It's Life, Jump Into Life: (500) Days Of Summer
(500) Days of Summer trailer, you guys:
I don't want to talk about how heavy-handed this is. I don't want to point out the Juno-like hand-drawn graphics, or the Garden State-reminiscent scene on the Zooey Deschanel clone bus. It goes without saying that being in love, even being young and in love, doesn't involve running through an IKEA, ever. IKEA is a place of sadness. And you don't need me to tell you that a trailer in which not a single line of dialog is shown, but just a bunch of voiced-over empty aphorisms that are wordplays on the title, which is itself a wordplay on a character in the movie's name, is a bad sign. Like, real bad. What I want to talk about is the new announcer's voice. Has anyone heard this guy before? This new "in a world" guy? He's going to take some getting used to, huh? Huh guys? Guys? Where is everyone? It's not like there's anything more important to be thinking about.
Posted by Gabe at 10:57 AM in It's Life, Jump Into It, Trailer
Tags: 500 Days Of Summer | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Zooey Deschanel
Remember that shitty movie with Keanu Reeves and Rita from Arrested Development? Does the world need an awkwardly "artzy"ified version of that movie.
Answer: No, go to jail.
Also, who picked that guy for the narration? The pain... the pain...
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You may remember this voice actor from the Listerine commercials.
Also, totally reserving judgement on this movie for the sole reason that there is a big dance number with a cartoon bluebird?
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it's incredibly clever how when you first hear the title, it's like, oh, 500 days of summer, like, summer, the season, with the warm weather and the sun.
THEN, they tell you zooey deschanel's character's name is summer, and it takes on a whole new meaning. that's such a wildly original thing to do, and i was really taken aback ten minutes after i watched this and put two and two together. the screenwriter deserves a pat on the back/oscar for brilliance.
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The guy sounds like Morgan Freeman with a cold
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I was thinking the same thing. Like the normal movie "in a world" guy but more Morgan Freeman-y
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the part where he goes "500 days of fury" & dude smashes a bottle or whatever cracks me up.
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I read a couple of Sundance reviews of this flick yesterday and now I'm confused. The trailer is totally different than what I expected. It may be another case of the studio getting the advertising wrong. And Voice Dude is terrible.
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Hmmm... Are you folks really angry about this trailer for some reason? A trailer doesn't EVER touch on the essence of a movie unless the movie is the Matrix and then it completely nails it. Anyone remember how good the Independence Day trailer was? Now THERE'S a nomination for Worst Movie of All Time...
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was it a coincidence that "500 days of ecstasy" coincided with a fountain going off? i hope this movie is just full of clever shit like that!!
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the narrator sounds like a guy who wishes he was morgon freeman, but instead is creepy.
i'm totally going to see that movie, but this trailer makes me want to dropkick a platypus.
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GRAWWW MORGON. DESTROYER OF PLANETS.
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This has to be an ironic, spoof trailer. There's no way anyone could be doing this seriously. From the weird pacing, the diet Morgan Freeman voice, the narration written by your uncle who's been working on his novel for 10 years. It's all so... awkward. Intentionally awkward.
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I think you're right. I believe they're "referencing" one of the main voice guys from the 70s? Soooo stentorian. I watch a lot of the theatrical trailers from the DVDs of 70s movies, so I am an expert.
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I was thinking the same thing. Hipsters are gonna pee their skinny jeans over this one.
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So, I didn't catch the title of the movie. Anyone know what it is?
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I will see this movie. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is good. I like him. Can we all just relax a little bit? Like, maybe it won't be good, but did you guys see Mysterious Skin and The Lookout? I mean, yeah he's in the G.I. Joe movie, but...would you turn that down?
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agreed. that boy is precious
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On day 461, feeling like their love life was getting a little predictable, Tom and Summer decided to try anal.
Things never really went back to normal after that, looking back.
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i probably won't ever see this unless it trickles its way down to free movies on demand or makes it onto some free movie streaming site - but if it counts for anything, i LIVED for going to Ikea when I was like.... 12. I would do mock photoshoots in the different colored room set ups.
nothing to do with being in love though.
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oh and this couldn't be any worse than that mumblecore shit.
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Quite City would own you so stop being ignorant of good movies based on probably 1 shitty one you saw. And youre as hip as Diablo Cody at this point for saying "mumblecore" and thinking youre gonna get cred points
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Dude... bro... harsh.
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Say what you will. I'd live in Zooey Deschanel's fallopian tubes.
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yeah im gonna see this
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it DOES sound like the trailer voice guy from the 70s... like, if you watch the deliverance trailer (which is a thing i do, apparently):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9R4t_Nwy5E
i don't want my trailer voice guy to sound like a college professor - i want a little pizazz!
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Isn't that Leslie Nielsen doing narration?
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Oh, sweet holy Jesus, I think you might be right!
Watch it again (but close your eyes, it hurts less, I promise - not a lot less, but a little less), and picture Dr. Rumack saying "It's a season normally ranging from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, but that's not important right now."
Personally, I'm kinda looking forward to the movie, I'm sure I I won't have seen anything like it since that Anita Bryant concert.
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Our standby narrator guy died somewhat recently. Don LaFontaine, I believe his name was. He's the guy that did the Geico commercials in addition to every freakin' movie trailer of the last decade or so. He will be missed.
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PLEASE let this be bad in the nicest, harmless way possible. joseph gordon levitt deserves a gooey indie role.
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oh fuck. i feel like im going to love this movie, and hate myself for it. cause its clearly not going to be very good. but JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT's in it. and the cinematography clearly favours the cuteness of Zooey. FUCK FUCK. see the dillemma.
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i'm gonna echo recent sentiment: aw man, but yeah i'm gonna see this, because joseph gorgon levitt.
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agreed.
it'd be nice to see him in something less broody.
remember how he was on '3rd rock from the sun' as a little dude, surrounded by bigger comedy people?
that was impressive.
i'm worried he's going to go the christian bale route.
i get it, cb, you're intense.
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I don't get all the comments knocking the movie. Every review I've read out of Sundance has praised this movie. Also, the narration is done by Leslie Nielson and is a throwback to 70's style trailers as someone pointed out before. Here are some enjoyable clips of the movie.... http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/01/15/500-days-of-summer-video-clips/
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I agree. I don't know why there are so many negative comments already. This is not even the official trailer; it's just the teaser so of course it's going to be vague and whatnot. And it's getting a lot of buzz at sundance.
Well, I'm excited for July 24th.
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Well, all reports seem to indicate that this was THE best flick at Sundance this year. Weird trailer be damned - I'm dying to see this now.
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Best movie at Sundance this year, apparently. I'm in.
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500 repeats of the title. This trailer reminded me of those cheap foreign movie trailers from the 80's.
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After I saw the BEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME "BRICK" I'm pretty sure anything Joseph Gordon Levitt does is amazing.
With the exception of Havoc, I forgive him because he was the only genuinely funny thing about that movie.
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HAHA YOU DON'T LIKE THIS MOVIE BUT NOW YOURE ENTIRE LAYOUT IS THE MOVIE BECAUSE HOLLYWOOD NA NA NA BOO BOO
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