There’s been a few movies released by Fox Searchlight that have been marked indie successes. Like Juno, which in my opinion, doesn’t have any impressing appeal or acting that is outstanding. Juno wasn’t even completely realistic. But anyway, I wanted to talk about (500) Days of Summer, an upcoming movie starring Joseph Gordon Levitt and Zooey Deschanel.
Actually, this post is more about Joseph Gordon Levitt. I first saw him in Brick and then noticed him in 10 Things I Hate About You as late Heath Ledger’s younger look a like. Even when I mention the character of Cameron, none of my friends know who exactly I’m talking about.
I have a feeling that (500) Days of Summer will be a success just like Juno and like Michael Cera, Levitt will be more well-known. I’m not sure I’ll be a fan of this (because I knew him first!). Maybe I just like being the one who knows about certain things before the mainstream. At my old school, when some of the kids started to hum out loud “1234,” I could never help but think, “I knew Feist before you! I liked her first!” I have a helpless case of indie snobbery; I’ll admit it.
So when Joseph Gordon Levitt becomes a newly found heartthrob (not that he isn’t already) like I suspect, and a teenage girl drools over his undeniable, on-screen chemistry with Zooey Deschanel, I won’t help but think, “I knew of his existence before you did.“
2 Comments
March 24, 2009 at 5:42 am
I stumbled upon 500 days of summer once & I liked. I forgot where but I really liked the sentimentality of it.
But can we stop with the Romantic Comedies? I’m starting to dislike that genre. I think it’s been overused.
May 2, 2009 at 5:45 pm
“I have a helpless case of indie snobbery; I’ll admit it.”
Oh dear me too! Regina is mine and no one is allowed to know her at school lol. To me it almost feels like if I listened to music first, I marked my territory and so others should stay out, though that isn’t really nice of me… and at the same time I love sharing and constantly force people to listen my music haha. Guess I just don’t know what I want.