Juno
The studios buried me under DVD’s this year. I watched JUNO since it was nominated for Best Picture, and I liked it a great deal. I don’t think it deserves a Best Picture nod, but it is sweet and the dialogue just crackles and Ellen Page is entrancing and adorable. Every supporting performance is top notch as well.
Juno, like Knocked Up again proves my point that Hollywood is not this liberal place where American “values” are attacked. The Wretched Right loves to flog this dead horse, but a moment’s analysis shows how lame is that accusation. Hollywood is cowardly and traditional. Contrast these movies about women suddenly finding themselves pregnant who decide to go on with the pregnancy and find love along the way, with the bleak Rumanian film Four Months, Three Weeks and 2 Days. These are complex issues and they deserve more than just a candy coating and a “love will find a way” platitude.
Melinda
January 30th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Yeah, I rather liked Waitress and Juno, but I hated the abortion cop-out. Waitress would have been a much better movie if the lead had made that choice. Juno could have been a quirky flick about a young woman in high school, who, perhaps, had sex, was ambivalent about it, and didn’t get pregnant. Oh well.