listening log 2-500 days of summer

Romance;95 min

    This film is about Tom Hansen and Summer Finn’s 500 days of love story. They met at the company and became couple but broke up. Tom recollected his memory because he thought that he and Summer did not have a reason of break.

    On January 8, Tom meets Summer, the new assistant for his boss. Tom works as a writer at a greeting card company in Los Angeles but the most he want to do is architect. During the next few months, Summer and Tom grow closer. Even though Summer tells Tom that she does not believe in true love, and does not want a boyfriend, they become lovely couple. When they have a date, Tom shows Summer his favorite spot in the city, which overlooks a number of buildings he likes, although the view is spoiled by parking lots. After several months of dating, on day 290, Summer and Tom end their relationship after they see The Graduate, a film which Tom has been thinking that shoes true love. Tom does not believe the breakup well and panicked, so Tom's friends call his younger sister, Rachel, to calm him down.


    After they finished, a months later, Summer and Tom attend the wedding of a co-worker and Summer invites Tom to a party at her apartment. He attends the party, but leaves when he sees that Summer is wearing an engagement ring. Tom enters a deep depression, only leaving his apartment for alcohol and junk food. After a few days, he decides to find himself again by working as architect and starts to attend interviews. On day 488, Summer sees Tom at his favorite place and they talk. Tom says that he still can’t understand her actions. Summer explains that she discovered someone else who make her to feel something that she had never been felt about with Tom. She says she is glad to see Tom is okay. As she leaves Tom tells her that he really hopes she will be happy.


    At the last, twelve days later, he attends a job interview and meets a girl who is also applying for the same job. They talk, and Tom learns she shares his favorite spot. Before entering the interview, he makes a date to have coffee with her. He asks her name, and she replies "Autumn"