24th
Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams
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I wasn’t thinking of posting this today until I loaded up another track, then realized that I shouldn’t leave 500 Days of Summer on such a negative note when it was such a well-done film that I really appreciated. So what better to put on than what is sure to become the classic track set to be revived as this summer’s happy jam?
When I saw this song and how it was used in the previews/teasers (I can’t remember which, or if it was both…), I thought it was a throwaway. Imagine my delight to see it in the actual movie!
Seriously, the sheer energy and emotion conveyed in this scene rivaled the scenes from the preview of Nine that led up to the movie (which I’m also incredibly excited about, by the way).
But yeah. Please don’t let my pessimism of that one ruined moment tarnish your opinion of this movie (assuming you assign value to what I write). The film is honest in all the right places, and avoids becoming cliché in all the right places.