<p>Gee, I did not miss the cell phones or computers at all. People actually talked in person and did most important things in person. Doing all that over electronic means would have made a bad movie. I live a cell phone free life and don’t use the computer to communicate except here. Not everywhere is Seattle with the excess use of electronics.</p>
<p>She might have been friends with the other girl from before HS. Not all cheerleaders are stereotypes either and could have other friends. Why wouldn’t she bring her and her mom to the birth and not the men? Not every young girl is comfortable with a bunch of men around staring at their parts. Even dad.</p>
<p>The movie explained why Bleeker wasn’t there: She didn’t tell him it was happening, because she knew he had a big meet that day. He ran a personal best time then took off for the hospital because he sensed it was happening anyway. Lovely.</p>
<p>Didn’t the cheerleader friend have a cell phone in one scene?</p>
<p>*Why wouldn’t she bring her and her mom to the birth and not the men? *</p>
<p>well cause it was her step mom and it sounded like a fairly recent marriage- you also dont have to have every one in the room staring at your perineum, you can be plenty supportive up where the laboring mom can see you.</p>
<p>I did get that she didn’t tell Bleeker- but that was my point, if she was so perceptive she should have gotten that it was his right to be more involved, but then she had already illustrated she liked to be the one that called the shots.</p>
<p>yes I know it was a movie-but thats why I dont go to them- I pick them apart.</p>
<p>That’s something called “suspension of disbelief” which is entering into the world of the fictional piece, whether it be short story, novel, movie or play.</p>
<p>It’s true; none of them work if we don’t accept the fictional world the movie creates.</p>
<p>I don’t think Bleeker wanted to be more involved; he didn’t want his parents to know. And Juno sees that she fails at calling the shots and has to accept the compromised reality of life the same as the rest of us, the same as Vanessa.</p>
<p>When her dad tells her that someday she’ll be back on her own terms, I think we can pretty well understand that she is not calling the shots.</p>
<p>There was just a lot of sweetness and good will in the movie and no villains, not even Mark who got out just in time. He was immature, in fact more immature than Bleeker, but sometimes it is that way.</p>
<p>I loved the movie; I see it as a great bookend to Lars and the Real Girl that was also set in Minnesota. </p>
<p>Even the dim school friend who insists that “all babies want to be borned” is treated with affection.</p>
<p>dont get me wrong I did like it & I understand about just listening to the story.
In fact when my oldest was younger- we had a great collection of storytelling tapes & would go listen ( and pay money :D) to listen to storytellers without any props!</p>
<p>Also when I was actually watching the movie- I enjoyed it- which is saying something. Some movies- I just can’t suspend belief and enjoy- which is annoying.
Comedies are much easier- because all they have to do is make me laugh & I thought there were some great lines in Juno.
I especially liked the comment regarding whether her father was going to worry about her being out late- since she was * already* pregnant!</p>
<p>I do disagree about her not calling the shots.
