Topic: Juno (Read 51285 times)

Bearer · « **on:** 30 Dec 2007, 22:06 »

Absolutely hilarious and awesome. A perfect balance of comedy, deep life lessons, interesting characters, and a worthwhile story. If you haven't seen it, go. It's awesome, you definitely won't regret it.

Sugarplum · « **Reply #1 on:** 30 Dec 2007, 22:29 »

Sugarplum · « **Reply #2 on:** 30 Dec 2007, 22:41 »

anyway that is summary and also why i liked

TwinkyToes · « **Reply #3 on:** 31 Dec 2007, 00:22 »

The girl looks really cute, wasn't she in x-men? i do want to see this

pentaen · « **Reply #4 on:** 31 Dec 2007, 03:55 »

warning, its a great movie but it has some music by Kimya Dawson from the "band" the Moldy Peaches so, if you are like me and not into that, get ready to bolt in the first few minutes.

michaelicious · « **Reply #5 on:** 31 Dec 2007, 08:13 »

How do you know if it's a great movie if you left because of the music?

Also, Ellen Page has a pretty annoying voice.

MusicScribbles · « **Reply #6 on:** 31 Dec 2007, 11:28 »

Quote from: michaelicious on 31 Dec 2007, 08:13

How do you know if it's a great movie if you left because of the music?

Also, Ellen Page has a pretty annoying voice.

He said that we should get ready to bolt. His post implies that he stayed.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #7 on:** 31 Dec 2007, 11:33 »

I thought it looked okay. I heard a little bit about it on NPR, and it caught my interest. I want to go see it.

MusicScribbles · « **Reply #8 on:** 31 Dec 2007, 12:49 »

The concept attracts me, and I like this kind of humor. Also, I liked Thank You For Smoking.

ohsweetjesusno · « **Reply #9 on:** 31 Dec 2007, 15:41 »

Me too, I adore Jason Reitman.

And I really liked the soundtrack.

Although I'm not really partial to the music by the Moldy Peaches in general, "Anyone Else But You" was pretty adorable.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #10 on:** 31 Dec 2007, 17:11 »

I really really really loved the movie.

It was smart and funny without sacrificing realism and it was wonderful.

thehollow · « **Reply #11 on:** 31 Dec 2007, 18:00 »

I really liked it as well. The music worked well for what the movie was trying to achieve, but I would hate it in any other situation. The acting was great, and the casting was perfect. I love anything with Michael Cera, and Ellen Page was a pleasant surprise, I'll definitely have to check out some other stuff she's done.

Johnny C · « **Reply #12 on:** 01 Jan 2008, 09:01 »

Quote from: ohsweetjesusno on 31 Dec 2007, 15:41

"Anyone Else But You" was pretty adorable.

I love that song!

ohsweetjesusno · « **Reply #13 on:** 02 Jan 2008, 13:22 »

I did just that. I checked out Hard Candy, and it was fucked up but in a good way!

RobbieOC · « **Reply #14 on:** 03 Jan 2008, 15:56 »

I really liked what they did with Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner's characters. The whole switcheroo they pulled was nicely done.

But, it was dangerously close to making me hate Jason Bateman, which would have been a bad thing. Because I can't not see him as Michael Bluth ever.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #15 on:** 03 Jan 2008, 16:51 »

^ Yeah. By the end of the basement scene I was kind of mad that I was disliking Jason Bateman. Then I realized that if that character were played by anyone but Jason Bateman, he would've seemed so much more skeevy and awful, so it was okay.

Shadies · « **Reply #16 on:** 03 Jan 2008, 16:56 »

Just went and saw it this morning. I love Ellen Page,
and I agree with ohsweetjesusno, Hard Candy is crazy, Crazy Awesome. Worth checking out.

RobbieOC · « **Reply #17 on:** 03 Jan 2008, 18:05 »

It's not OK, Ozy. It's awful. He was funny, had good musical taste, and I just wanted to see him interact with Michael Cera, but no... they had to make him all creepy and stuff.

doki · « **Reply #18 on:** 03 Jan 2008, 23:16 »

i'm looking forward to this

Liz · « **Reply #19 on:** 04 Jan 2008, 11:21 »

I'm going to see it tomorrow with my sister. Hopefully it will be well worth my money!

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #20 on:** 04 Jan 2008, 14:45 »

I've put off seeing this just because the dialogue seems overly cheeky. Am I wrong?

Caiphana · « **Reply #21 on:** 04 Jan 2008, 15:34 »

I really really liked this movie.

The dialogue is interesting.

Spolier? It's four lines and doesn't give anything away except a joke, but whatever. Just in case.. "Spoiler"

Juno: "What brings you to the mall?"
Vanessa (the lady who's adopting Juno's baby): "Oh, I'm just shopping with my girlfriends."
Juno's friend: "You're GAY?!"
Juno: "Ignore her."

/"Spoiler"

That got a lot of laughs in the theater.

There were quite a few loud laughing moments, loud and long enough to miss several lines.

The humor is mostly deadpan, which makes it all the more funny.

PretentiousYoungSuitors · « **Reply #22 on:** 04 Jan 2008, 16:58 »

I thought the movie was wicked awesome, but I do agree with the Moldy Peaches thing, that song's been in my head since i saw the movie last week.

I had a hard time remembering that she was not sarah silverman, did anyone else see that in ellen page?

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #23 on:** 04 Jan 2008, 17:50 »

Sarah Silverman's like thirty-five, dogg.

