The very first movie I have taken to review for my new movie blog is Juno. Jason Reitman's coming of age tale of a pregnant sixteen year old girl and her bravado in the face of trying times.
Ok, so, first thing's first, the personality of the main character is outstanding. Juno MacGuff is not your average sixteen year old that gets pregnant after a raucous two, maybe three, minutes of awkward teenage intercourse. It is attitude that makes this character very relatable and also very distant at the same time. It is difficult to be able to suspend disbelief when the main character is an obvious sociopath with manic depressive tendencies who takes a journey along a road that has become very common in modern society.
Understandably, the main character has to be interesting, and Ellen Page's character was very interesting and a purveyor of high quality entertainment. I just could not relate her to any one of my characteristics or anyone I know. Perhaps I don't know enough people. Perhaps that is why I am writing movie reviews on the internet. I don't know.
That being said, and all the negative aside, the most amicable quality about the main character is her lovability. Over the course of the movie, I fell in love with Juno MacGuff. What made her so terrible as someone to relate to is also what makes her so lovable. She is unlike anyone you have ever met. Unafraid to say what is on her mind and make things known to others in her own way. Unique is the only way to define her and as sad as it may sound, by the end of the film, I envied Paulie Bleeker.
The film also just goes to show you that what you think are good qualities in people may not be the the best for everything. I'm not going to spoil this part of the story as you will have to watch it for yourself, but when you do, you will remember what I said and all of a sudden it will make sense and you will call me on the phone, or you will want to but you don't have my number and say "dude, I totally get what you meant, that was pretty neat."
The storyline doesn't really have a main plot, more like an amalgamation of subplots. A lot like life. So it goes down like this, I recommend this movie. Watch it. If you are a dude, take a girl with you to watch it. It will be sweet. Do not go with your friends as they will all talk behind your back. See it.
Juno gets
1/2 MAESTROS
1 comment:
I feel you on this almost PERFECTLY.
But it is a little sick that you want to drop anchor into a 16 year old.
Dag, yo.
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