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Quick question - does the film juno have a happy or a sad ending?

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LovelyTinOfSpam · 18/07/2009 20:01

Suuposed to be a good film but read the precis and it sounds like it might have a sad ending.

Not up to it at the moment - just had baby and a bit hormonal!

So is it happy or sad?

Thanks!

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mayorquimby · 19/07/2009 11:31

i liked juno for a bit of quirky humour.
i absolutely loved knocked up, anything with paul rudd in it is on to a winner.

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EightiesChick · 18/07/2009 22:56

I liked it because I was worried partway through that Jennifer Garner's character was going to end up being punished, ie child withheld, for being a 'neurotic nagging wife' (I'm guessing some reviewers would think her) and was glad she didn't. I'd agree that the 16-year-olds are utterly unrealistic, but I was content just to find them entertaining. I really liked Juno's stepmum actually.

I had a fad for watching pregnancy-themed films while pregnant and saw Babymama (not bad), Baby Boom (hideously 80s, even for me!) and Nine Months (v. lame). However, worst of all was Knocked Up. I wish I could get back the £5 I'd paid for it in HMV. Watched it with a friend and we had to stop partway through and go to Spar for some chocolate as we were losing the will to live. It just seemed so long for what it was, and the blokes seemed utterly without redeeming qualities, while the message for women seemed to be 'lower your expectations of having a job, a life, or a half-decent man to zero once you get pregnant, and you'll get by OK'. That poor woman. Just awful. I have never trusted the Guardian's film critic since as he thought it was 'touching and sweet' or some such rubbish!

I, as you can see, can't match the succinctness of 'meh'.

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LovelyTinOfSpam · 18/07/2009 22:03

Ah yes, of course, meh.

So much more succinct!

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PartOfTheHumphreysGroup · 18/07/2009 21:53

Meh.

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LovelyTinOfSpam · 18/07/2009 21:38

Well it passed a couple of hours. All a bit of a non event really.

I can't work up a really fervent response like you though, expat. maybe I'm just past caring

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expatinscotland · 18/07/2009 21:34

'Was a bit confused as to why the spoddy boyfriend was being so normal about everything when in real life he would have been so freaked out he'd have shot off in the other direction every time he saw her, surely? '

Well, yes, and in real life the whole thing would have had about a zero percent chance of happening, much less been handled how it was.

Hence, why it's a kack film.

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LovelyTinOfSpam · 18/07/2009 21:32

Is that it?

Well it was OK. Have sat through a lot worse.

Was a bit confused as to why the spoddy boyfriend was being so normal about everything when in real life he would have been so freaked out he'd have shot off in the other direction every time he saw her, surely?

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expatinscotland · 18/07/2009 21:28

Yep. You are wasting precious minutes of your life on that load of codswallop.

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LovelyTinOfSpam · 18/07/2009 21:27

Oh slight welling up...

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DebiNewberry · 18/07/2009 21:26

totally off topic. but I watched Things we lost in the fire last night. God, it was amazing. And I cried and cried.

Benicio del toro. Bloody hell.

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PartOfTheHumphreysGroup · 18/07/2009 21:26

No I'm fairly sure that would have made me cry!

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PartOfTheHumphreysGroup · 18/07/2009 21:26

No I'm fairly sure that would have made me cry!

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expatinscotland · 18/07/2009 21:24

no, the baby doesn't die.

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LovelyTinOfSpam · 18/07/2009 21:24

The baby doesn't die does it?

Would be torchwood hysterics all over again

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expatinscotland · 18/07/2009 21:24

I couldn't agree more, monkey.

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monkeyfeathers · 18/07/2009 21:22

I thought Juno was terrible, but for some reason I watched it again on Sky because there was nothing else on recently. It's still terrible. Juno is really irritating.

I also thought that the whole message of the film was dubious to say the least.

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PartOfTheHumphreysGroup · 18/07/2009 21:21

Tbh I can't actually remember the ending gripping stuff...

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LovelyTinOfSpam · 18/07/2009 21:13

Hmmmmmmm no on balance...

Did predict adopty couple splitting up though.

It's not as bad as a lot of shite formulaic american tosh I've had the misfortune to experience.

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expatinscotland · 18/07/2009 21:12

you wanna know the end?

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LovelyTinOfSpam · 18/07/2009 21:06

Well it's chuntering away in the background so far no trauma.

Mind you IU can't imagine it being as bad as torchwood, which was on from the week I came home from hosp, and had me nearly in hysterics...

Expat I am getting a vibe that you're not too keen on this film?

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expatinscotland · 18/07/2009 20:55

Sorry, so far off believable.

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expatinscotland · 18/07/2009 20:54

It's mega unbelievable shit.

The Juno character and her boyfriend are so far off unbelievable for 16-year-olds it's ridiculous.

Even my mom thought it was dumb and she liked Mamma Mia!

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PartOfTheHumphreysGroup · 18/07/2009 20:53

Oh yeah and it is fairly shit, but there is nothing better on the tv at the moment!

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PartOfTheHumphreysGroup · 18/07/2009 20:52

What is it about having babies that makes you want to watch anything to do with babies?? We never watch films but somehow made dp watch this within a couple of months of giving birth!
It's happy afair.. Not going to give away ending but don't think I blubbed..

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expatinscotland · 18/07/2009 20:50

you really wanna know?

because i'll be happy to tell you if you don't want to waste your time .

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