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Paranormal Activity: It wasn't scary, but I still liked it. It started off really slow, though. And the only parts that could really be called scary were the jump scares, and yeah, of course you're gonna freak a little when everything's quiet and suddenly there's a loud noise. It was pretty creepy though, and as far as the "low-budget 'realistic' hand-held horror films" genre goes, this is the best I've seen. I was puzzled at why I had heard classmates and coworkers swear that they slept with the lights on that night, and then I figured it out. This is one of those movies where it's not very scary unless you happend to have the phobia it's focussing on. Jaws terrified me, because I have a fear of deep water. If you're the type that panics everytime you hear an odd noise at night, you will have to change your pants by the end of this movie.
(500) Days of Summer: I'm not sure... how I feel about this one. I feel like it was trying too hard to be cool and quirky too much of the time. And due to the non-chronological format of the movie, I had a hard time figuring out which of the main characters was the asshole (I've settled on both). Though if they both dicked each other over, I guess I feel better about the whole thing. There is one thing, though... did Summer break it off with Tom because she was in a relationship with her future husband? I'm just guessing since she cried at the wedding scene in that movie. In which case, FU Summer. I did like that it... well, it almost avoided a stereotypical ending. Tom still sort of ended up paired off, but at least it wasn't TRUE LOVE from the start.
Another thing that kind of bugs me about the movie... It seems to be very anti-mainstream and in love with things from the 1960's on back. The only "mainstream" thing you see in the movie is IKEA, but then again they don't buy anything there. Most of the characters tend to wear old-fashioned clothes, especially the women, who all wear either long vintage dresses or pencil skirts. NO PANTS. And lots of old things are mentioned, like The Beatles, old architechture. At one point Tom even makes a comment that modern fashion is awful and they knew how to dress in London in the 1960s.
BUT THEN. The girl Tom meets at the end, Autumn, seems to be dressed in a more modern way. She's wearing a pinstripe suit with pants, and her hair is dyed with highlights. In fact, both Summer and Tom seem to be dressing quite differently at this point. Is this a metaphor? He was stuck in the past?
AM I READING TOO MUCH INTO THE FASHION CHOICES OF A MOVIE?
(500) Days of Summer: I'm not sure... how I feel about this one. I feel like it was trying too hard to be cool and quirky too much of the time. And due to the non-chronological format of the movie, I had a hard time figuring out which of the main characters was the asshole (I've settled on both). Though if they both dicked each other over, I guess I feel better about the whole thing. There is one thing, though... did Summer break it off with Tom because she was in a relationship with her future husband? I'm just guessing since she cried at the wedding scene in that movie. In which case, FU Summer. I did like that it... well, it almost avoided a stereotypical ending. Tom still sort of ended up paired off, but at least it wasn't TRUE LOVE from the start.
Another thing that kind of bugs me about the movie... It seems to be very anti-mainstream and in love with things from the 1960's on back. The only "mainstream" thing you see in the movie is IKEA, but then again they don't buy anything there. Most of the characters tend to wear old-fashioned clothes, especially the women, who all wear either long vintage dresses or pencil skirts. NO PANTS. And lots of old things are mentioned, like The Beatles, old architechture. At one point Tom even makes a comment that modern fashion is awful and they knew how to dress in London in the 1960s.
BUT THEN. The girl Tom meets at the end, Autumn, seems to be dressed in a more modern way. She's wearing a pinstripe suit with pants, and her hair is dyed with highlights. In fact, both Summer and Tom seem to be dressing quite differently at this point. Is this a metaphor? He was stuck in the past?
AM I READING TOO MUCH INTO THE FASHION CHOICES OF A MOVIE?