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500 Days of Summer
Sep. 18th, 2010 11:50 amI just watched 500 Days of Summer, and I loved it, almost entirely.
Just to get it out of the way: Summer is stated as being average height (5'5") and average weight (121 lbs). Ummm what average? If that's the average--the middle--how skinny are our skinny girls these days? Under 100? That's just grotesque, and anyone in a Hollywood movie (even if it's Fox Searchlight) does not represent average. Thanks for perpetuating our unhealthy weight prejudices....
BUT other than that it was an amazing movie, full of lots of little moments that felt real and believable, and made more so by the fact that ... ( spoilers of course )
Just to get it out of the way: Summer is stated as being average height (5'5") and average weight (121 lbs). Ummm what average? If that's the average--the middle--how skinny are our skinny girls these days? Under 100? That's just grotesque, and anyone in a Hollywood movie (even if it's Fox Searchlight) does not represent average. Thanks for perpetuating our unhealthy weight prejudices....
BUT other than that it was an amazing movie, full of lots of little moments that felt real and believable, and made more so by the fact that ... ( spoilers of course )
