Anyone else really wanna see "Juno?"

[TheMojoPin]

Sweet Christmas' Ghost, I am dying to see this movie, and the Pajiba write-up just made me want to see it even more:

I’m almost at a loss for words to describe just how good — how deeply and honestly good — Juno made me feel, and how its big bright beating heart is capable of delivering moments of genuine love and heartache and confusion and the general feeling of being left to the cold mercy of the universe in the hell that is growing up. Best of all, it’s great in the way the story plays out differently than you think it would. The screenplay from author and former stripper (yep) Diablo Cody is one of the greatest comedy scripts in years; there hasn’t been a writer this in love with the joy of putting words in characters’ mouths since Quentin Tarantino, and no one else has done believable low-level quirk since old-school Wes Anderson. (http://www.pajiba.com/juno.htm)

For those of you that haven't heard of it, here is the IMDB link. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0467406/)

Michael Cera is like Sheepy if more people knew who he was...he's THAT lovable and funny.

[zentraed]

I'd forgotten about this one. I saw a trailer before something I saw recently. Looks pretty good, even though I don't usually see flicks like it at the theater. Cast looks great. Father and son from Arrested Development, Rainn Wilson, the editor from Spider-Man. There's not much I have plans to see, so I might check it out.

[Don Stugots]

This week's new york magazine has a big article on it. looks cool enough.

[booster11373]

I really hate when films are marketed as this years something

As far as I know it all started with the Full Monty with every comediac British film the next year promoted as This years Full monty

Ive heard and seen Jubo promoted as this years Little Miss Sunshine

[Furtherman]

I heart Diablo Cody.

http://www.nancarrow-webdesk.com/warehouse/storage2/2007-w39/img.10921_t.jpg

http://www.indiewire.com/people/diabloSOLO-thumbnail.jpg

[TheMojoPin]

IAs far as I know it all started with the Full Monty with every comediac British film the next year promoted as This years Full monty

It started with Die Hard.

[booster11373]

It started with Die Hard.

Then its been annoying me since the 80's

YIPPE KI AA MOTHER FUCKER!

[Marc with a c]

like the city in alaska?




really want to see it.

[drjoek]

Will rent as soon as out

[paulisded]

Diablo Cody is a goddess. I discovered her about three years ago, when she was blogging her strip-club experiences. Some of those entries became Candy Girl : A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper.

[fezident]

If it's even HALF as good as Thank You For Smoking, it's gonna be amazing. I can't wait to see this movie.
Roeper and whoever was filling in last week could not say enough about JUNO. I've never seen them talk about one movie for so long. They couldn't heap enough praise on the script, the acting, the directing, and the overall tone.
I'm seeing this one on opening day.

[Sheeplovr]

i was interested the first time i saw the trailer then i got really annoyed when the trailer was before every single movie i've seen for the past 4 months

i still wanna see it though

[fezident]

Saw it.
Loved it.

The amazing reviews and good W.O.M. are well deserved.

It's just such a damn good film. The first laugh comes aboot 15 seconds after the opening credits and it, pretty much, never lets up. It's such a quirky picture. The subject matter and overall themes are sooo serious and yet the humor doesn't seem out-of-place at all.

SPECIAL KUDOS: This movie has no "twist". There is no "super shocking event that everyone will be talking about tomorrow." etc etc. It's just a well written movie, with PERFECT performances, and.... a message.

4 stars. Bright ones.

[TheMojoPin]

Heh...Bateman is kind of a "twist." But not really.

[fezident]

I think we were SUPPOSED to think that
A) Bateman was gonna take things to an inappropriate level with Juno. But, when all was said and done, he wasn't interested in Juno sexually... he just really enjoyed the fact that somebody wanted to be around him WITHOUT wanting him to change who he was. Things definitely did get uncomfortable though. For a moment, I thought it was gonna be a different kind of movie!

B) If you were referring to his divorce bombshell, I would file that under "interesting plot" and not "shock" or twist. . I agree with your "not really" statement

Were you talking aboot A or B??

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Ellen Page is a great little actress. I think she's headed towards that Claire Danes, Jodi Foster, and to a lesser extent, Jennifer Connolly level of mastery.

[TheMojoPin]

More A, but I agree, it definitely wasn't done in a cheap, creepy kind of way.

[djjd]

Ellen Page is a great little actress. I think she's headed towards that Claire Danes, Jodi Foster, and to a lesser extent, Jennifer Connolly level of mastery.

agreed, hard candy was a knockout performance,i'm thinking she's got a great career ahead of her

[Furtherman]

Diablo Cody is a goddess. I discovered her about three years ago, when she was blogging her strip-club experiences. Some of those entries became Candy Girl : A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper.

I read in the paper today she dumped her husband. Sucks to be him.

[AngelAmy]

i saw the preview to this when we went to see dan in real life, it looks amazing. i cannot wait.

