Author: Matt

Review: AVATAR

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AVATAR is a film that’s been on just about every movie geek’s radar for what seems like an eternity. I have to admit, my level of excitement has been somewhat of a roller coaster as the various marketing has come and gone. Before they showed a single frame of footage, I couldn’t wait to see what James Cameron had up his sleeve after TITANIC, which was the last feature film that he directed before AVATAR. When roughly 20 minutes of footage were screened at Comic Con, I eagerly read everything I could about it, still waiting for my first glimpse of footage.  Then, the first teaser came out. Sure, it looked cool, but did it look like the mind-blowing masterpiece that the hype would lead you to believe? Not so much. It looked more like a Final Fantasy cut-scene. Granted, it still looked pretty awesome, just not anything new or game-changing. Luckily for James Cameron, that is not the case.

Seeing AVATAR on a big screen in 3-D is nothing short of an incredible experience. The CGI, which makes up roughly 80-90% of the movie, looks both spectacular and lifelike at the same time. There wasn’t a second of the film that I didn’t believe that I was in the world of Pandora (the alien moon on which the movie takes place). Visually, this is by far the most impressive movie of the year, and sets a new standard in CGI character work. WETA far surpasses their work on the LORD OF THE RINGS films here, and if they don’t win an Oscar for it, I’ll be shocked. Just the CGI and 3-D alone are reason enough to go see AVATAR, but fortunately the story isn’t too bad either.

Avatar is the story of a soldier named Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) who has been paralyzed from the waist down in combat. The film is set in the future, when spinal injuries are easily fixed, just expensive. When Jake’s twin brother dies, he is contacted by a group of scientists who inform him about the AVATAR program which his brother was a part of. This program takes humans and links their minds into artificially created bodies which resemble aliens called Na’vi, who reside on Pandora. Each Avatar is created with the DNA of it’s human host, so only that specific person can link with it. Since Jake and his brother share the same DNA, naturally they need him to take his brother’s place.

Jake quickly learns to love and enjoy being in his Avatar body, since he now has the ability to walk, run, and do everything that he wished he could in his human body. However, life on Pandora isn’t exactly a paradise. The air on Pandora is deadly to humans, which is the main reason for creating the Avatars in the first place. And the reason why humans are on Pandora at all is a metal called “unobtainium”. As it’s name suggests, it is quite hard to find, and is worth a whole lot of money back on Earth. Unfortunately for the humans, the largest supply of unobtainium is located right under the Na’vi’s main village. You can probably see where this is headed, which essentially is the weakest aspect of the film. Story-wise there isn’t really anything groundbreaking here, but at the same time, the story never gets dull, and the characters were interesting enough that I still enjoyed the story.

The acting is all around great in AVATAR. After seeing Sam Worthington in TERMINATOR SALVATION, I was less than impressed. Here, on the other hand, his work is great, and I was completely engrossed in his story. Zoe Saldana (STAR TREK) who plays the Na’vi called Neytiri, is also fantastic, and makes a strong case for inter-species dating. Even Michelle Rodriguez (LOST, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS) who I usually can’t stand is enjoyable in the film. Cameron gives just about all the major players their moment to shine, and none of them disappoints.

Like the CG, the action in AVATAR is incredible. James Cameron’s work on some of the greatest action films of all time has clearly paid off. Unlike other action directors (Michael Bay) Cameron realizes that the best action is action that you can actually see! You won’t see any close-up, shaky-cam nonsense here. Instead, you’ll get to enjoy the hand-to-hand combat, gunfights, arial battles, and even giant mech fights in all their clear, discernible glory. I may be over-stressing this point, but I absolutely HATE when an action film is so shaky that you can’t tell what’s happening, and, if you feel the same way, AVATAR will certainly be a visual treat for you to behold.

I highly recommend that you see AVATAR on the big screen and in 3-D. I’ve seen a few 3-D movies over the years, and this one tops them all by a landslide. The 3-D effect never gets annoying and they don’t use any cheap 3d tactics of throwing things at you. Instead, the 3-D is used to add another layer into the imagery, making the visuals pop with incredible detail. Unfortunately, it may be a while before this level of 3-D is readily available to watch at home, so make sure to see AVATAR in theatres, or you’ll regret missing out on a great experience.

