500 days of summer
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Naughty-God — 15 years ago(September 21, 2010 05:01 PM)
I didn't see much parallelism between the two and the male leads are miles apart in terms of personal crises. Even Rob's adolescent character was very different from Tom's.
I'd also picture Rob and Barry poking fun at Tom and his hipster friends for their poor judgment on what "good music" really is, and would call them out as hipsters from the get go.
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ishotjr_81 — 15 years ago(October 23, 2010 02:01 PM)
Yeah I saw high fidelity when it was first released and a couple of times since. Ive just recently I've watched 500 days of summer.
Both are great films, the way in which 500 days is shot is kind of clever with the whole chronologically thing and over overall quirkiness. All the way through it I felt a similarity between it and HF, but you are going to find that as they are dealing with almost identical content: relationships and the soreness of break ups.
Either way they're both great films
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briprat — 15 years ago(October 27, 2010 02:40 PM)
Both are in my top 5. Others have already mentioned this.
But I really don't see any similarities, other than the main characters are single and love music.
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white_magic — 14 years ago(December 03, 2011 09:57 PM)
Wow, this is so funny, I just watched 500 Days of Summer 2 Days ago and finished watching HF just now. I can't say which of these I liked better, since these aren't my type of movies, but they were definitely pretty good.
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c-noble222 — 14 years ago(January 25, 2012 07:55 PM)
Both of the films obviously take a lot from
Annie Hall
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bpn1 — 13 years ago(September 22, 2012 01:46 PM)
Completely agree with this topic, I've been saying it for years. Personally I feel High Fidelity holds up better, while I really enjoyed 500 days when it came out I'm pretty much sick of everything related to it at this point. I've actually brought this debate up with friends before and tend to find girls side with 500 days while guys go for High Fidelity. Granted that could just be because my male friends tend to be bigger "film snobs" than the girls but still it's an interesting observation.
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theonlyidnameleft — 12 years ago(June 09, 2013 08:10 PM)
I'd say 500 Days of Summer and High Fidelity are on the same level, with each viewer's preference depending on his or her place in life.
For instance, I like High Fidelity a lot, but I prefer 500 Days of Summer. I saw 500 Days when I was about the same age as its lead character, dealing with my own "Summer." Now, if I were about 40 and having relationship problems, I might prefer High Fidelity.
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Effulgently — 12 years ago(August 27, 2013 04:04 PM)
I love both of these movies, Rob is like an older version of Tom from 500 Days. I think what makes them similar is that they tend to have a selective memories about past relationships and remember only what they want to. It's only when they revisit their ex-girlfriends that they stop viewing the past with rose-tinted glasses.
"How's that for a slice of Fried Gold?"
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herecomestheboombluray — 12 years ago(September 15, 2013 08:58 AM)
another example: rob thinking of the different ways he wanted to respond to ray being in the record store and the reality/expectations split-screen when tom goes to summer's party.
it also seems like one aspect of "high fidelity" namely, rob wanting to reconnect with all of the women in his top 5 influenced the entire plot of the great "broken flowers" as well.
