Unlike Natalie Portman in Garden State or Kate Hudson in Almost Famous, the whole 500 Days shebang is an ode to [Zooey Deschanel] what she wears, how she talks, how absolutely unattainably perfect she is. Yes, it was about a failed romance and yes, Joseph Gordon-Handsome was in it, too, but really this was a movie about a girl who who was too good for the universe. And people loved it so hard.
Name a movie where Zooey is ugly or grotesque any way. Do you know how easy it is for a regular girl to not be cute? I just hiccupped and it sounded like a frog burp, but not from a regular frog, from a frog who could play Lurch in the frog version of the Addams Family. Boom. Done. Not cute.
In fact, I don’t think she’s a manic pixie dream girl at all - she’s just a regular ol’ dream girl. She’s a Marilyn or an Elizabeth Taylor or a James Franco. Oh, did you know she sings, too? Or that she plays all the instruments ever? Or that she launched a lady comedy website? Or that she cured cancer with her eyelashes but hasn’t told anyone yet on account of her modesty? So the question is:
What made the nerds of the world ever think she was one of them?
At what point did ordinary guys who were maaaaaybe a little too into video games or anime or not-sports look at a girl with perfect skin, a tiny little figure, a face that’s pretty by every measurable standard we’ve got and say, “Yeah, that’s attainable.” …
If Zooey Deschanel is a dork’s dream come true, what does that make all the other girls?
- CRACKED explains why Zoey Deschenal is not a geek and should stop pretending to be one.
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aaronmerrill said:
JGL Had a different take on the movie (or at least, the movie as seen through his character’s eyes):
grantland.com/story/_…
About 3/4rs of the way down.
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