[fezident]

I loved JUNO.
Here is a link to some glowing reviews & video clips.
Hopefully, it will motivate you to see it. Enjoy.

http://video.reeltalktv.com/player/?fid=28804#videoid=193167

http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/ebertandroeper/index2.html?sec=1&subsec=5541

[AngelAmy]

does anyone know where it is playing in the new york/new jersey area?

[fezident]

I saw it in Times Square.
42nd & 8th.


http://www.fandango.com/juno_110261/movietimes?location=10001

[furie]

yeah, I may have to make this one of the handful of films i'll see in a theater

[paulisded]

OMG, the Juno actors are anti-wackbag!

http://scotthudson.20m.com/images/jkoliviadiablo.jpg

[paulisded]

Yes, they are divorcing. From her blog: (http://diablocody.blogspot.com/)


So this morning, a couple of Hollywood blogs are commenting on the fact that my "JONNY'S GIRL" banner has vanished. And in their (totally valid) opinion, rather quickly. I guess when you don't actually live with a couple, it always seems sudden.

Query: If your marriage was over, even if it was totally mutual, even if it was entirely peaceful, even if it was THE MOST AWESOMELY FRIENDLY DIVORCE OF ALL TIME, would you still be cool with waking up every day, glancing at your tricep, and seeing a painful reminder of something you're ostensibly supposed to be moving past?

Probably not. Hence the old-skool roses. (Which are healing nicely, I guess, but my recent work-related Red Bull binges have turned me into a bit of a picker. I wish they'd make me a neat freak too, but you need real meth for that.)

Unfortunately there were no photographers in attendance a couple of days ago when Jonny and I met up for pints at a favorite bar on Melrose, got semi-shitty, laughed our asses off at the ongoing absurdity of everything, then snuck cigarettes like kids. Nobody noted that Jonny was at the premiere screening, standing about five feet away when the "scandalous" photos were taken. No third party has been privy to the goofy text messages we still trade every day. And there was no Hollywood snoop present this morning when Jonny phoned to comfort me, knowing that this sudden gossip column angle was going to hurt like hell.

I guess we could have played the denial game, but you know what? Even I'm not that big of an industry whore. Which is saying something massive.

Kiss somebody you love today. I'm sorry if anyone is disappointed in us. We're not disappointed in each other.


Wednesday, December 5, 2007
A Message From Jonny
"I agree with Diablo's post below, wholeheartedly. This kind of thing is never easy, and I sincerely hope everybody will respect our privacy (ha!! Right!!) and basically just understand that sometimes things just don't work the way they're supposed to, and sometimes you gotta come to the decision mutually that, yeah, let's just move on. But Diablo's right -- we're gonna be the kind of exes that get together and quaff beers and laugh like idiots. That happens in Hollywood, sometimes. Maybe not in REAL life, but we're not really real-life people, we're more awesome than that. Two people as bloody freaking kool as us might flame out in the marriage department, but there's no way we're gonna flame out in the friendship department. Ever.

I wish her, from the very very bottom of my heart, every bit of success on Juno and her film career. She's gonna take over the planet, I believe that with every fiber of my being, and she knows--and now you do too! -- that I'm always gonna be right there behind her, cheering her on, LOUDLY. I'm the guy with the beard screaming 'I always knew it was gonna happen!' Watch for me in pictures."

[fezident]

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[underdog]

Saw this movie tonight and loved it. Thought a lot of the dialog at the beginning of the movie (up until the Woman Now scene) seemed really forced [OMG, look how youthful we are], but after that scene, everything seemed to fit perfectly.

The Jason Bateman twist had the whole theatre cringing.

Great movie. Micheal Cera is hilarious always, even though he's probably going to be typecast for the rest of his life.

[AngelAmy]

I finally got to see this movie this weekend, I loved it.

I thought the writing and acting was amazing

Mark (bateman) leaving was a total shocker to me. I could tell he wasn't too into the baby thing but I really wasn't expecting him to leave. Definately caught me off guard

I love Juno's character and the actress did a great job

[Dre]

Saw it yesterday at the 1 PM show, and I didn't like it. I LOVED IT!

This ranked in my top 3 all year along with There Will Be Blood, No Country, and Sweeney. I loved Juno, she had great lines and was all around awesome, (Ellen Page is becoming an amazing actress), the script ruled, and I really liked Michael Cera. It's a must-see of all the 07' films made. A really great feel-good movie, (I know that sounds gay, but oh well). P.S. Rainn Wilson had a hilarious cameo with some great lines.

[cougarjake13]

Anyone else really wanna see "Juno?"

no, not really

[grlNIN]

I heard it was bad.

I really had no desire to see it after the trailers premiered.

Retro-Non-retro atmosphere, snarky teenager, "OH...youuu" parents. Predictable humor.

No thanks.