Ellen Page returns as sassy outcast
Posted at 2:43 PM Jul 15, 2009
The trailer's just out:
Reasons to be pessimistic: didn't this miss the roller derby train by about five years? Also, is that overly clever, back-patting dialogue I hear?
Reasons to be optimistic: there's no "redeeming" romance featured heavily in the trailer! Could this be a "makeover" movie that isn't about becoming super-prepster, a mean girl or Cinderella? Also, Kristen Wiig! And Austin, Texas!
Reasons to be optimistic: there's no "redeeming" romance featured heavily in the trailer! Could this be a "makeover" movie that isn't about becoming super-prepster, a mean girl or Cinderella? Also, Kristen Wiig! And Austin, Texas!
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I hate tacked on romances. Especially that one in Juno, where we're just supposed to say "Good for you two" when the guy abandons her and never tries to be an active part of her life until he knows he won't have to raise the kid?
Posted 07/15/2009 at 06:11:53 PM@Kris Wasn't that the best part of the whole movie?! No wait, the entire movie was the best part because through all her troubles Juno basically said "meh". And that's SUPER realistic. At least the movie was cute as this one is looking to be.
Posted 07/15/2009 at 08:42:28 PM"Meh"
I'll netflix it.
Posted 07/15/2009 at 09:03:48 PM"Juno" sucks. It was terrible. The dialogue was terrible, and I can't stand this actress any more than I can stand Cera. As far as Page goes: the hyper-intellectual, middle-aged vocabulary and syntax works better with a character who is supposed to be smart, experienced and cynical, not angsty, sheltered and naive. Her whole style just irritates me. "Meh" can be a bold Camus-esque resignation to the absurd... or it can be a whiny teen who thinks they are "mature" or "ahead of their time" when really they're just ignorant.
I don't blame her alone; I blame the writers who write for her and her complicity in such roles. A pox on both films! A pox, I say!
Posted 07/16/2009 at 01:49:51 PM