Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007)

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miless · #226 Post by **miless** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:32 am

Juno is no.57 in the ongoing list of "stuff white people like."
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/page/2/

Antoine Doinel · #227 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:41 am

That blog might as well be called "what middle class people like".

#228 Post by **domino harvey** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:55 am

Racially-motivated humor is one small notch below Juno on the hilarity scale. Sorry Cutting-Edge White People Blog.

Robotron · #229 Post by **Robotron** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:26 am

That whole site feels like Maddox's less linguistically vulgar best friend wrote it.

margot · #230 Post by **margot** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:26 am

It's the socially acceptable equivalent of "Things black people like: LOL CHICKEN"

tugboat5555 · #231 Post by **tugboat5555** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:35 am

OMG Juno sells out!!!!

Antoine Doinel · #232 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:37 am

Just one more bizarre step in Starbucks becoming a Barnes & Noble.

miless · #233 Post by **miless** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:44 am

Antoine Doinel wrote:Just one more bizarre step in Starbucks becoming a Barnes & Noble.

between that and producing a Sonic youth cover album.

jbeall · #234 Post by **jbeall** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:36 pm

Antoine Doinel wrote:That blog might as well be called "what middle class people like".

Perhaps the blogger has his/her categories all wrong?

I made it through three entries, but the blog was too stupid and unfunny for me to continue. There are funny racial stereotypes that you can make about bourgeois crackers (like me!), but this blog doesn't have it.

Marcel Gioberti · Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:32 pm

tugboat5555 wrote:OMG Juno sells out!!!!

Uhh, "selling out" began at its genesis.

Antoine Doinel · #236 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:40 pm

Selling out? Jeez. Are you guys teenagers who just discovered "politics"?

Marcel Gioberti · Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:50 pm

Antoine Doinel wrote:Selling out? Jeez. Are you guys teenagers who just discovered "politics"?

Shocking! An inflammatory, flame-baiting post from Criterion Forum's longest wind!

Antoine Doinel · #238 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:13 pm

Actually I'm just trying to see what sacred indie ideals Juno has sold out. I didn't realize the film was carrying the torch of independent filmmaking.

Marcel Gioberti · Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:22 pm

Antoine Doinel wrote:Actually I'm just trying to see what sacred indie ideals Juno has sold out. I didn't realize the film was carrying the torch of independent filmmaking.

If you weren't nuance-deprived, that was the exact point of my post. Applying any notion of "selling out" to a project like Juno or Little Miss Sunshine completely misinterprets their nature. They're "indie" films in name only. Commercial appeal was very much part of the plan and there was a truck full of cash behind both.

Antoine Doinel · #240 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:27 pm

Sorry, internet nuances are sometimes lost, especially when I'm sneaking on here at work. Apologies.

tugboat5555 · #241 Post by **tugboat5555** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:53 pm

Oh, you're sneaking at work? So this thread is the wrong place for those hawt NSFW Diablo Cody stripper pix? Before she sold out, of course.

Antoine Doinel · #242 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:36 pm

The Vatican hearts Juno.

tryavna · #243 Post by **tryavna** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:38 pm

Antoine Doinel wrote:The Vatican hearts Juno.

Wow! That's bizarre logic. I mean, apart from never thinking that I'd ever hear the adjective "brave" applied to a movie like Juno, the argument that mainstream audiences don't like feel-good movies (or movies that tell of "the beauty of life") seems like a sweeping generalization based on two Oscar contenders in one year.

#244 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:46 pm

It's been a while since I left the faith, do they not allow Catholics to proofread anymore?

miless · #245 Post by **miless** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:51 pm

Juno's decision to have the baby is completely brave when compared to the decision to abort in 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days. I mean 4,3,2 was just a silly comedy with no social conscience when compared to the deep philosophy and drama of Juno.

#246 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:01 pm

The Vatican clearly responded to the film's message of collecting bones.

I think I should get an ice cream cake whenever I make my 100th reference to that line, as I'm sure it's coming up.

tavernier · #247 Post by **tavernier** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:13 pm

miless wrote:Juno's decision to keep have the baby is completely brave when compared to the decision to abort in 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days. I mean 4,3,2 was just a silly comedy with no social conscience when compared to the deep philosophy and drama of Juno.

Sarcasm alert!

#248 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:18 pm

tavernier wrote:
miless wrote:Juno's decision to keep have the baby is completely brave when compared to the decision to abort in 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days. I mean 4,3,2 was just a silly comedy with no social conscience when compared to the deep philosophy and drama of Juno.
Sarcasm alert!

Fletch F. Fletch · Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:46 pm

Here comes the Diablo Cody backlash.

Jean-Luc Garbo · #250 Post by **Jean-Luc Garbo** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:36 pm

Oh poor Diablo Cody.

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