Trailer For ‘500 Days Of Summer’ Surprises With Beauty, Charm, and A Zombiefied Don LaFontaine

Posted by Rob Hunter (rob@filmschoolrejects.com) on January 17, 2009

Zooey Deschanel. 500 Days of Summer.

I love surprises, especially when they come in the form of awesome trailers for movies I knew nothing about. Recent trailers for 9 and Franklyn are perfect examples. I hadn’t heard of either of them beforehand, and now I’m incredibly psyched to see them both. They’ve both moved onto my list of must-see movies this year, and they’ve just been joined by one more:

500 Days of Summer looks to be a romantic comedy about a guy who loves a girl who doesn’t love him back. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel star as Tom and Summer, and the movie follows Tom as he looks back on his relationship with Summer. The highs, the lows, the dance numbers… they’re all here. Director Marc Webb is making his feature debut and he looks to have style to spare. The film looks beautiful and artistic at times, but seems to recognize the angst and pain of relationships as well. Add Clark Gregg (Choke) and some awesome music and you have one of the most anticipated movies of next summer.

But what the hell is going on with the trailer’s voiceover guy? This is just a teaser I realize, but please tell me he’s just temping. I understand Don LaFontaine was the most recognizable voice in trailers, but it wasn’t simply the depth of his voice that made him so famous. I say lose the voiceover all together. The music and the images work perfectly all on their own.

What do you think of the trailer?


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  • I agree. Lose the voiceover. I love any movie with Zooey Deschanel though. It's the truth
  • anyone know what song is used in the trailer?
  • Kay
    The voice over needs to die. Other than that, it looks cute, and I love Zooey Deschanel.
  • emi
    voiceover is terrible!
  • Calum
    Voiceover sounds like Leonard nimoy
  • Victor
    i think the voiceover is a Joke xD, it remembers me that old movies trailers, 70´s 80´s Movies...
  • ethan
    exactly, the voiceover is supposed to be sort of proper and old-schooley. i think its really charming.
  • I've been waiting for this preview. I saw this movie in a screening awhile ago and absolutely loved it. I already know I'm going to own it on DVD someday and have it listed on my top movies on myspace. haha. That's the same way I felt about Napoleon Dynamite and Stranger Than Fiction when I'd had the fortune to see them way before they were released also. So, yah, its a good movie. Actually I feel like the trailer misses some of the humor and chemistry that's in the movie, though you get a taste of the cool style and charm. And about the voice, I have to tell you, I'm pretty sure thats the same voice that does the narration throughout the movie, ala Royal Tenenbaums style, and it is supposed to be like the people above me wrote, kind of kitschy and reminiscient of a video you'd watch in school that was from the 70s about Science.
  • Caroline
    The song in the trailer is "Sweet Disposition" by The Temper Trap.
  • Craig
    I don't know why this trailer voice would even be compared to Don LaFontaine. It sounds *nothing* like him. But it's definitely the wrong voice for this trailer. The music and images would've sufficed. If they *had* to hire a voice, they should've gone with a woman--it would've been a better fit.
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