GnarlsOakley

Nov 13 2010, 10:48 PM

Wendy And Lucy<333

Michelle Williams performance is one of the most powerful things I have experienced in a film . It probably wouldn't make my top 10 of the decade solely for the old guy. I completely got lost in the experience watching this except for the few times he was on the screen,since he seemed more like stock charecter friendly old guy then a real person.

Mister Plum

Nov 14 2010, 04:23 AM

The Departed is okay.
Juno is hella overrated. But you gotta love Ellen Page.

growsonballs

Nov 14 2010, 02:38 PM

I hate Juno. I actually disagree about Ellen Page -- I find her "cute quirky" act annoying, and Juno is exactly the kind of indie flick I hate. It's more a sitcom episode than an actual movie, and the neat, pat, kumbaya feel of the movie drove me up the wall.

recyclehumans

Nov 14 2010, 08:29 PM

#5 is guaranteed to be a movie that more than 2 of you have seen.

growsonballs

Nov 14 2010, 03:38 PM

I hate Juno. I actually disagree about Ellen Page -- I find her "cute quirky" act annoying, and Juno is exactly the kind of indie flick I hate. It's more a sitcom episode than an actual movie, and the neat, pat, kumbaya feel of the movie drove me up the wall.

Teighteen

Nov 14 2010, 02:49 PM

growsonballs

Nov 14 2010, 02:38 PM

I hate Juno. I actually disagree about Ellen Page -- I find her "cute quirky" act annoying, and Juno is exactly the kind of indie flick I hate. It's more a sitcom episode than an actual movie, and the neat, pat, kumbaya feel of the movie drove me up the wall.

I agree completely. I fucking despise Juno and the fact that something so retarded can be so popular pisses me off. The writing was retarded... fuck you Diablo Cody. Honest to blog? Really? Pleeeeaaaase die.

midnight problay

Nov 14 2010, 06:39 PM

Every "quirky" Indie actress > that hack Zooey Deschanel sry

Also using unnecessary brackets is only slightly better than unnecessary parentheses

Teighteen

Nov 14 2010, 02:49 PM

growsonballs

Nov 14 2010, 02:38 PM

I hate Juno. I actually disagree about Ellen Page -- I find her "cute quirky" act annoying, and Juno is exactly the kind of indie flick I hate. It's more a sitcom episode than an actual movie, and the neat, pat, kumbaya feel of the movie drove me up the wall.

I agree completely. I fucking despise Juno and the fact that something so retarded can be so popular pisses me off. The writing was retarded... fuck you Diablo Cody. Honest to blog? Really? Pleeeeaaaase die.

Yeah look, I get this, but I think people look at the dialogue and take it for what it is because it's a comedy. But I think there's a deeper argument that can be used here, that Cody wrote the script with such OTT jargon because she's making a point about her characters. Characters like Juno & Leah speak like tards because they're desperate WANNABES. Yes, some people find Juno cool including me, but like one of the characters (Bleaker) in the movie says... they try really hard. Juno speaks like that because she's insecure about her own life and about love. She substitutes the absences in her life with something that she feels makes her stand out. And isn't that really what the movie's about?

There's another hint about Juno's faux-hipster style in the beginning of the movie where she incorrectly talks about Morgan Freeman being in The Bone Collector. It's an intentional goof, it shows us that Juno's maybe not as smart and cool as she thinks she is, but we still end up loving her anyway (well, some of us I guess).

growsonballs

Nov 14 2010, 07:17 PM

I actually don't think the topics of Juno lend themselves that well to the quirky indie comedy treatment. I guess I also don't really approve of the message that an unplanned pregnancy and giving up a baby for adoption can all be smoothed over with a few jokes and hugs. I'm not saying that kind of subject matter always deserves a humorless self-righteous approach but Juno was all just way too cutesy and pat for me.

growsonballs

Nov 14 2010, 06:17 PM

midnight problay

Nov 14 2010, 06:39 PM

Every "quirky" Indie actress > that hack Zooey Deschanel sry

Also using unnecessary brackets is only slightly better than unnecessary parentheses

Teighteen

Nov 14 2010, 02:49 PM

growsonballs

Nov 14 2010, 02:38 PM

I hate Juno. I actually disagree about Ellen Page -- I find her "cute quirky" act annoying, and Juno is exactly the kind of indie flick I hate. It's more a sitcom episode than an actual movie, and the neat, pat, kumbaya feel of the movie drove me up the wall.

I agree completely. I fucking despise Juno and the fact that something so retarded can be so popular pisses me off. The writing was retarded... fuck you Diablo Cody. Honest to blog? Really? Pleeeeaaaase die.

Yeah look, I get this, but I think people look at the dialogue and take it for what it is because it's a comedy. But I think there's a deeper argument that can be used here, that Cody wrote the script with such OTT jargon because she's making a point about her characters. Characters like Juno & Leah speak like tards because they're desperate WANNABES. Yes, some people find Juno cool including me, but like one of the characters (Bleaker) in the movie says... they try really hard. Juno speaks like that because she's insecure about her own life and about love. She substitutes the absences in her life with something that she feels makes her stand out. And isn't that really what the movie's about?

There's another hint about Juno's faux-hipster style in the beginning of the movie where she incorrectly talks about Morgan Freeman being in The Bone Collector. It's an intentional goof, it shows us that Juno's maybe not as smart and cool as she thinks she is, but we still end up loving her anyway (well, some of us I guess).

Interesting point, I never looked at Juno that way. But what bugged me so much about the movie was that I *think* in the end we were supposed to think, "Oh, how cute. Lemons out of lemonade." The movie wanted to be both quirky comedy and after school special.

I actually don't think the topics of Juno lend themselves that well to the quirky indie comedy treatment. I guess I also don't really approve of the message that an unplanned pregnancy and giving up a baby for adoption can all be smoothed over with a few jokes and hugs. I'm not saying that kind of subject matter always deserves a humorless self-righteous approach but Juno was all just way too cutesy and pat for me.