More than a year after the nationwide release and countless raves, I can finally say that I’ve seen Juno, though now I’m a little bothered by all the love it and Ellen Page have gotten; I just don’t get it. I admired the cinematography and the score, but I cared about every other character in the movie more than I cared about Juno. Rather than smart and quirky, she seemed pretentious, immature, and utterly naive all the same time. Which, granted, 16-year-olds can definitely be, but Juno felt more like a precocious 13-year-old than 16, based on the teens I’ve known. Juno’s been called a “liberated female” character, but I saw a girl who was emotionally detached from the situation and never really came to terms with the whole holy shit, I have a live person growing within me realization. Maybe it’s just that I’ve known someone who’s been in similar circumstances. I also wasn’t happy with how the film glossed over the realities/side-effects of pregnancy; the symptoms that Juno suffered somehow were all presented in a very cute light, like aww, she’s throwing up in the urn and lying about it, hee!

[Note: Spoilers following, just in case there are people who have not yet seen the film]
Read on »

After seeing Twilight in theatres tonight, I’ve decided that it’d be a lot more fun to watch with a drinking game incorporated. Here’s what I came up with so far:

• Take a shot every time somebody goes by a wind machine.
• Take a shot every time Edward sighs.
• Take a shot every time Edward glares.
• Take half a shot every time we get a closeup of vampire eyes.
• Take half a shot every time Edward lies…badly.
• Take a chug every time Bella seems to find Edward’s stalkerish tendencies romantic/seductive.

Feel free to chime in with suggestions; otherwise, happy drinking!

(By the way, I actually didn’t hate Twilight, because I’d read the reviews beforehand and enjoyed it as an unintentionally campy film. However, the books are an improvement over the movie, which probably could’ve benefited from being better scored. Recommendation: hire whoever did the official final trailer to work on the sequel!)

1. SO AWESOME.

2. Damn, I need to take ass-kicking lessons from Matt Damon.