tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20886194.post7409646596627415417..comments2023-11-05T00:42:04.552-07:00Comments on Cineblog: Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007)rYanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216988817892025415noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20886194.post-15556281131126662582008-01-14T14:54:00.000-08:002008-01-14T14:54:00.000-08:00Your review inspired some of this rant.The Great J...Your review inspired some of this rant.<BR/><BR/>The Great Juno Debate <BR/><BR/>From what I've been reading about Juno it sounds like the backlash has begun. Two of the major complaints I have heard is that Juno speaks too well for a 16 year old, and that her lack of protection is never mentioned. One of these bothers me more than the others.<BR/><BR/>In the beginning of the movie the dialogue did seem like a forced version of Wes Anderson. The pharmacist was very unbelievable. I'm not a big fan of Rain Wilson anyway, but he was more over the top here than he has ever been on the office. His interest in a 16 year olds pregnancy did come across as creepy and not realistic at all. However after these scenes it didn't bother me, as the "cuteness gets calmed down".<BR/><BR/>The second complaint that concerns me more is the fact that protection is never mentioned. In today's society where kids are preached safe sex almost since birth, it seemed amazing that the parents never brought it up. I saw Diablo Cody saying that it wasn't important because the baby was just a device to show how the characters mature because of it, but to me that's a cop out. I know it's not a real baby, but even fictional babies need to be treated better.<BR/><BR/>Despite these problems I enjoyed the film and think that compared to what passes for comedy these days it's almost perfect.Movie Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02509761798416666096noreply@blogger.com