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― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 7 February 2008 15:52 (5 years ago) Permalink
where was the Oscar love for pregnant teen Ricci in The Opposite of Sex?
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 7 February 2008 15:53 (5 years ago) Permalink
the movie had too many fags.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 7 February 2008 15:56 (5 years ago) Permalink
Bigot.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 7 February 2008 16:00 (5 years ago) Permalink
I think I hate "Is this the Juno thread? I think it is!" more than any line of dialogue I've heard from the movie.
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 7 February 2008 16:00 (5 years ago) Permalink
When it comes to movies where a teenage girl accidentally gets pregnant and decides to have the baby, I thought this was better than Juno all around.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 7 February 2008 16:01 (5 years ago) Permalink
xp: but Juno's dad was a butt-raping white supremacist on Oz! Surely that counts.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 7 February 2008 16:01 (5 years ago) Permalink
Without viewing his profile or even really his comment I feel like Steve Baughman (New School) is probably worse than hypothetical viewing of 24 hour Juno marathon on TBS to celebrate Jane Pratt's birthday or something
― A B C, Thursday, 7 February 2008 18:09 (5 years ago) Permalink
New School not exactly known for the caliber of students.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 7 February 2008 18:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
Blech:
New details are emerging about ABC Family's new Juno-esque drama from 7th Heaven creator Brenda Hampton. And by "new details," I mean the following (rather detailed) synopsis that is making its way to Hollywood casting directors as we speak:
"Fifteen-year-old Amy Nicholson, pregnant after having one uncomfortable sexual encounter with the school's Don Juan, Ricky, tries to figure out a way to deal with her dilemma, as all around her peers face the reality of their own sexual (or non-sexual) choices. Unable to face her loving but "nice" middle class parents, Amy confides in her best friends, Lauren and Madison, who are supportive but not too helpful, and struggles to deal with her feelings for Ricky at the same time she's being wooed by the sweet and possibly smitten Ben."
So, pretty much, if 7th Heaven got plastered, had a one-night stand with Juno, and gave birth nine months later, this is what their baby would look like.
― Nicole, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:59 (5 years ago) Permalink
too bad it didn't have an abortion [ / autojoke ]
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 7 February 2008 23:00 (5 years ago) Permalink
i want to punch michael cera so hard in the face that on impact theres an unberable flash of light and his entire body dissolves into vapor and floats up into the sky.
― burt_stanton, Thursday, 7 February 2008 23:14 (5 years ago) Permalink
You say that about everyone.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 7 February 2008 23:15 (5 years ago) Permalink
punch him in the weiner
― iiiijjjj, Thursday, 7 February 2008 23:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
Why does no character in this movie have a mobile phone?
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 9 February 2008 19:08 (5 years ago) Permalink
Jess Harvell's Idolator post managed to cram in pretty much all my problems with this movie: http://idolator.com/352951/guylinered-mall-emos-meet-juno-writer-diablo-cody-and-our-brains-explode-from-the-self+satisfaction
― caek, Monday, 11 February 2008 10:18 (5 years ago) Permalink
It's a utopian fantasy? Teenagers w/out phones, come, Paradise...
I saw the clip on the BAFTAs last night where Juno, presumably born abound 1991, makes her Soupy Sales reference. FUCK THIS MOVIE.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 11 February 2008 14:30 (5 years ago) Permalink
it's kind of reassuring to know that I'm not indie enough to actually get upset about shit like this movie or Vampire Weekend or whatever.
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 11 February 2008 14:34 (5 years ago) Permalink
Maybe she listens to Little Steven on the radio? He's always talking about Soupy.
― C. Grisso/McCain, Monday, 11 February 2008 15:44 (5 years ago) Permalink
does he ever play "The Mouse"?
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 11 February 2008 15:47 (5 years ago) Permalink
I think he has!
― C. Grisso/McCain, Monday, 11 February 2008 15:53 (5 years ago) Permalink
When did Michael Cera turn into Beck?
― baaderonixx, Monday, 11 February 2008 15:58 (5 years ago) Permalink
I thought Jennifer Garner was exceptional during Juno and totally redeemed the whole movie. She really managed to play being hurt in a very muted way while projecting that slightly insincere confidence of someone who is hurt but trying to impress. Did she receive any nominations for anything? Guess no-one else noticed. Was it just me?
― czn, Monday, 11 February 2008 16:33 (5 years ago) Permalink
Also… Michael Cera is quickly turning into the Will Ferrell of awkward and sincere teenagers. Has he ever played it different? I mean, I love George Michael as much as the next guy but not for every role.
