Lacey got screwed over by AirTran yesterday, and so had to sit in the Atlanta airport for four hours waiting on a later connection. Thus, I had to find something to do after school to wait for her flight to get in. I decided to see Juno again. And I think I liked it even better the second time. Not because I caught more, or because I thought I missed stuff in the first viewing, but because I was really struck by the tenderness of the movie. Once you get through the gruff exterior of the fast-talking Juno, you see that she really is an extremely well-written character. And her scenes with Bleaker are some of the best scenes between two leads in love that I think I've ever seen in any movie. They are genuinely genuine, for lack of a better expression. I would TOTALLY believe you if you told me that Ellen Page and Michael Cera were married - they are freaking PERFECT together in the movie. I really don't think it is possible for a movie to do better than Juno did with those two. I dunno, something just hit me the second go-round. It certainly is not a perfect movie, but I think that if they had treated the Juno/adoptive dad relationship a little differently, this could have been an all-timer. But they had to go and make Jason Bateman a total ass, and detract from the power of the film. Regardless, at least his suckitude was offset by the two other strong guy leads, especially Juno's Dad. The supporting cast really was terrific. Anyway, just thought I'd share. Juno's climbing my year-end list. Probably it's up to #2 now, since I still don't think I completely understand the ending of No Country For Old Men.
--Also, I picked up the soundtrack yesterday, and I'm addicted to it. It's great, and has some really wonderful songs on it, including one by the Moldy Peaches, redone in the ending by Page and Cera. "I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else....but you." Much more on music to come in the next few posts.
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