Me in college: I watch a lot of Michael Cera movies but I don’t think I have a crush on him? I think I just like *quirky* movies

Me looking back as an adult: ohhhh that’s why
Lest we forget, Scott Pilgrim also had Alison Pill, Brie Larson, Aubrey Plaza, Mae Whitman, AND Anna Kendrick
There was something about movies with mediocre mumblecore white dudes being outshined by their female co-stars in the 2006-2011ish era. Because this same phenomenon applies to Jesse Eisenberg movies of the time.

Ex. Emma Stone in Zombieland and Kristen Stewart in Adventureland.
Quasi-applies to 500 Days of Summer except Joseph Gordon Levitt is a stellar actor/dude and Zooey Deschanel in our current times is just....a lot.
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