You shouldn't down play something you haven't experienced

I don't mean any offense, but this kind of thinking is nonsense. You guys are discussing whether "love at first sight" exists, he said that he doesn't believe in it, and you respond that until he experiences it he has no room to talk. You see where this ends up don't you? If it doesn't exist, he'll never experience it, so he'll never be able to discuss the matter.

As to whether it acutally exists or not, I frankly don't care. I haven't experienced it, I don't know anyone who is married who believes in it, and I am not holding my breath that it will happen for me. Now, I definitely have thought to myself "Hey, she looks/seems cool" from across the room, gone over to chat, and ended up in a relationship with them. I think the people that say the knew they were going to be with the person as soon as they met really mean that they liked them from the first moment and they just never stopped liking them. That's great but it isn't some magical property where two people are perfect for one another. Being in a real relationship means compromise and understanding, not holding out long enough to find someone perfect.

As for the movie itself, I totally agree with the OP. I thought it was a movie that was willing to look at love from an adult perspective, but instead we were getting the classic "off by one" love redemption story.

I don't see how it is non sense. I understand he believes that love takes time and doubts in Love at first sight, and I responded by saying that he shouldn't dismiss it. And i didn't say he shouldn't talk, I said he shouldn't down play it, i have no problem with his opinion on the matter but saying that those who knew they had found the "one" when they meet are "desperate people" is terrible. Which is why I said he shouldn't donwplay it, I never said he couldn't talk about it

You shouldn't act like you know me. People only feel that illusion when they think of a girl they think looks good and give her fictional perfections. Normally, they fall in love not with the actual person but the idea of the person in their minds.

Thus love at first sight is garbage.

Actually I wasn't acting like I know you, I figured if you had experienced love at first sight, then you wouldn't downplay it. I understand that not every one believes in it, but it doesn't make it garbage. I get it, you don't believe and I do, so we'll endlessly argue this point. I don't care how you feel about it, and you don't care how i feel about it, but we shouldn't ridicule others opinions.

I summed up the movie like this on Twitter:

(500) Days of Summer: started off hilarious, made great use of music, ended with me wanting to punch Zooey Deschanel in the face. Meh.