After attending a lecture concerning mainly narrative where the case study was Juno, I thought I'd post my opinions on it.
First of all - supposedly an indie sensation. The only thing remotely indie about it , is that the script came from an independant writer. The fact that Fox picked it up and it was produced by several of Fox's lesser companies clearly doesen't matter.
I will admit that the film is well filmed and the acting is very good in it. But as far as plots go , it is a huge disapointment. The concept is fresh, and it does go against typical hollywood scripts, but as the film progresses, the story goes no where. Moving from one trivial teenage problem to the next.
The soundtrack is sickeningly sweet, whilst it does perhaps go well with the film, it is hard to stomach the irritating attampts at innocent music that intrude every couple of minutes.
As far as acting is concerned - I think it was perhaps the best thing in the film. I do believe Ellen Page is a very good actress and as far as interviews are concerned, she sees content on doing nice, small budget pictures. Michael Cera is brilliant in the film - however, he is terribly underused. Only making a few noteworthy appearences even though he is by far the funniest part of the film.
First of all - supposedly an indie sensation. The only thing remotely indie about it , is that the script came from an independant writer. The fact that Fox picked it up and it was produced by several of Fox's lesser companies clearly doesen't matter.
I will admit that the film is well filmed and the acting is very good in it. But as far as plots go , it is a huge disapointment. The concept is fresh, and it does go against typical hollywood scripts, but as the film progresses, the story goes no where. Moving from one trivial teenage problem to the next.
The soundtrack is sickeningly sweet, whilst it does perhaps go well with the film, it is hard to stomach the irritating attampts at innocent music that intrude every couple of minutes.
As far as acting is concerned - I think it was perhaps the best thing in the film. I do believe Ellen Page is a very good actress and as far as interviews are concerned, she sees content on doing nice, small budget pictures. Michael Cera is brilliant in the film - however, he is terribly underused. Only making a few noteworthy appearences even though he is by far the funniest part of the film.
Juno , as a whole , seems to be a film that some people love, and some people think could have been much, much better.
2 comments:
If Cera had been in it anymore, don't you think his moments would have become less humorous as they went on?
I see your point, and I agree to an extent, but he still could have been used more than he was.
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