Caught the world premiere of 500 Days of Summer last night. It’s the midseason heart throbber opening nationwide in August that wastes no time informing fans of actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zoey Deschanel that this is no love story.
Summer movies have an incredible way of pushing lyrics beyond the two hours required to watch them. Darth Vader reached to hold the hand of a totally beaten Luke Skywalker and compassionately said, “I am your father.”
In the Urban Cowboy, Debra Winger tipped her Texas cowboy hat back and passionately asked John Travolta, “Are you a real cowboy?” That single line set the country music world on fire creating the biggest movement in music since Disco and the Beatles.
Summer Lovers 1982 starring Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannan
and Valerie Quennessen, “Jealousy doesn’t show how much you love someone, it shows how insecure you are."
500 Days could very easily change the face of time with a single line, “When I woke up this morning my eyes suddenly realized…”
Don’t just say it…let it sink in, swish it around your floppy ears then let it zip zap past your nose hairs then straight down your dry throat toward what the Koreans in Tae Kwon Do call your dan jung…in Western culture it’s the soul.
When I woke up this morning my eyes suddenly realized _________________ (fill in the blank)
Scene conclusion: Writer takes a moment to share long pause for readers to develop a personal thought.
Very rarely does a flick stick to the roof of your mouth like this one…don’t be shocked when you wrap things up this summer with a newer way to express romance.
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