Welcome to 2012, and the first of my One for the Weekend sections of the blog. Keeping it simple, this is where I post my pick of the films to watch this weekend. First up is quirky, engaging rom com 500 Days of Summer (Marc Webb, USA, 2009), making its premiere on Channel 4/4HD on Sunday 8th January 2012 at 9pm.
Teaming two of the best young talents, Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Webb's film is simultaneously a brilliantly insightful outlook on modern relationships and an inversion on the stereotypical boy meets girl, they fall in love and live happily ever after fantasy. Gordon-Levitt's comic timing is superb and Deschanel just has to walk into frame and the film shines that little bit brighter. The film is also notable for making a name of rising star Chloe (Kick Ass, Let Me In) Moretz, who plays Gordon-Levitt's wiser than her years sister in the film.
Bolstered by an eclectic soundtrack and one of the best sequences in recent years set to the upbeat "You make my dreams come true" from Hall and Oates, this is a refreshing rom com that provides the perfect antidote for a couple of hours away from the humdrum of daily life.
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