Zooey Deschanel in (500) Days Of Summer
The Girl: Manic pixie dream girl, to be more precise. Summer is one of those chicks that men just can’t help falling for – she’s effortlessly cool, aloof without being mean, unattainable, untouchable as sea spray and gorgeous as hell.
The Cruel: In a word; apathy. Want another word? Try indifference. Alright, so they sort of both mean the same thing, but Summer’s lack of interest/enthusiasm toward Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Tom is what breaks him.
Emotionally, she basically pulls his still-beating heart from his chest, pokes pins it, then stamps on it with her spikey heel. And walks a block with it still stuck there until it’s flat as a pancake and drained of life and hope.
In the words of director Marc Webb, “Summer isn’t a girl, she’s a phase.” Pretty tough phase, though.
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