James Cameron certainly hasn’t lost his touch, and I personally can’t wait to see what he does next.

Fantastic Fest 2009: RAMPAGE Review

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Matt’s Take:

I must confess, this is the first Uwe Boll film I’ve ever seen. And if he continues down this path, it may very well be the last.

RAMPAGE is a story about a douchebag kid who’s got a terrible job, is something of a loner, and has no prospects in life. He gets treated like crap at work, at restaurants, and his parents are sick of him living at home. He just can’t get a break… which is why he must go on a RAMPAGE, brutally murdering everyone who has insulted him and finally getting his justified revenge!! Hmm, now that film sounds kind of cool. It perhaps sounds like a Falling Down, but where Michael Douglass is the hero, right? In fact, even Uwe Boll himself compared Rampage to that version of Falling Down, which I must confess, got me very excited for the movie. I’d love to see that movie. Unfortunately RAMPAGE is not that movie.

RAMPAGE is instead the story about a completely unlikeable douchebag terrorist, who decides to kill random people for no reason. (OK, actually he does have a reason, but it’s so lame and unrealistic that it doesn’t count) And to add to that, he doesn’t even kill the people in cool ways! He kills people with machine guns. Machine guns with infinite ammo. This is not interesting. It’s not exciting. In no way is the “hero” ever in any danger whatsoever. Apparently in the Uwe Boll universe, you can blow up a Police Station and then basically never be bothered again by the Police. Hmmm… yeah, I guess if there was only one Police Station in the entire country that might work, right? But forget realism, at least this movie looks cool, doesn’t it?

NO. It doesn’t. This movie looks like it was shot by a cameraman who had Parkinson’s and they forgot to hire a focus puller. I’d say at least 90 percent of the movie was out of focus, even in shots where two actors were sitting motionless at a table!!! I mean, come on, is it too much to ask that we can actually see what the hell is going on? To add to this nonsense, random flash forwards are interjected into the film throughout. These bits add absolutely nothing to the film, except giving away the ending ten minutes in, and annoying the audience. The first half of this movie is so boring, it’s almost hard to comprehend, and sadly the action in the second half isn’t nearly interesting or exciting enough to make this film worthwhile.

Kent’s Take:

Is RAMPAGE a good film? Kinda. Is it a great film? NO FLIPPING WAY! But it is easily the best thing Uwe Boll has made and if you saw it, I doubt you’d guess he had anything to do with it. RAMPAGE is the basic story of a young man that’s just had enough with his mediocre life and how everyone just craps on him. His parents are kicking him out, he can’t even get a simple coffee order made correctly for him, and the disaster that happens at the local fast food joint really sets him over the top. He takes it upon him self to teach his crappy little town a lesson but suiting in a large armor plated battle suit and just blowing everyone in town away.

This is a violent movie with a lot of innocent people getting killed. In fact everyone in the movie is innocent except for the main character Bill played by Brenden Fletcher. Bill’s rampage on his town is enjoyable to watch, or at least it would be if you could see most of what was going on. The biggest problem I had with RAMPAGE is that it’s shot terribly. I enjoyed it’s ideas but I could barely see them half the time because of the terrible cinematography. Uwe Boll is able to shoot a good looking film. Tunnel Rats is decently well shot but here we get a grainy shaky movie that has a hard time focusing on any of it’s most important elements. Why this movie was shot on film and not on HD is beyond me. I think a very shiny glossy look would have been a great contrast to the brutal violence that takes place during Bill’s killing spree.
I can see how some people find this film unwatchable or bad, but I really do think it shows progress in Boll’s sense of direction. Most of the movie is improvised and it does show, especially in Linda Boyd’s performance as Bill’s mom. She stammers so much that it becomes very obvious she has no improvisation skills what so ever. I’ve never heard a movie have a character saying “um” so much. Another big issue with the film is literally the last 30 seconds. It’s a tag onto the film that explains some things that are totally unnecessary. Putting that in almost defeats everything that came before it, especially with the things that are revealed in the last act.

Overall, RAMPAGE should be seen, but by no means should you rush out and see it immediately. It has some solid moments, a lot of morbid, dark humor and a lead character that you’ll cheer on and then when it’s over you’ll hate yourself for it. It’s an interesting movie to be sure. I give Rampage 3 out of 5 stars.

