Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Juno

Incredibly funny, terribly sad and simply alive. That's Juno - the movie and the character.

If Atonement is best seen in solitary confinement, have your friends around when you watch this one. Do not watch it in an iPod or Creative at 1:00 am while lying on your bed and your roommates are asleep. Trying not to laugh out loud can give you gas. Trust me.

The plot enough is simple. But I guess it is this simplicity that brings out the best in this film - the dialogue, the whip ass smart quips, the set, the music, and the actors.

Ellen Page is superb! Before this film, I've only known her as Kitty Pryde with the cool power of walking through walls (if I have this ability, I'll be the ultimate voyeur). She's just amazing as Juno MacGuff.

She is able to give justice to the character of an immature yet smart girl dealing with mature problems and in the process, "grow up" without losing that vibrancy, strength and spirit found generally in the young.

Jennifer Garner as the adoptive mother Vanessa Loring is a bit stiff. It's great because she's required to be this character who is reserved and holds back herself due to fear that her dream of becoming a mother will never come true. At the end though, in the scene where she finally holds her baby, she lets go, she glows and it is a sight to behold.

There is nothing heavy in Juno. It is not thought-provoking. It will not make you weep. It will not keep you staring at the screen after the credits.

It will only leave you with the feeling that you've just watched a good film. And sometimes, this is quite enough.

6 comments:

Kiks said...

good films are hard to turn down.

thanks for the download and letting me have it.

kaya pala hagikgik ka ng hagikgik sa kama kagabi. pero mas malakas pa rin ang hilik ni ipang.

Misterhubs said...

I can't wait to watch this in the movie house. Pag di ako makapagpigil, DVD na lang.

wanderingcommuter said...

my friends are bragging me about the film too... hay naku, ika nga ng sinabi ko sa previous post ko, kung sino man ang nag coin ng peer pressure, namatay agad! hahaha.
but i'll consider this. sana meron ng kopya sa quiapo. hahaha!

MINK said...

hmm sounds interesting! me pirated na ba nyan?

ching!

:)

jericho said...

@kiks: no more movies and tv shows from me hangga't wala yung promise mo!
@misterhubs: wag mo nang pigilan. masama ang nagpipigil! hehe
@wandering: malamang meron na dyan. dyan pa!
@mink: it is interesting. at napirata na sya probably.

Bobbi Morton said...

Hi thanks for postingg this