Quarter 3- Journal 5: 500 Days of Summer

Is a movie that I watched last night that I quite enjoyed. I'm going to analyze one of the major themes of the movie. In the setting of the movie, we discover that the main character, Tom, believes in things such as true love is fate. Upon learning this fact, we are introduced to Summer, who he immediately falls in love with. Throughout the movie, we see his and Summer's relationship grow and falter over the course of 500 days. To add conflict to this situation, Summer has a hard time feeling any deep emotions for anyone due to her parents' divorcing at a young age. Now I'm going to spoil the rest of the movie, so don't read if you plan on seeing it. But near througout the movie, Summer has a hard time calling their relationship anything but friendship, much to Tom's chagrin. Near the close of the movie, they grow more and more distanced, and eventually stop "seeing each other." After a random encounter in the park, around day 488 or so, they meet up, and Tom discovers that Summer is married. He is shocked, and can't look at her the same way. She describes that it was fate that brought her and her current husband together. After hearing this, he puts his effort into work and nothing more, and on day 500, meets another girl. After a bit of talking, he asks her to coffee, to which she says yes, after changing her mind. He discovers that her name is Autumn. While the movie is closing, he feels as though nothing is fate, it's all mere coincidence. I have to disagree with this movie. I think that love is fated. I can't explain it, but I feel like a moment in which you fall in love with someone is too special to be passed as coincidence. So while it was a good movie, I think one of its overall messages was incorrect.