FANTASTIC FEST 2009: Matt’s Top 10 Picks

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Fantastic Fest did indeed live up to its name, and thus it was tough to pick just ten movies that were my favorites, but here’s my best attempt:

10) K-20: The Fiend with 20 Faces

A superhero story set in an alternate timeline Japan just after World War 2, K-20 puts a Japanese spin on characters similar to Batman with a dash of Zorro thrown in. It starts off a little slow, but about 30 minutes in, the story picks up and doesn’t let go until the finish line. Containing some of the best CG I’ve seen out of Japan, this film definitly deserves to be seen.

9) Yatterman

Pretty much everything you could want in a PG (ish) action movie based on a Saturday morning cartoon. Humor? Check. Action? Check. Giant robots? Check. Giant robots having sex? Check… Wait, what? Yes, this film is completely insane, and as a result it’s a whole hell of a lot of fun.

8) Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

The violent, ridiculously crazy sister to Yatterman, this film is a whole ‘nother kind of insanity. It doesn’t take itself seriously for one second, which means we get things like the wrist cutters club at school and one of the most (unintentionally) racist bits of comedy ever put on screen. This is a film that could only be Japanese, and it is a wild ride.

7) Trick r Treat

Yes, there were non-Japanese films at this fest too. This is one that I’ve been waiting to see for what seemed like an eternity. Luckily, it did not disappoint, not one bit. Several stories woven together, and all linked with a very creepy little demonic pumpkin child named Sam make for a very creepy, and at times, very funny Halloween movie. Be sure to check this one out on DVD/bluray.

6) Fish Story

Yet another Japanese film, this one is about a punk rock band who’s music will save the world. Easily the best looking film of the fest, this multi-decade spanning film is something that should not be missed. The music is incredible and the story will keep you completely enthralled until it’s conclusion. Also, for those of you who may be turned off by the completely insane Japanese-ness of Japanese movies, this one is quite different and should have a large mainstream appeal.

5) Avatar 3D Footage

Like a lot of people, I just wasn’t impressed by Avatar’s teaser trailer. It’s not that it looked bad, it just lacked the wow-factor. After seeing 20 minutes of the movie, I have to say.. I was wowwed.. A lot. If you have any interest in 3d cinema, this will be the film to see. Every second of footage looked incredible, and James Cameron shows that all his 3d work/research over the last ten years has payed off.

4) [rec] 2

[rec] is one of the scariest horror films of all time. [rec] 2 ups the ante and delivers and hour and a half of action, suspense, and scares. And to top it off, the story’s not too bad either. I had a blast with this film, and can’t wait for the inevitable [rec] 3.

3) House of the Devil

One of the best 80’s horror films that just happens to be released in 2009. The fantastic camerawork, moody music, and characters that you actually care about all combine to make this one of the best movies of the fest. Incredibly creepy without having to resort to cheap gimicks, this is one film you should not miss. It’s available on VOD at Amazon.com right now, and I highly recommend that you check it out.

1-tie) Zombieland

80 minutes of pure entertainment. There’s not a boring second in there. Great performances by every single actor, more laughs than you can count, and a fantastic list of zombie rules that more people should follow make this one of my favorite zombie films, behind Shaun of the Dead, and one of my favorite films this year.

1-tie) Love Exposure

Of all the great Japanese films at Fantastic Fest, this one takes the cake. At 4 hours long, and spanning just about every genre out there, it’s anything but typical. In fact, I can pretty much gauruntee you’ve never seen anything like this. Never once during its 4 hour runtime did I get bored, and in fact when the intermission hit, the entire audience couldn’t wait for it to start back up. This was the surprise hit of the fest for me, and I will do whatever I can to track down a copy of it to watch again as soon as possible.

Fantastic Fest 2009: ‘[Rec] 2’ Review

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WARNING: since this is a direct sequel to [rec], there will be spoilers for [rec] in this review.

