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Juno
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: SevenPinkerton on 07 Jan 2008, 13:54 ---the entire intent was to make a super hipster movie with hipster references and a hipster supergirl: a perfect mixture of cynicism and immaturity.
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Terrible idea. If you feel it makes sense for your characters to bond over Sonic Youth covering The Carpenters, that's okay, but the reason that scene works so well is that it subtly but excellently rounds out the characters' personalities. Write a good movie and you won't have to worry about making it seem really culturally relevant because it already is culturally relevant. Thankfully, Diablo Cody wrote a good movie.
Liz:
So far Juno has won two critics choice awards, Best Writer and Best Comedy. Here's to hoping it snags a couple more as the night goes on!
Bearer:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 07 Jan 2008, 18:42 ---
--- Quote from: SevenPinkerton on 07 Jan 2008, 13:54 ---the entire intent was to make a super hipster movie with hipster references and a hipster supergirl: a perfect mixture of cynicism and immaturity.
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Terrible idea. If you feel it makes sense for your characters to bond over Sonic Youth covering The Carpenters, that's okay, but the reason that scene works so well is that it subtly but excellently rounds out the characters' personalities. Write a good movie and you won't have to worry about making it seem really culturally relevant because it already is culturally relevant. Thankfully, Diablo Cody wrote a good movie.
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Gasp! A form of art based on obscure band references! Why, never can it come to any good!
Seriously some jokes were really obscure though. I think I was the only one in the theater who laughed when she said, "No, I rock a harmony..." for example.
Johnny C:
See, I'll try to phrase this once more so that my meaning becomes crystal clear.
Including references is alright. Basing it off references is not cool. At times, scenes skirted that boundary a little closely.
I was interested to hear maybe ten people in the theatre laugh at the Sonic Youth joke ("I bought one of their albums, and it's just noise!") only to discover upon leaving the theatre that I knew all of them.
ampersandwitch:
All of the albums, or all of the people who laughed?
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