This trailer is very appealing to me. Not only do I love the leads, but I'm a sucker for whimsical, off-kilter love stories (Amelie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Wall-e). And the trailer starts with a discussion about The Smiths. And he's listening to my favorite Smith's song. Here, just watch it:
The quirk factor that makes the trailer for 500 Days of Summer so damned appealing to me could also be the film's undoing. I don't have any high hopes for this movie, in fact, I only learned of its existence last night, but I'm rooting for it. Will 500 Days of Summer someday find a place on my hastily thrown together DVD shelves? We shall see.