frankchalmers

I just can't believe it. Yes, this movie is overrated, but is worst: Is tendentious and naive. It's not a realistic approach to this subject. It's a moralistic fairy tale disguised as dark comedy (an old trick, by the way). It depicts a shallow and distorted view of abortion in the first minutes, like a dirty and almost illegal choice to unwanted pregnancy. Then, Juno turns in a predictable and antiquated speech about maternity, responsibility, family... that kind of 'feeling good' movie.

I agree, Ellen Page is brilliant, but the dialog is unrealistic and full of cliché. And the Jason Reitman direction is completely flat and impersonal. Really, is that bad.

Bad script, bad acting, bad directing, bad movie. O.K., nice cinematography in the mood of great Spanish artists like Velázquez or Murillo, gorgeous art direction and costume design, but there is no point, only a bunch of dull scenes with cheesy lines and three or four poor action sequences. Viggo Mortensen looks good, true, but his Spanish is terrible. An American playing a Spanish soldier. Bad idea. Hands down. What a disaster! 24 million wasted! This year many good Spanish filmmakers will not shoot any movie. This one is the reason. Too much money for Alatriste. And yes, this country has not cinema industry. Why? Welcome to Spain.

...there was the Nouvelle Vague. Tire au flanc 62 it's a wild comedy about the army. Truffaut and his friend Claude De Givray (Stolen Kisses and Bed and Board co-writer) made this film to laugh at institution that ruined part of their lives. Fast paced and deliberate chaotic, Tire au flanc 62 tells the story of two young men trying to make fun of their duty at the army.

Very close to the Cahiers du Cinema point of view about the modern cinema, this movie it was a step forward of the genre and one of the first contemporary comedies.