[rec] is one of the scariest horror films of the past ten years and my personal favorite horror film of all time. For those who don’t know, [rec] tells the story of a news lady and her camera crew as they are doing a late night feature on firefighters. Of course, this quickly turns into a disaster when the firefighters are called to a building which just happens to have an outbreak of what seem like zombies. [rec] 2 picks up just seconds after the first film ends, as a swat team comes to the same building to take care of the mess that was made in the first movie. Or, at least that’s what they think. The real plot of the movie isn’t revealed until later, but suffice to say it gets a little deeper than typical “zombies” and quite a bit more interesting.

While the entirety of [rec] was shot from the perspective of a single news camera, [rec] 2 puts you primarily inside the helmets of the swat team. The majority of the movie takes place from the team videographer, since the mission is deemed so important that they need archival footage from it. This swat member is, for the most part, weaponless, and sticks back behind the main force of the team. However, any time they need to send a single member off on his own, for example: to crawl into a tight space where only one person will fit, the video taps into that members helmet, giving us a grainier and more ‘first person shooter-ish’ point of view. This helps spice things up visually, and keeps us from thinking, “why are they still filming?”

If you don’t like to be scared, this is not the movie for you. It’s creepy, atmospheric, and dives right into the horror within the first five minutes. Making the main characters of the movie part of a military operation means that they get right up in the creatures’ faces, unlike [rec] where the news crew tended to stay back as much as possible. A lot of the creepyness stems from the creatures jumping right at the camera, which is a great scare tactic that obviously isn’t possible in a more typical horror film. There are very few moments in this movie where you feel safe, and luckily directors Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza manage to keep the tension from getting stale throughout.

Aside from the perspective of the swat team, [rec] 2 takes us into the views of several other cameras which show us the same parts of the story from different vantage points. On paper, this is a good idea, and for the most part, it is. However, the first time we cut away from the swat team is such a jarring difference, that it ends up being the weakest part of the movie. For a this portion of the movie, we follow around a group of people who are filming with a camcorder, and for a good part of this there are no creatures present and the group of people are completely unaware of any supernatural  occurrences. There is a bit of a jarring contrast between this and the swat team, since we leave a group of characters that are very interesting and taking on creatures on a regular basis to follow a regular group of people that act stupid and are very annoying. As I watched this segment, I really wanted these people to die as soon as possible. Luckily, after a boring ten minutes or so, we kick back into the greatness of the beginning of the film, which continues on until the end.

Although the entire film is shot digitally and is meant to have an amateur sort of look, the cinematography is fantastic, and the long takes in the movie are very impressive. Unlike films such as Cloverfield, which put some people off due to the shakyness of the camera work, at least 90 percent of [rec] 2 is very smooth and realistic with the concept that they’re going for. The acting, as well, is top notch, and I really believed that these people were the characters they were portraying and not actors.

I’ve been telling people to see [rec] ever since I saw it, and I feel the same way about [rec] 2. It’s a great sequel, and manages to stay fresh, despite taking place in the exact same place as the original.

Fantastic Fest 2009: ‘Yatterman’ Review

Based on the Japanese weekend cartoon from the ’70’s, Yatterman takes the simple concept of giant robots fighting endlessly week after week, and turns it into so much more. Since it’s directed by Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition, Sukiyaki Western Django) you may expect a violent, gore filled horror film, but Yatterman isn’t that. It’s very much a kids movie. A live action cartoon. Well, kind of.

It’s as if you took a live action Power Rangers (kid friendly, very-PG) and threw in sexual innuendos, perverts, and giant robots having sex. Yes, in this movie, giant robots basically stop fighting in the middle of a battle to get it on. I couldn’t imagine American parents taking their kids to see this one, even if it was in English. This, in part, is what makes Yatterman so entertaining. The filmmakers understand that the original concept is really not that great, so they spice it up with self-referential humor and completely over the top action.

The basic story of the film is that “Yatterman”, a group consisting of a young guy, his girlfriend, and their giant dog-like robot, are constantly doing battle with “Doronbo”, a group of three thieves. As the movie opens, the groups are in the middle of battle, and it’s clear that they’ve been doing this for quite some time. Doronbo has more members and better weapons, but luckily for Yatterman, they are complete idiots. Over the course of the film, they do battle many times, always trying to get four “skull stones” which seem to have some kind of power when they come together. Really though, the plot is quite useless, and merely serves as a way for the characters to get together and generally be hilarious.