She decided when and where ( and who with) to have sex -
she was the one who decided who to tell and when, once she received the results
and she was the one who decided that she was going to continue the pregnancy & she decided what to do with the baby.</p>
<p>Im not saying she shouldn’t have been able to decide all those things- but she did have a lot of power- it wasn’t something that “happened” to her.</p>
<p>H and I just got back from seeing it. While we thought it was a cute movie with some witty dialogue, and the girl’s performance was very good, we didn’t think it was all that exceptional. (For the record, our favorite recent movie was The Lives of Others.)</p>
<p>I really didn’t expect to like it; the whole “unexpected pregnancy” made me expect a “Knocked Up” sequel of sorts. But I the treatment of the situation - the fact that it wasn’t a glorification of teen pregnancy - was what made me come around. I don’t know how aware parents are of teenage pregnancy days, but it’s incredibly common. I live in southern California, and we boast the largest student nursery in our district with a little over 32 babies (only three sets of twins). The teenage mothers come to school in the morning, drop of their children, then head to classes. I was discussing Juno with my dad, the topic of teen pregnancy came up, and he was shocked to learn that that many teens were having kids in high school. I’ve kind of gotten used to it, and watching Juno reminded me that there are still a lot of places where having kids so young is not socially acceptable. It was kind of refreshing to see that those parts still exist.</p>
<p>granted i am from a slighty conservative, old-fashioned background…but the prospect of a student nursery is one that i had never really considered. perhaps i should add “naive” to that list!</p>
<p>i just finished high school last year. i went to a private, catholic, all-girls high school and graduated from a class of 74. for as long as i can remember, we have not had a student become pregnant. as a catholic school we have a pro-life pregnancy policy and believe in education so it’s not a case of someone getting pregnant and then getting kicked out; if you are pregnant, you are welcome to stay as long as possible.</p>
<p>i suppose it’s just another case of rising to meet a need. seems like it will be QUITE an adventure for those babies and their young moms. good luck to them all!</p>
<p>Student nursery, you say? Yeah I think a local high school in my school district has a daycare center where the teen moms can drop off their kids. I saw the kids once when I visited the HS and there were at least 5-10 kids. </p>
<p>I felt like the Juno setting was kind of like the setting in Napoleon Dynamite–a relatively slow, remote place where everything isn’t as fast-paced and busy. I thought Juno’s clothes were cute on her, and I think Ellen Page played the role really well.</p>
<p>I think Juno was the best film of 2007 as well. I enjoyed it a lot. Harry Potter 5 and National Treasure: Book of Secrets disappointed me greatly. Catch and Release had me extremely bored (and grateful that I rented it on DVD and was able to walk out of the room). Disturbia was decent, Pirates 3/Ocean’s Thirteen were lukewarm.</p>
<p>Saw it last night, and I really liked it. I haven’t really seen Indie movies before, but the style of the intro and the music made the word “Indie” just pop into my head. The movie almost reminded me of Napolean Dynamite; the style of the lettering and the use of imperfect, awkward characters seemed similar.</p>
<p>I think my favorite dialogue scene was when Juno was with her dad and they were discussing the adoption with the adoptive parents. Juno was just using phrases like “yep, going to let it pop out and then give it to you in a basket like in the good ol’ days” and Garner, on the other hand, was taking everything so seriously. Fuuunny. </p>
<p>I know that my friend and I found the part where she was dancing with the older guy hard to watch. As teenagers, we knew that it was just WRONG and felt like something really bad was going to happen. I thought that he was going to attack her or something, but luckily he didn’t.</p>
<p>I absolutely LOVED Juno!!! Everything about it was wonderful, especially the ending.</p>
<p>I saw the movie with my mom (74) and D (18). Both liked it, but not nearly as much as I did. It’s weird how individuals respond differently to the same thing. Anyway, it’s on my “best” list.</p>
<p>Loved it and pledged to use some of Juno’s lines. Also loved her “gal pal” Didn’t notice the lack of cell phones. We also have a high school with a nursery, but it’s not the main high school. I don’t think it captured the down side of teen pregnancy and Juno was TOO smart to be believed ( after the movie was over), but I guess the adoption message was a nice touch.</p>
<p>Juno MacGuff: Yea, if I could just have the thing and give it to you now, I totally would. But I’m guessing it looks probably like a sea monkey right now and we should let it get a little cuter. </p>
<p>Vanessa Loring: Your parents are probably wondering where you are.
Juno MacGuff: Nah… I mean, I’m already pregnant, so what other kind of shenanigans could I get into?</p>
<p>I stopped reading the posts here, once they got into the details of the movie, since I haven’t seen it yet. Both daughters have seen it (at separate times), and both have come saying, “You’ve GOT to see this movie.” We usually wait for movies to come out on DVD, because we have a home theater, but AstroGirl says we need to go to see it NOW. Can’t wait!!!</p>
Fuuunny. </p>