500 Days of Summer (Love Stinks! Month)

Love Stinks! Month continues its mission to dismantle the "happily ever after" this week on We Drink & We Watch Things with the 2009 indie-staple, 500 Days of Summer. This is the ultimate "not a love story" about a boy who meets a girl, and it’s an episode where our own perspectives are as non-linear as the film’s timeline. Grab a drink - maybe try Lemar's Sweet Disposition - and join us as we revisit the greeting-card-writer’s guide to heartbreak.This week, we tackle the sharp divide in our viewing experiences, as Mackenzie grapples with Tom’s projection and entitlement, while Lemar navigates his own deep-seated nostalgia for this quintessential hipster time capsule. We examine Tom’s selective memory, looking at how he ignores every "we should just be friends" warning to chase a soulmate fantasy that only exists in his head. We discuss the brilliance of the iconic "Expectations vs. Reality" split-screen sequence, the Hall & Oates dance number that captures the peak of infatuation, and why Zooey Deschanel’s Summer is often unfairly vilified for simply being honest about what she wanted. It’s a conversation about the danger of romanticizing "bizarro crap" in common and the painful, necessary growth that comes when the seasons finally change.If you’ve ever found yourself staring at a closed door hoping it would open, or if you just want to hear us debate whether Tom is a hopeless romantic or a "nice guy" nightmare, this is the episode for you. We’re blending our conflicting takes with our usual casual banter, making this a perfectly polarized addition to our month of Not-So-Love-Love-Stories. This is not a love story, but it is definitely an episode you’ll love.This episode VIDEO is live on YouTube AND Spotify!Follow us on Instagram to get ep sneak peaks and find out what's coming next. DM us what you want to hear about next or email us at [email protected].