In no particular order:
The soundtrack is reason enough to love the movie. It's sweet, hipster, and downright wonderful. The story plays out to the tunes of Regina Spektor, Feist, The Smiths, The Temper Trap, and that unbelievably catchy Hall and Oates song that I've suddenly been hearing everywhere and CANNOT help dancing to.
(2) Summer's Wardrobe
Yes, Zooey Deschanel might be the cutest person on earth. A lot of the movie is dedicated to zooming in on her baby blues and showing off her amazing collection of vintage clothing. Still, I'm jealous.
(3) The Blackboard Wall
Joseph Gordon Levitt's character has an apartment with a gigantic blackboard, and being an aspiring architect, he at one point covers the entire thing in a cityscape. In my opinion, it's one of the best scenes-visually at least.
(4) The Expected Vs. Reality
There's one particularly clever scene where the audience gets a split screen of Tom meeting up with Summer (in the latter and more troubled part of the relationship) that shows Tom's "Expected" view and "Reality." So true to life and so well done.
(5) The Narrator's Role
At first that pesky voice behind the love story (oh, wait, sorry! "story about love") is a tad irritating, but overall I think it really works well to keep the movie from taking itself too seriously. Some of the more sarcastic comments really make the movie. I won't give it away, but the writing on the screen at the very beginning of the film is hysterical.
That's the beauty of (500) Days of Summer: it's cutesy, sure, but still able to laugh at itself.
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