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Juno was great, I loved it.
The dialogue was so great, and the whole thing was wonderfully matter of fact. It was interesting, surprising, and cute-- something about it felt so real and refreshing and it cleverly avoided some cliches that it could have fallen into just by being lazy and less inventive. The ending was satisyfying and realistic and lovely, touching and beautiful. The characters were likeable and well rounded and didn't seem formulaic- the were sensible and loving and the actors were really great at pulling off this superb script. In particular, I thought it was pretty cool that there wasn't really a sub-plot at all to distract from the story or make it seem less important, the only thing that was close was the cute little unrequited jock/juno cheerleader/teacher moments, which again were lovely because they weren't cliche or obvious. I also adored the Juno/Bleeker romance and lack thereof and that there was the idea that she initiated the sex- often girls seem to be portrayed as only sexual when seduced or driven mad by lust for a gorgeous guy or when they've been mooning away over someone for ages, it is quite rare to get girls that are comfortable and confident enough in themselves to have casual sex and not regret it afterward-- even though the sex resulted in an unplanned pregnancy, she never regretted it or wished it hadn't happened, and it wasn't clear but it was implied that it hadn't been her first time, so I felt that it was reall great to have a teenage girl that wasn't so unoriginal and annoying. Similarly, I thought the abortion bit was really good and I also adored the whole "sexually active" thing, that is so true.
Overall, Juno was great because it didn't preach, it didn't have an agenda, but was perceptive, interesting and engaging- the characters were realistic and none of it seemed unnecessary or saccharine. If you haven't seen it yet, you really should, its delightful. Oh, and it has a great soundtrack too, that apparently Ellen Page helped pick herself. So kudos for that too.
Later today I'm going to see John Barrowman at a book signing.
I'm going to try to get him to sign my copy of his book, but I'm not sure whether this will work. I'm going to sa I bought it from them a while ago, before I realised that I'd be able to go to the signing, and ask whether it would be ok or whether I'd have to buy ANOTHER copy for him to sign, which I really reall don't want to do but will if I absolutel have to. If the make me buy another one though, I'm still gonna tr to get him to sign both of them, and then I guess I'll tr to sell one or something or give it to someone else. I dunno. I also thought mabe I could "return" it for vouchers [rathr than mone, because I don't have a receipt] and then use the vouchers to immeadiately buy the book again. But that seems stupid.
I'm not sure whether to talk about Torchwood. I don't know whether anybody else saw Reset- C might have done, but I'm sure people at the signing will have done, and what i the get spoiled? Would it be kinder to tell them mself? Is it mean for me to keep moaning about it, reminding them that I know something and just tempting them to ask me to tell them, and while I have said I won't spoil anyone what if I can't bear it? I don't know what to do... Anyway, I think I may be just about ready to look at my Friends page again, which I have been in fear of. But now I think I may have readjusted my world view and got comfortable enough with it to carefully and cautiousl move back into fandom and Torchwood in general again.
In particular, I really want to write about Adam and about Martha in Torchwood, about Ianto and the hints about the sex between Jack and him, about UNIT and the Doctor. So I have resolved to face upto it later this evening, after I have met John Barrowman [hopefully...]. Oh, I also have so much to say about the wonderfulness that is skins, which I have now watched five times in full and selected clips online as well, and the second episode of A2A of course.
Oh yeah, I also have a Chemistry Practical exam this afternoon. But honestly, who cares?