See you in a year

Hank 2022-04-23 07:01:04

The magic of this movie is that my viewing process can completely fit Tom's mental journey.

For the first week, I watched it repeatedly, because I was obsessed with Joseph's appearance and was stuck in Tom's previous perspective: When a manic pixie dream girl meets a frustrated man, isn't it meant to be? Perhaps he was also poisoned by literature and art. Looking at it again a month later, I began to see the true story of the story, and realized that from Summer's point of view, Tom was never the male lead. Looking at it a year later, maybe Summer also put Tom on the waiting list of the male lead, but Tom was still immature at that time, and he was still living in the imagination of music movies as he was a child. It was the lovelorn that made Tom grow up quickly. Some people say that "Women experience men is to experience vicissitudes", in fact, men experience women the same. Either leave or be left. No one is responsible for anyone, some are just coincidence and timing.

Autumn is superfluous. With Autumn, it becomes the 'those cards, movies and pop music' that Tom accuses. Whether there is autumn, Summer has to turn over the page; whether there is autumn, people have to grow up.

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500 Days of Summer quotes

  • Summer: There's no such thing as love, it's fantasy...

  • Tom: Yeah, uh, this is... And Rhoda, no disrespect, but um, this is total shit.

    McKenzie: Tom!

    Tom: "Go for it" "You can do it"? That's not inspirational, that's suicidal. If pickles goes for it right there, that's a dead cat. These are lies. We're liars. Think about it. Why do people buy these things? It's not 'cause they wanna say how they feel. People buy cards 'cause they can't say how they feel or they're afraid too. We provide the service that lets them off the hook. You know what? I say to hell with it. Let's level with America. At least let them speak for themselves! Right? I mean, look! What-What is this? What does it say? "Congratulations on your new baby." Right? How 'bout, "Congratulations on your new baby. Guess that's it for hanging out. Nice knowing you."

    Vance: Sit down, Hansen.

    Tom: How bout this one, with all the pretty hearts on the front? I think I know where this ones going. Yep! "Happy Valentines Day, sweetheart. I love you." That sweet? Ain't love grand? This is exactly what I'm talking about. What does that even mean, "love"? Do you know? Do you? Anybody?

    McKenzie: Tom...

    Tom: If somebody gave me this card, Mr. Vance, I would eat it. It's these cards, and the movies and the pop songs, they're to blame for all the lies and the heartache, everything. We're responsible. *I'm responsible.* I think we do a bad thing here. People should be able to say how they feel, how they really feel, not you know, some words that some stranger put in their mouths. Words like "love"... that don't mean anything. Sorry, I'm sorry. I, uh... I quit. I'm... There's enough bullshit in the world without my help.