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[pantryslut]

I haven't seen Juno yet.

I think it's coincidence (i.e., I don't think they're coming out of the woodwork b/c of the Oscar win, nor am I seeking them out due to same), but suddenly I have run across several reviews that make me wonder if I'm not lucky that I've missed it so far. Would I be one of the cranky decryers, or one of the smitten and swooning? Hard to tell.

Makes me really want to work on my new [data embargo], though.

Comments

[wingedcorset.livejournal.com]

After seeing this (http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=78&sid=30568), I'm not sure I want to see Juno. Damn, she really just rubs me the wrong way in that bit.

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

I think I will always have a weak spot for Diablo Cody even if I end up disliking her movies. And even despite this clip, which actually made me laugh with her over-the-top obnoxiousness.

[susannochka.livejournal.com]

Am I missing something? I thought that clip was a spoof- I don't think it's actually her.
I did not see Juno. I am content to wait for a while until one day, a year or two from now, I see it on a video store shelf or something. I had lots of people recommend it, and there's still something about it that just makes me... wary. I had several "please give me my $10 back" movie experiences in January, and my wallet still hurts.

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

It might not be actually her, but it's definitely a spoof. I liked the idea of it being her making fun of herself, and it seems a little more mean-spirited if she isn't :/

It probably isn't her, I'm probably having a brain melt. Move along...

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

I liked it, because I've rarely seen a film that valorised being sensible and reasonable while still kind and considerate, and not making any of the parties in a difficult situation of emotional conflict out to be simplistic villains, quite so well; will be interested to see what you think if you do get around to it.

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

My gut is that you would be pleased and satisfied overall (if not smitten and swooning), with some moments of cranky decryer.

[alibi-shop.livejournal.com]

My gut agrees with wild_irises's gut.

[whumpdotcom.livejournal.com]

I need to write that rant on Juno...

[nadyalec.livejournal.com]

it was one of the very few boy-girl romantic films i've ever seen that didn't make me want to puke.

that said, i arrive late and missed what sounds like the worse scene.

[beckastar.livejournal.com]

hard to make a movie about accidental pregnancy that comes to babyness / following the mother's trials and difficulties sympathetically taht doesn't come off as anti-choice somehow.

that said, there's a lot of good in it, and the charecters grow beautifully and change in believable ways. writing = damn good.

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

It's not the anti-choice angle I am worried about. It's the characterization and, yes, the writing (in part b/c I have read Diablo Cody's book, which is slick and funny but...and I am allergic to slick.)