PretentiousYoungSuitors · « **Reply #24 on:** 04 Jan 2008, 18:07 »

i just meant her acting and her sarcastic lines, but I think she also looks a bit like her.

thehollow · « **Reply #25 on:** 04 Jan 2008, 18:11 »

Didn't really see the resemblance myself. Ellen Page was way funnier in Juno than Sarah Silverman has ever been.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #26 on:** 04 Jan 2008, 18:57 »

Anyone comparing Ellen Page to Sarah Silverman deserve a punch in the genitals.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #27 on:** 04 Jan 2008, 22:12 »

Yeah, Sarah Silverman really isn't funny at all. But this movie was great. I saw it last night and it was funny and adorable. I loved it.

PacoSees · « **Reply #28 on:** 06 Jan 2008, 05:27 »

The one downside to seeing it with my sister:

"Man I hope mom and dad are ok when this happens."

No, she didn't say if.

Excellent movie, though, my sister and I learned Anyone Else but You on guitar and banjo after seeing this.

PretentiousYoungSuitors · « **Reply #29 on:** 06 Jan 2008, 09:21 »

c-maj cmaj c-maj c-maj c-maj c-maj
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repeat x infinity

but yeah i did that too...

Liz · « **Reply #30 on:** 06 Jan 2008, 10:39 »

This is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. After getting out of the movie I was contemplating hiding in the bathroom so I could go in and see it again. Unfortunately I had to drive my sister back to her apartment so she could go to work, so that didn't happen.

EDIT: A link to download the soundtrack can now be found in the Mediafire thread. Enjoy!

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #31 on:** 06 Jan 2008, 21:04 »

I was really worried for the first thirty minutes that the dialogue of the teenagers was going to be the usual "Thirty year old man trying to write cheeky teenagers" thing, and for the first thirty minutes, there was some extremely atrocious dialogue. Yet, after that, it really picked itself up, and I really enjoyed the movie.

Johnny C · « **Reply #32 on:** 06 Jan 2008, 21:50 »

This was a smart movie. In fact, the parts of the dialogue that were references that not a whole lot of folks would get (The Melvins, for Christ's sake) were kind of frustrating in that the movie didn't need them and they felt tacked on.

That's not a slight to the writing, the acting or the cinematography, though. Fantastic film.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #33 on:** 07 Jan 2008, 09:10 »

Quote from: Misconception on 06 Jan 2008, 10:39

EDIT: A link to download the soundtrack can now be found in the Mediafire thread. Enjoy!

That is very much appreciated.

My girlfriend loved this movie, I thought it was ok. I really felt like they were trying to prove something (look how obscure we are, maybe). But there were some quite funny bits. Definitely not movie of the year over Superbad.

SevenPinkerton · « **Reply #34 on:** 07 Jan 2008, 13:54 »

The movie has gotten some bad reviews simply for being a super hipster movie, but those people need to wake up and realize the entire intent was to make a super hipster movie with hipster references and a hipster supergirl: a perfect mixture of cynicism and immaturity.

I never expected it to be imitating real life, as it really is just with a super inhuman clever girl as the leading star, but I have to admit the high school relationship was dead on. Too many teenage movies are all over dramatic and completely unrealistic about relationships. The relationship in Juno brought back so many memories of awkwardness, experimentation, lack of commitment, and all the other silliness of being young and stupid. I really appreciated it.

The movie made me laugh so very much and there fore I like it.

Johnny C · « **Reply #35 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.

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 · « **Reply #36 on:** 07 Jan 2008, 18:46 »

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 · « **Reply #37 on:** 07 Jan 2008, 18:52 »

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.

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.

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 · « **Reply #38 on:** 07 Jan 2008, 19:06 »

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 · « **Reply #39 on:** 07 Jan 2008, 19:11 »

All of the albums, or all of the people who laughed?

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #40 on:** 07 Jan 2008, 19:17 »

I was the only person in the theater who laughed at that joke, and it was one of my favorite parts.

Johnny C · « **Reply #41 on:** 07 Jan 2008, 20:02 »

Quote from: ampersandwitch on 07 Jan 2008, 19:11

All of the albums, or all of the people who laughed?

Both, really.

ampersandwitch · « **Reply #42 on:** 07 Jan 2008, 20:22 »

Okay.
So, should I go see it Y/N?

ohsweetjesusno · « **Reply #43 on:** 07 Jan 2008, 20:24 »

Yes.

Liz · « **Reply #44 on:** 07 Jan 2008, 20:26 »

Definately yes.

SevenPinkerton · « **Reply #45 on:** 07 Jan 2008, 20:46 »

Go see it, but don't expect it to be realistic. Expect it to be more of a comedy show or you'll be disappointed by the lack of depth.

Johnny C · « **Reply #46 on:** 07 Jan 2008, 23:02 »

I disagree with the last post!

Go see it, and expect just that it is a movie about people who probably actually exist. It succeeds remarkably well for that.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #47 on:** 07 Jan 2008, 23:50 »

is it a good date movie? i'll probably already have gone on said date before i check for a response but it doesn't hurt to ask.

PacoSees · « **Reply #48 on:** 08 Jan 2008, 06:58 »

I can see it being an excellent date movie if one of you is horrible in bed.

pilsner · « **Reply #49 on:** 08 Jan 2008, 08:17 »

Excellent date movie. And I don't like the way you're casting aspersions on the Cera/Page coupling, by all accounts it was quite successful . . . .

My Moldy Peaches album just came in the mail; I'll probably also end up getting the (excellent) soundtrack.

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Sugarplum

Sugarplum

TwinkyToes

ohsweetjesusno

ohsweetjesusno

Shadies

doki

PretentiousYoungSuitors

PretentiousYoungSuitors

PacoSees

PretentiousYoungSuitors

SevenPinkerton

ohsweetjesusno

SevenPinkerton

PacoSees