a studio tool who injects his own brand of trailer trash chic in everything he does, even polluting the origin of Michael Myers with it. Zombie is 100 percent Grade A hack and a complete studio stooge who knows how to be a horror fan but doesn’t know what horror fans want, nor will he ever try to find out.
I think the more the series goes on the more it begins to feel like a clever sitcom from the BBC because when you see season two you can see all the pieces finally coming together. All the awkwardness and flaws from season one are practically gone and more intelligent humor is implemented to make this one of the smarter comedy series on television.