To give an example of this movie’s ridiculousness, one of the many robots is a woman with a wedding cake for a head and giant machine gun shooting and missile launching breasts that gets turned on by a bunch of robot ants and later a robot dog. Another situation has the movie actors talking to their animation, voice-actor counterparts and commenting on how, “we used to sound like that!” Yet another involves the Doronbo villains swindling people out of their money by offering ridiculous, rip-off products, then dancing and singing around their giant stacks of cash as they build new robots. And that’s just a small selection of this movie’s craziness.

Even things that would bring down most films, such as the quality of the visual effects, don’t matter here. The effects look absolutely awful and CG characters don’t blend in to the environment one bit, but they’re so entertaining that you won’t find yourself caring. If I have one complaint about the film, it’s that the last thirty minutes or so do drag a bit, hitting you over the head with the love aspect of the story. It doesn’t ever go so far as to be boring, but it could stand to lose ten minutes or so.

If you used to enjoy Saturday morning cartoons, but find that their live action adaptations are just dull and useless, you’ll love this movie. It’s a fun popcorn movie that doesn’t aspire to be anything else. Oh yeah, and as far as robot films go, good CG or not, this movie kicks Bayformers’ ass.

Review: ‘GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra’

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GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra is the story of a devious young explosion who yearns for nothing more than to blow up everything in sight. This young explosion teams up with fellow explosions, all with the same goal, and together they explode so much that they feel UNSTOPPABLE!!! Unfortunately, this group of evil explosions has forgotten that the good guys have their own army of explosions, which they unleash, setting off a chain reaction of good VS evil, explosion VS explosion to see who can rack up the most damage. After two hours of consecutive explosions [SPOILER ALERT] the good explosions win. Yeah, director Stephen Sommers likes his explosions, even more than Michael Bay (gasp!)

There’s really not a whole lot more to explain than that. Sure, there is a little bit of a “story” underneath all those explosions, like how a hotshot military man, Duke (Channing Tatum), joins GI JOE (where knowing is half the battle) and becomes way more awesome than anyone else in about three seconds of training, and also how another strangely young man (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) [SPOILER ALERT x2] rises to power as Cobra Commander, and more importantly goes from having a high pitched voice to a low-pitched gravelly voice full of EVIL. Oh yeah, and we can’t forget the futuristic nano-machines, little green robots that eat everything in their path, even entire cities! It makes no sense, but it does make a lot of EXPLOSIONS! However, all these “story” elements serve one purpose and one purpose only: to make things blow up!!!

OK, OK, OK, enough about EXPLOSIONS. If you’re not into loud, fast, stupid ACTION is there anything here to like? Nope. Not one bit. Fortunately, if you can turn your brain off, there is a fairly enjoyable movie in there. We get to see things such as: a military convoy VS an army of Cobra airships (that look much more like alien UFOs), an asian ninja VS a white ninja, machine guns VS energy beam blasting guns (again, very alien), two guys running around Paris in Halo-style battle armor destroying everything in their path, and even a Superman style race against the clock to blow up some missiles. Many of these events are loosely explained with a crazy amount of flashbacks.

The flashbacks in JOE range from pretty cool to laughably awful, with most falling somewhere in between. This is also where almost all of the “character development” takes place. How come the asian ninja hates the white ninja? FLASHBACK. Did Duke used to be friends with Cobra Commander? FLASHBACK. Did Duke used to date the evil Baroness? FLASHBACK. The most ridiculous flashback comes right at the start of the movie, which begins in Paris… in the 1600s. Yeah. GI JOE starts off hundreds of years ago, in a Paris where everyone speaks English. This opening really set up the tone of the movie. As soon as the scene started, everyone in the audience erupted in laughter and the thought came to mind, “is this GI JOE or Van Helsing 2?” Luckily that scene only lasted for a few minutes, before we headed into the “not too distant future”.

It seems like I’ve really been trashing the movie, but like I said it actually was pretty fun. The Paris scene where Duke and Ripcord (Marlon Wayans) smash their way through Paris in their Halo suits was pretty great and was probably the most accurate reproduction of how you would play with a GI JOE toy. Even though the suits looked pretty lame (OK, incredibly lame) I couldn’t help but think how cool it would be to be running around like that.

