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This movie was absolutely fantastic. And, I thought the lingo fit, because it was... Part of who Juno WAS. Such a great movie. Will probably top my best of 2007 list for movies.

Nobody says "honest to blog," "cavalier," and "wizard." I understand she's a teenager and yeah, teens have their own lingo, but they could have made it more realistic.
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This movie was only good because of Ellen Page.
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Nobody says "honest to blog," "cavalier," and "wizard." I understand she's a teenager and yeah, teens have their own lingo, but they could have made it more realistic.
Yeah... Exactly. It's NOT typical of a teenager. Because she's not a typical teenager.
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Yeah... Exactly. It's NOT typical of a teenager. Because she's not a typical teenager.

Right, but her best friend was the one who said "honest to blog" and Michael Cera also used "wizard" once or twice. It wasn't just Page's character. Her character was fine in comparison to her friend.
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Sorry for bump, but

I just watched this flick and it's really really beautiful, and I wanted to see what other people think of it because right now it's just Sarhan complaining about the lingo.

Also Sarhan most people I know that are different from stereotypes have their own lingo which is extremely area-based. Like even between two neighbouring schools the lingo would be different, in the different part of the city there'd almost be a different language! So I think you're pretty wrong cowboy!


Anyway the film really brought a tear in my eye at the end. Ellen Page is so adorable in this and when Cera just walks in and lies next to her after her giving birth I just... :,) so beautiful...
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Also Sarhan most people I know that are different from stereotypes have their own lingo which is extremely area-based. Like even between two neighbouring schools the lingo would be different, in the different part of the city there'd almost be a different language! So I think you're pretty wrong cowboy!
Yeah, I was going to bring this exact point up, because I know there's a lot of local lingo and phrases between my rl friends that I usually don't use online just because I know people wouldn't understand it or whatever.

Like I think it's weird you called him cowboy.

Also, this movie was pretty cute. I don't know if it was really oscar material, but it was definitely funny and "feel-good" so no real complaints.
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I thought this movie was really nice - that about sums it up for me. It was a nice departure from the rest of the Best Picture nominees and I think if last year wasn't such a great year for movies then it might've grabbed the top prize (even if it would've been the 'cute' vote that got it there).

Page and Cera worked really well together (although I also don't know what he'll do after the awkward teenage roles) and the Garner/Bateman relationship was presented really well and developed (revealed?) throughout the movie.

I thought the lingo was a little odd at times but a lot of the stuff they said was pretty normal for the characters and it certainly didn't detract for me.

Off the top of my head it'd be my third or fourth favourite movie released last year. Certainly the most feel good that I saw.
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When I watched this movie a couple months ago it annoyed the crap out of me. I can't believe Michael Cera has been cast as Scott Pilgrim. Jesus Christ.
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i saw this movie with the expectation that everybody loves it.  it is weak and is highly overrated.  at BEST i would give this movie a 5/10. 

the name drops became annoying. it constantly focuses on making "hip" teens feel cool because they know of the current or have heard of semi-past pop culture.  the characters were, for the most part, the same. everyone was witty. most of the jokes were forced. its great if you are early teens and want to quote something in front of your friends to sound funny- otherwise the dialog was absolutely atrocious. the indie girl with guitar image was boring - likewise the "original" music.

for example the hamburger phone; why does she insist you know she has a hamburger phone - she criticizes everyone when they pay attention even after shes been crying for attention. she stuffs her face, wrappers cluttered around her, questioning everyone why they stare at her - despite the fact she is eating in the trophy case with her belly intentionally showing.

it definitely should not be ranked 129 in the greatest movies of all time. the story can be summed up in a minute, hell, watch the trailer and you won't need to see this movie. everything was predictable.  if you are 11-15 years old and you like to watch two hours of its irresponsible american teens thinking they are clever without actually portraying cleverness, then you might like this movie.

neglecting the impact/consequences of teenage pregnancy, childbirth and the surrender of newborn children once again. its okay to get pregnant at age 16, and it can be (uneventfully) funny too.
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^It's a bit much to say everyone was witty, and just because the story is (relatively, there's things you can't tell from the trailer for sure) predictable doesn't make it less enjoyable.

It's not a GROUND BREAKING EARTH SHATTERING EPIC and it's no TWBB or NCFOM but it was certainly enjoyable and just...nice?. I didn't go in with high expectations so perhaps that made it easier to swallow.
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i saw this movie with the expectation that everybody loves it.  it is weak and is highly overrated.  at BEST i would give this movie a 5/10. 

the name drops became annoying. it constantly focuses on making "hip" teens feel cool because they know of the current or have heard of semi-past pop culture.  the characters were, for the most part, the same. everyone was witty. most of the jokes were forced. its great if you are early teens and want to quote something in front of your friends to sound funny- otherwise the dialog was absolutely atrocious. the indie girl with guitar image was boring - likewise the "original" music.

for example the hamburger phone; why does she insist you know she has a hamburger phone - she criticizes everyone when they pay attention even after shes been crying for attention. she stuffs her face, wrappers cluttered around her, questioning everyone why they stare at her - despite the fact she is eating in the trophy case with her belly intentionally showing.

it definitely should not be ranked 129 in the greatest movies of all time. the story can be summed up in a minute, hell, watch the trailer and you won't need to see this movie. everything was predictable.  if you are 11-15 years old and you like to watch two hours of its irresponsible american teens thinking they are clever without actually portraying cleverness, then you might like this movie.

neglecting the impact/consequences of teenage pregnancy, childbirth and the surrender of newborn children once again. its okay to get pregnant at age 16, and it can be (uneventfully) funny too.

absolutely agreeing with this. I hope Diablo Cody goes back to stripping instead of this weaksauce shit.

hey guess what we're totally and completely wacky! let's talk about Dario Argento! and play the Moldy Peaches and fucking Belle and Sebastian because while obstensibly the movie is about Iggy Pop, the soundtrack is (and I'm not a homophobe at all but) the gayest shit on earth.

