I would totally change the end of (500) Days of Summer. It is one of my favorite movies. Although I see their point in making the ending the way it was, it is not the fairy tale ending you expect from movies. In the movie, Joseph Gordon Levitt’s character, Tom, falls in love with Zooey Deschanel’s character, Summer. The movie is filmed strangely and the dates jump around, eventually winding down to how they break up after 500 days. At the end, He is at an interview and coincidentally meets a beautiful girl whose name happens to be Autumn and the days rewind and set back to 1. Even though the movie ends on a happy and hopeful tone, I would change the ending so that Summer and Tom end up together to give the audience hope that true love still lives.
I would change especially this one specific scene that is the climax of the movie. Tom goes to Summer’s apartment for a party. He travels hours to see her. Obviously because he is deeply in love with her and the way she makes him feel. He gets there but she is very distant. The scene splits and the audience is able to see two boxes. One that is labeled “expectations” and “reality”. It is one of the most depressing scenes in a movie because people can relate to the situation. He expects to be talking and laughing with her again but in reality he is alone and he sees her engagement ring. He runs out and that’s when he gives up all hope. And I start to cry and want to break the TV screen.
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