Listening to the excellent soundtrack of 500 Days of Summer as I write this review.
Great classic movie about love, relationships, men, women, the big city, and fate. So many of us insist on stubbornly attempting to fit our expectations (the one) into an “impossible fit” (not the right one) reality. As much as we want it to work, the square peg just won't fit into the round hole. The "Expectations/Reality" spilt screen scene clearly shows how our expectations set us up for crushing unhappiness.
First movie I have seen that romanticizes the City of Angels (LA) in an eastern New York kind of way. From architecturally sound buildings and loft interiors to believe it or not, a rainy night in Los Angeles.