Unfortunately, the weakest aspect of GI JOE are the special effects, which is strange considering that the movie is nothing but special effects. If you’ve seen Van Helsing or Mummy 2, you probably know that director Stephen Sommers is no stranger to bad CG, but here it seems like he’s gotten even that much worse. Every time a CG helicopter passes through the frame, it looks like something out of a mid-nineties video game, and the first time that the big GI JOE plane flies over their base in the desert, the CG was so terrible I almost thought it was a joke. These effects shots, which should be relatively easy to do in this day and age, looked mind-blowingly awful, and no I’m not exaggerating. They are THAT BAD. They also break the very basic laws of physics at the end of the movie when [SPOILER ALERT x3] they make ice sink. That’s right, a giant underwater base is destroyed when they blow up a big chunk of ice, which then proceeds to sink down in the ocean. Uhh, what?

I haven’t mentioned the acting since it’s really not worth mentioning. None of the actors really bring anything special to the movie (not that it’s necessarily their fault) except for Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who is quite hilarious as the scene stealing “The Doctor” and eventually Cobra Commander. Also, is that Gordon-Levitt doing the low-pitched gravelly voice work? If so, kudos, because it was hilarious.

If you like seeing stuff blow up, by all means go and see this immediately and bring your kids. Out of the two hour run time, there’s maybe about twenty minutes where stuff isn’t blowing up, and the movie certainly never gets boring. Plus, if the kids want to see the movie again, just give ’em a few GI JOE toys and some firecrackers and they can recreate the movie in the backyard!

Review: ‘(500) Days of Summer’

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I went into this film knowing essentially two things:

1) It stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, and
2) It’s not a love story but rather a story about love

In my opinion, that’s the best way to see this (or any) film, so if you’re a fan of Joseph Gordon-Levitt or Zooey Deschanel, or if you’re intrigued by the idea of a romantic comedy that, against all odds, isn’t a generic, boring, waste of time, then by all means, go and see this film as soon as it opens tomorrow (7/24). However, if you’re still on the fence about it, here’s my take on the film.

Since Scott and Jeremy reviewed (500) Days of Summer when it was screened at Sundance and Cinevegas, HERE and HERE, and I completely agree with both of their takes on it, I’ll try to take a different approach. About a third into the movie, during a particularly ingenious musical number, the thought hit me, “this feels like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off!” Not because it was ripping off Ferris Bueller, in fact the two stories couldn’t be more different, but because of the strong emphasis on characters over story and the general likability of the entire cast.

The film takes place through the eyes of Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). He’s universally loved by his coworkers, he’s fun to hang out with, and he’s an all around great guy. (Sound familiar?) But that’s only on his good days. Throughout the film, we get to see glimpses into the 500 days that Tom spends with his love at first sight (Zooey Deschanel) and when he’s on a good day everything is pretty great. On the bad days? Not so much.

Through the film, we are greeted by title cards which let us know what the current day of summer is, and we also get a preview of how the day will turn out. (I could explain more, but it’s kind of cool to just see and experience for yourself. One of the many little touches that make this film great.) On the bad days Tom is more of a Cameron: whiny, moping, and full of hate. This contrast lets us know, right from the start, that all bets are off as to where this relationship will end up.

Like Ferris Bueller, this film is genuinely fun, funny, and manages to bring the dramatic bits without spoiling the humor in the end. If there’s one thing I hate about comedies, it’s when the first two acts are full of laughs and then as soon as the inevitable dramatic moment hits in the third act, everyone goes silent (basically every terrible romantic comedy out there). Partly because of the non-linear nature of the story, and partly because of the very tight editing (no fat here) the film never drags, and it never loses its momentum as a comedy. One of my favorite bits came totally unexpected, so I won’t spoil it here, but I’ll just say it was a brief cameo from a 1977 movie character…

While the Ferris Bueller character similarities pretty much end with Tom, this is really his story, so it’s a good fit. Go into the film with “Ferris Bueller’s (500) Days” in your mind, and I think you’ll see what I mean.

All in all, with (500) Days of Summer, you can expect a tightly woven, well-crafted, technically brilliant film that will leave you smiling (and possibly wishing that your girlfriend looked like Zooey Deschanel).