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Yayniall:
It's a remake of 120 Days of Sodom.
But with way more coprophagia.

Avec:
I went to see this movie with my girlfriend in a pretty optimistic mood. She ended up falling asleep halfway through the movie but I lasted through its enterity of cliché dialogue, obscure ordering, and what felt like every other romantic comedy I've been forced to scrutinize.

TheFuriousWombat:

--- Quote from: Yayniall on 30 Jul 2009, 13:04 ---It's a remake of 120 Days of Sodom.
But with way more coprophagia.

--- End quote ---

And still it's not original

Lise:
I have so many things I want to say in this thread, but I won't because my head will explode.

That said... here's the condensed version:

1) Yunior, your review was spot-on and really insightful. The movie uses gimmicks, but for the most part, it uses them well (the major problem I have gimmick-wise would be the Autumn character at the end of the movie. That was too coincidental to be believable). As for the "kid-sister love guru," apparently she is modeled off the writer's actual younger sister who gave him similar love advice at that age.

2) TheFuriousWombat/Knives, it was not the director/writer's intentions to make an "original movie that sets new precedents" for anything. In interviews, they clearly state that they're heavily influenced by movies like Annie Hall and Cameron Crowe romances, but 500 Days of Summer is by no means a remake of Annie Hall.

3) Avec, I don't see how you relate 500 Days with "every other romantic comedy" because unlike the typical romantic comedy... it's brutally honest. There is no happy ending. Someone gets crushed. I've seen The Proposal and The Ugly Truth at the behest of my friends, and I wanted to literally SHOOT myself throughout. I didn't have that reaction while watching 500 Days, and if you did... perhaps romantic movies in general aren't your thing.

4) Coprophagia is sexy.

Blyss:
I admit to being intrigued by the trailer.  I may see it.

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