Yes, yes, YES! Someone who agrees with me! I didn't like that movie very much either. I wanted to like it, I tried to like it, but I just do not like it.
I never quite understood where the romance came from with Paulie. She barely shows any affection for him through the whole movie, but then suddenly he's "the cheese to her macaroni"? What? The whole "chair" concept was also pretty weak. During the movie, I was just waiting for this real climactic (sp?) scene where everything would turn around and something important would happen (like in "Disturbia"... during the first half of the movie, I was bored and hated it but once it progressed I liked it) but it just NEVER CAME.
I also didn't like the blatant pro-life propaganda at the beginning of the movie. The way the receptionist at the abortion clinic was portrayed (Seriously! "It makes his junk smell like pie"? Who would say that to some stranger?) the way the nervous people in the waiting room were portrayed, and that Sue-Chin girl outside shouting "all babies want to get borned". Juno was often portrayed as rather uncaring throughout the movie, yet the idea of her baby having fingernails got to her? I don't get it.
But to be honest, I think the main problem I had with the movie was that I was expecting it to be funny. My best friend randomly invited me to go see it with her and her friend. I barely knew anything about it except that it was hilarious, so I expected it to be some sort of PG-13 comedy, but it wasn't. I'm not sure how teenage pregnancy could be turned into a comedy anyway.
I best end this post (when I get to talking about something, I can REALLY ramble) but I'll end it with this: I was at Walmart not too long ago, and I saw a special edition version of the "Juno" DVD. It came with a bonus mix tape, and there's a little 'note' on it that said "Totally boss music!". It made me want to puke. |