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[pooka_madness]

Finally got around to seeing it this weekend, on Sunday night with macabre-grrl.

• Juno -- 4 stars -- Oh man. Man, was this movie exactly everything that I wanted it to be. The cast was unbelievable, just chock full of actors I like doing what they do best. I went into it braced for it to be less than perfect, having read adampb's thoughts. He makes good points, kind

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[turkeyanne]

My concern isn't really of Michael Cera being typecast as a high schooler, per se, but I'm afraid he's going to always play the wispy unassertive one, no matter how old he gets.

- Arrested Development = wispy, unassertive + in love with his cousin
- Tom Goes to the Mayor = wispy, unassertive + in weird blue crackly... thing
- Superbad = wispy, unassertive + nekkid
- Juno = wispy, unassertive + t3h impregnator, lolrofl (+ guitar)

[pooka_madness]

You're absolutely right, I should have been clearer: I'm concerned about him being typecast as the same teenaged nebbish for the next ten years, and then abruptly vanishing from view when he's simply too old to look like a high schooler. Search around YouTube for some of the other stuff he's done; he's a fantastic actor with a great sense of comedic timing and way more range than that. And I agree, I look forward to seeing him on the big screen playing someone who isn't wispy and unassertive.

[adampb]

Aww, now really! Yes, I stand by my dislike of the Rainn Wilson scene, but that was one effusive post, sir, good sir. I know that I tend to put out this horrible (yet strangely sexy) aura that I hate all movies, but I'll go to bat for "Juno" in any forum public or private.

I do agree that a lot of the ever-so-indie stuff was quite frontloaded to "establish the tone". My defense for disliking that, I guess, is that I'm always open to dialogue-heavy indie goodness, and do not need to be invited along for the ride when I'm already in the passenger seat clapping my hands. (Hell, I might LIVE in the world Juno lives in.)

I don't go for twee, but "Juno" goes beyond the surface and strikes the depths like a freakin' thunderbolt (or Thundercat)! GO SEE IT, PEOPLE.

NOW.

YOU'RE STILL READING THIS. YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO ME.

[pooka_madness]

As you've pointed out, you're hardly the average film-viewer. Just because you and I are "always open to dialogue-heavy indie goodness" doesn't mean that the rest of the world is. And I thought that Juno's opening scene succeeded far more adeptly at drawing its audience into that world than, say, Garden State. The Garden State opening is beautiful, but I would argue its also jarring and a little uneven (especially if you don't know what you're getting into, and people often don't.)

[digitalmcq]

I have to agree. Juno really is one of the finest films I have seen in years.