500 Days of Summer

I would like to start this post with a quote from this week's "Entertainment Weekly."
"Convinced of the film's Oscar potential after seeing an early cut, Paramount execs bumped the [release] date [of The Lovely Bones] to awards season."
I would just like to now point you to my previous post, where I made a guess that this was the case. I should write for "Entertainment Weekly."

Next item of business: 500 Days of Summer. It is probably the best movie I have seen this year (Star Trek looming a close second). Jason-Gordon Levitt is spot-on. The writing is excellent. It was a very fun way to tell a story. (I especially like the opening disclaimer that all persons represented are fictional and any similarities are to be discarded, especially by a girl named Jenny Beckman, who is apparently a bitch.) This movie has a chance to nab one of those five extra Oscar nominations for best picture. Although, I doubt it will stay so fresh throughout awards season this fall. I do hope to see it nominated for Best Screenplay, though.

Still working on Season 2 of "How I Met Your Mother." Moved into my new apartment. School starts next week. Still reading The Lovely Bones. It is getting good. Time for bed.