"I can't run as fast as you can! That subway is out of service! I hate you so much right now!"

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last night I went for a wild crazy new york city movie seeing adventure with one of my good friends. it was epic. we saw two movies, ate delicious sandwiches, and made several mad dashes for trains. I probably won't forget how awesome it was for a long time. Anyway, let's get back to the movies, shall we?

adam
cast: hugh dancy, rose byrne, peter gallagher, amy irving, frankie faison
what imdb says: Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.

1. This movie has an amazing sweet lovable quality to it. It's such a different kind of love story. Not only do Beth and Adam have to learn about each other in the typical relationship way, they also have to learn how to work around Adam's Asperger's. He needs to figure out how to understand her just as much as she has to understand about him. It's lovely really.
2. By far, my favorite part of the movie was them practicing for his job interview. It was so cute.
3. The soundtrack was absolutely mindblowingly good. I didn't expect it to be nearly as good as it was and it surprised me in a lot of spots with how spot on it was.
4. I got to see this movie for free, but I would be willing to pay the money to see it again when it actually hits theaters, and possibly another time after that. And probably on DVD too. :) Yeah, I'm definitely reserving a space in it for my great big book of DVDs.
5. Peter Gallagher plays such a good douche.
6. The ending of the movie, while unconventional for a romantic comedy, was perfect for this movie. I mean, it's unconventional. It was refreshing to see a romcom end the way it did.
7. Hugh Dancy was wonderful. It always amazes me how people without disabilities can play people with them so ridiculously well. He is a completely different person, and he never overplays the autism. It could have easily mocked him but it was moving and really showed, what I consider, an accurate portrayal. Rose Byrne also did a spectacular job. She wasn't that typical accepting, always helpful and understanding person for Adam. She shouldn't be expected to be that. I was afraid it was going to be all love and understanding but she played the moments of harshness really well. They made a wonderful pair and really brought a believability to the story.
8. I know that this movie isn't out yet, but everybody needs to see it.

(500) days of summer
cast: joseph gordon-levitt, zooey deschanel, geoffery arend, chloe moretz, matthew gray gubler
what imdb says: An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.

1. This was movie 2 of 2. And it was just as good as I was expecting it to be. The soundtrack was obviously good, the acting as adorable and heartbreaking and perfect, and the whole movie was a treat.
2. I love the props they give to IKEA. When Tom asks Summer if he needs a Floog I broke into a fit of giggles. I love how they name their stuff. By far my favorite line comes from the scene in the fake IKEA kitchen where they pretend she's making dinner: "Honey, it smells delicious!" "That's because it is delicious!" So cute.
3. I love how jumbled the days were, how you were taken from one of Tom's few terrible memories of his relationship with Summer to an all time high moment of their time. It really provided a good balance.
4. The supporting cast was awesome. Tom's friends and little sister were perfectly cast and lovely comic relief at moments.
5. FUN FACT: this was the 50th movie I've seen this year.
6. Apparently the movie's color scheme was used to bring out Zooey Deschanel's eyes. KUDOS, her eyes are awesome.
7. The relationship between Tom and Summer, even though we really only see the good parts, was this really fun awesome relationship with the cutest of moments. I want that. Tom and Summer seemed like real people. They weren't the stereotypical couple with romantic comedy problems. They had real problems. They had different expectations and failed expectations and all these real issues. But they also had normal conversations and normal interactions with other characters. It was very real. It was very good.
8. The movie has been compared to Annie Hall a lot recently. I agree.
9. A lot of negative reviews have popped up about how empty Summer's character is, how she has very little depth or whatever. The people who wrote these reviews are sort of dumb. Of course she has no depth, she's Tom's recollection of Summer. Everything we know about her is from the stories Tom recalls of her, his perfect girl. It's like his friend says in the movie about his dream girl vs. his girlfriend. She may not be his perfect dream girl, but she's better because she's real. And that's why Tom is such a fool. Summer may seem perfect but how he remembers her isn't real. Summer is the fantasy.
10. The thing with Tom and fantasy and true love and "the one" is that he will never get over these beliefs. He's destined to make the same mistakes. He's like Dustin Hoffman from The Graduate. You're supposed to feel bad for them because they're huge idiots. They aren't the hero of the story, they just happen to be the protagonists.
11. I am really glad I got to see this, it lived up to all the expectations I had and then was even better. I want all the clothes that Summer wore. I want the chalk wall from Tom's bedroom. I loved the different styles the movie took on; musical numbers, french angsty film, expectation vs. reality, and so on. This movie is getting a spot in my DVD collection too, and possibly a revisit to the theater.

coming soon: quantum of solace, casino royale, away we go, star wars (IV-VI), postcards from the edge, burn after reading, miss pettigrew lives for a day, michael clayton, the answer man, revolutionary road, choke.