(500) Days of Summer/YMMV


 * Award Snub: No Best Original Screenplay nomination?
 * Better on DVD: The brilliant use of Anachronic Order can be more easily appreciated if you can rewind and rewatch scenes and transitions.
 * Big Lipped Alligator Moment: The spontaneous dance sequence (the morning after Tom and Summer have sex for the first time), which is simultaneously a glorious movie musical dance scene and a hilarious parody of movie musical dance scenes.
 * Bittersweet Ending:
 * Or, Downer Ending: Some viewers have been saddened, or even angered, by the reveal of
 * Or, a Here We Go Again, but for
 * Dull Surprise: A common criticism of Zooey Deschanel.
 * Fan Dumb: Zooey Deschanel was quite taken aback by the volume and vitriol of the hate mail she received in response to "her" alleged mistreatment of Tom.
 * Genius Bonus: See Viewers Are Geniuses on the main page.
 * Tear Jerker: The "Expectations vs Reality" Party scene is a real kicker though, esp. for anyone who has had a similar experience.
 * As is the last scene at Tom's spot in the park.
 * This troper was pretty torn up when the Book Ends conversation from Day 488 was revealed to be an echo of an earlier conversation.
 * The Woobie: Tom, the movie being told from his perspective 'n all.