Two nights ago I chose convenience over browsability with my foray into the world of downloadable movies.
There are certain luxuries you are forced to give up when you have kids and one of them is driving to the nearest movie store and spending a leisurely 30 minutes picking out a movie.
Luckily, I knew I wanted to see (500) Days of Summer, so the choice was easy.
The movie is about a guy named Tom who falls in love with a woman named Summer who doesn't reciprocate his love, and all similarities to any romantic comedy you've ever seen stop right there.
Theirs is a relationship that she won't let him define, so he is forced to wade in a sea of uncertainty; all-the-time wondering if she will wake up one day and make a decision that will impact his life in one way or another.
Why does he do it? Because he loves her, of course.
Remember that punched-in-the-gut feeling you got when that certain someone -- that someone you knew was the one because you treaded so carefully so as not to crack the fragile veneer that covered whatever it was the two of you were engaged in -- ripped out the emotional IV that you had subsisted on since you met them?
This movie captures the essence of that predicament.
If you do watch it, and I suggest you do, be warned: you will walk away less sure in your belief about love and fate and the idea of "The One," but I think that's the point.