― czn, Monday, 11 February 2008 16:34 (5 years ago) Permalink
xp: "very muted" and awards generally not a match.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 11 February 2008 16:34 (5 years ago) Permalink
Award shows usually omit subtler acting. I said upthread that Garner (and Cera, to a lesser extent) was the best thing in it.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 11 February 2008 16:37 (5 years ago) Permalink
fucking hell this was atrocious.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 14 February 2008 23:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
Hey, now we're on a roll NRQ.
― Eric H., Thursday, 14 February 2008 23:49 (5 years ago) Permalink
i'm quite the contrarianista, homeskillet.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 14 February 2008 23:51 (5 years ago) Permalink
Like I said previously, all the adults in this film were better characters than the kids, because they didn't work as vehicles for the writer's witticisms and fantasy fullfilment. I would've preferred if the movie had been told from the point of view of the adoptive couple, because their story felt more poignant and interesting than Juno's.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 14 February 2008 23:53 (5 years ago) Permalink
-- That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 14 February 2008 23:32 (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
ha!
― caek, Thursday, 14 February 2008 23:55 (5 years ago) Permalink
the audience was eating it up -- i think i will never use slang or make pop-cultural references in coversation ever again now. the 'sonic youth will change your life' scene was one of the worst things in any film ever; obviously the soundtrack in general was blogawful (see what i did?).
i liked rushmore when it came out.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 14 February 2008 23:57 (5 years ago) Permalink
The SY stuff nearly made me dislike Sonic Youth.
On the bright-side, this film is going to be unwatchably dated to everyone, even the people that like it now, within 18 months.
― caek, Thursday, 14 February 2008 23:59 (5 years ago) Permalink
You also wanted Juno to get an abortion, Tuomas.
― Eric H., Thursday, 14 February 2008 23:59 (5 years ago) Permalink
No I didn't.
― Tuomas, Friday, 15 February 2008 00:00 (5 years ago) Permalink
Oh maybe that was the woman who got knocked up in Knocked Up, then.
― Eric H., Friday, 15 February 2008 00:01 (5 years ago) Permalink
To make it clear, I'm not just criticizing Juno (obviously if she'd had an abortion it would've been a totally different movie) but the trend in American movies that abortion is simply something that never happens, even though it does in real life. I can't help but think this is because American movie-makers don't want to upset any potential section of the audience.
-- Tuomas, 28. tammikuuta 2008 9:40 (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Link
― Tuomas, Friday, 15 February 2008 00:02 (5 years ago) Permalink
Oh, my mistake. You just wanted American audiences to be different than they are.
― Eric H., Friday, 15 February 2008 00:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
btw, i am teasing et al
― Eric H., Friday, 15 February 2008 00:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
So yeah, I wasn't criticizing Juno as an individual film, just pointing out a trend. As for Knocked Up, I found it weird that the female protagonist, who didn't seem very conservative, never even considered abortion as an option.
(xx-post)
― Tuomas, Friday, 15 February 2008 00:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
She didn't have an abortion because she didn't want Judith Light coming in and turning her into a Lifetime movie.
― Eric H., Friday, 15 February 2008 00:05 (5 years ago) Permalink
or the other blonde woman sitcom mom, rather
― Eric H., Friday, 15 February 2008 00:06 (5 years ago) Permalink
Knocked Up was self-serving ass. Juno was wonderful. The end.
― Alba, Friday, 15 February 2008 00:06 (5 years ago) Permalink
czn is right that garner is, agains the odds, sort of the best thing in it. though i am a sucker for women characters telling fuckwitted perma-teen dudes to man up, for some reason.
cera can't do another movie in this persona.
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we've done this tuomas, but the girl in 'knocked up' does consider it. she doesn't have a badly dramatized scene where she goes to a clinic and decides against even seeing a doctor on the grounds that uhhhh it smells like a dentist and a minor character from a wes anderson film is picketing the place.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 15 February 2008 00:07 (5 years ago) Permalink
alba that's BS. this film was ersatz rubbish.
we've done this tuomas, but the girl in 'knocked up' does consider it.
Er, no she doesn't. It's her mom who broughts up the option, and she's like "no". Plus the mom isn't depicted very positively in that scene.
― Tuomas, Friday, 15 February 2008 00:09 (5 years ago) Permalink
NRQ, I am seriously with you 100 percent on this.
― Eric H., Friday, 15 February 2008 00:10 (5 years ago) Permalink
broughts = brings
― Tuomas, Friday, 15 February 2008 00:10 (5 years ago) Permalink
that's one bring that can't be unbroughten, homeskillet
― Eric H., Friday, 15 February 2008 00:11 (5 years ago) Permalink
tuomas, she considers it. that doesn't mean there's a scene where she "considers it."
there kind of is in the deleted scenes tho. i know irl non-christian people who just would not have an abortion if they were in her position, though, if you can handle that idea.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 15 February 2008 00:12 (5 years ago) Permalink