500 Days of Summer

500 Days of summer isn't exactly the traditional love story we all have come to know and love. It has the twists and turns of an average relationship, but at the core it is very different. It does however, despite all the jumping back and forth in time and the relatively non-linear story, follow a traditional three-act structure.

1. The dynamic introduced in act one is when Tom meets Summer, he instantly feels attracted to her but hears from his friend and co-worker that she may not be the nicest of girls. He begins to feel frustration and despair as he trys to get her attention, which he finally does. They go steady for awhile but then things begin to go downhill..

2. The rising action is Tom attempting to get Summer back after he hits a low point in their relationship, he emails her, he calls her, he grieves over love lost, he even quits his job; all in an attempt to get the woman he thinks he loves back. In the end he meets her at the park and finds out she married someone else, which leads to the climax of the story.

3. The climax of the story is when Tom goes for his new architecture interview and he meets Autumn. This love story ends at an unusual place for a relationship to be portrayed in a movie, the start of it.