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Fake cutesy is the perfect soundtrack for the fake cutesy Juno. It's like spending an hour-and-a-half with some sort of artificial intelligence device that has the ability to perfectly articulate emotions that nobody ever actually feels. It's well-spoken, hyper-wordy, and a fraud.
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Maybe Juno is supposed to be some sort of fantasy. If it is, I don't get it. I don't know why anybody would fill up these kids with all these words just to make them sound like bad 40-something pop-culture book writers and commentators on shitty E! programs. I also don't understand why anyone would want so many characters to talk the same way, all like a bad screenwriter, who is way too in love with her own writing. And I don't get why everyone in the movie is so fucking impressed with Page when she'd be almost unbearable to be around for more than 15 minutes. I think I have an idea, though: because writer/stripper Diablo Cody is that pleased with herself, and that into showing off. It ain't her boobs this time, but it's as synthetic as most strippers'.
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This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I absolutely loved every minute of it. :)
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Ellen Page got on my nerves and I found the movie very boring. I couldn't wait for it to end, I went because I had heard good things. A lot of people seem to like it, so it's probably just me!
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Ellen Page got on my nerves and I found the movie very boring. I couldn't wait for it to end, I went because I had heard good things. A lot of people seem to like it, so it's probably just me!
It's definitely not just you, dude.
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Ellen Page got on my nerves and I found the movie very boring. I couldn't wait for it to end, I went because I had heard good things. A lot of people seem to like it, so it's probably just me!


Heaps of people hate it, just like any 'big' movie.
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I'm trying very hard to watch this movie but that one bitch just said HONEST TO BLOG and oh my god I don't know if I can do this anymore. 

edit:  Jesus Christ I'm only 7:33 into this movie and this shit is fucking awful oh my god I hate this SHE JUST SAID I AM FO SHIZ UP THE SPAT OR SOMETHING RRRRRRGH
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ahahaha i guess i posted in this topic and

i don't know i did not find it as intolerable as others.  i didn't LOVE it or anything but uh, i don't know, i guess i found it pretty acceptable (re: did not walk out or leave in disgust).  it is all of those things people have said, and incredibly irritating because of it, but at the same time it's pretty believable because maaaan i know no shortage of quasi-witty teens just parading around looking for witty banter.  it makes me feel old, realizing how young and stupid they are, though.

i guess it helps that i saw it on the first night it came out, and didn't really know it would BLOW UP or get nominated for best picture or whatever (ridiculous notion, btw).  there wasn't anything i really found especially outstanding about it, but i guess i just wasn't especially offended, either.  it's funny, because i usually have a much lower tolerance for pandering gratuity than most people, and i'm so fucking sick of IRONIC TEENS, so you'd think i'd abhor this as much as you guys do!
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yeah i didn't really hate it. i understood how hard they were trying and i am in no way saying i enjoy the home-skillets and honest to blogs but it didn't grate on me.

and jason bateman's character was really sad to me, i guess. i mean most of the movie was just oooooh look, isn't it precious? but i liked jason bateman in this.
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I didn't think this film was bad at all! I think that there are a couple of good aspects about the film, or at least that I found interesting:

1) It does a good job portraying the teen age and how teenagers are impetuous, unrespectful and believe they're always in the right. I might sound like an old man, but I really feel identified with the character in these aspects, because I was similar when I was younger lol.

2)Although I don't believe Jason Bateman is a very good actor, I thought his character is very well done in the sence that it really represents the kind of people that are lost in their lives, and whose wants sometimes clash with the expectations of society, which leads them to do rushed things................ (can somebody understand that?)

3) I really believe that Ellen Page does an OUTSTANDING work in this film. Many people might say its really annoying and stuff, but I believe its hard to negate her acting is very well done.

Well yeah. That's it. Although, to be sincere, if you want to me to say what film I thought was the best of 2007, I would say The Life of the Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (wich was released in 2007 in non-geraman speaking countries). Now that was a film I thought was ABSOLUTELY Beatiful and I would recomend to everybody.
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Ellen Page got on my nerves and I found the movie very boring. I couldn't wait for it to end, I went because I had heard good things. A lot of people seem to like it, so it's probably just me!
I was REALLY annoyed at Ellen Page at first too, and during the first 15 minutes I was wondering wether I was gonna finish watching it (I was eating at the time tho, so I needed entertainment and kept on watching) but man, she really, really grew on me. I think she does a great job of portraying teenagers, that often have this gimmicky shell on the outside to hide what's going on inside. And she really lets you know from time to time that it's a shell. By the end of the flick I was almost in love with her. She was so... NOT PERFECT, if you know what I mean. Her flaws are really attractive and adorable.