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I seriously didn't think I was going to like this movie just because the girl's name is "Juno", but everytime I heard someone say, "Juno, (blah blah blah)" or "(blah blah blah) Juno?" or "(Hey) Juno!".....I was like, dude, Win. (That girl is so win.)
I'm not going to try to explain it, because that would be trying to explain a mystery. And who would try to explain a mystery? Well, too many people, that's who.
It's just too bad that "Bleeker" didn't get a chance to lace up his winged sneaks. Or maybe he did. ;)
And now I got my tic-tacs. :)
And I love Juno. :D
.....
"Juno?"
"No, it's Morgan Freeman."
And do you know when it starts. Autumn. Just like the novel.
And I know that it's silly to refer to P&P as, the novel, since there are actually five other novels, but.
Oh, and remember, kids-- London is a bad bad place. Don't ever live in London, not even Chelsea. In fact, don't even let your friends go to London.
"That was the emotion I was looking for the first time."
And so I watched this again, instead of going for "13 Going on 30", because the thing about Jennifer Garner, ("cool Asian girlfriend"), is that even though she's been in her share of sci-fi comedies, like "13 going on 30", (like the flip side of "The Nutty Professor", lol), and even in a few sci-fi action movies, although only of the comic version sort, it's *not* as though she were in horror movies with Marc Antony, or whatever the hell his name is.... I mean, she's like Winona Ryder, except.... when she's didn't.... Well, it's like "Grown Ups", you know.
"Oh hey, Juno. How are you."
"Pretty solid."
She didn't even know she was sexually active. ^^
".... legal counsel?"
"No, I just need.... mercy. Like, it would be great if no one hit me."
(P&P, Chapter 17: Jane's dialogue).
("Mollior", 'softer'-- "mulier"-- 'lady').
I forgot that I actually missed the beginning of this movie when I decided that it was one of my favorite movies. (The first line I heard was where Juno explains her name.... I appreciate that, Juno.)
"I don't really know what kind of girl I am."
(Junebug, lol.)
But I know that she's not quite.... 'in trouble.'
"Great life supporter, to rejoice is thine,
In arts gymnastic, and in fraud divine:
With pow'r indu'd all language to explain,
Of care the loos'ner, and the source of gain.
Whose hand contains of blameless peace the rod,
Corucian, blessed, profitable god;
Of various speech, whose aid in works we find,
And in necessities to mortals kind...."
Anima.
"So, Juno, first of all, how far along are you?"
"I'm a Junior."
And I mean, I usually don't like movies unless Steve Carell is in them, you know.
"Do you ever feel like you were, born to do something?"
"Yes. Heating and air conditioning."
And, you know, there's something like I really, really like, about Jennifer Anne Affleck:
"She gave you a room, in your whole house, for your stuff. Wow, she's putting you on a long lease, eh."
They should really stop teaching "The Scarlet Letter". ("The 'A' stands for 'assholes'!")
"Hey Vijay."
"Did you hear Juno got pregnant."
"Yeah."
"Did you hear it's yours."
"Yeah."
And the way that they do Juno's girlfriends, is like, perfect.
"Wow, look at that big head; it's freaky-looking."
"Excuse me, I am a sacred vessel."
This is the way that people really talk.
And you know what's fucking great-- that I've been about Juno for so long, that I really forgot that everyone thinks that she's~ really beautiful, and really mean.
And I know exactly why, but.... let's not talk about that.
And it does make sense. Jennifer Anne Affleck can be a serious beast.
(Commercial~ Husband: You don't have to scrub it before you put it in the dish-washer. Wife: Yes, you do! Husband: No, you don't! Wife: I've washed a few cupcake tins in my day! Expert Lady: Can I? He's actually right. (commercial) Husband: So I was right. Expert Lady: I've gotta run.)
There's a reason for it all though.
"'What To Expect' says.... it's called 'nesting'"
And you know the part where Jen feels Juno's belly? Do you remember how Jennifer Aniston was the girl in "Office Space"?; "Band of Brothers" wasn't Ron Livingston's best work, I think.
(The end of a cosmetics commercial: "We're worth it." Really. The girlie. Alright.)
The wizard of gore vs. the witch project
And it's wierd to know that my lady Juno can be a bit of a fuck-up, too.... for awhile.
For awhile.
"Mark, do not divorce your wife. Just do me a solid, and stay with Vanessa."
(One time I got really upset about Tully, although I didn't keep whatever I wrote....)
"(Your music) is just noise."
"Like what, be a rock star. (That) is something that is never going to happen... Your shirt is stupid. Grow up."
"Guys, luckily you're friends with a former Boy Scout, who is always...."
"Unpopular."
"Beaten up."
"Going to the movies with his mom."
"A Boy Scout is always prepared."
"Prepared to spend his lunch in his locker."
"Prepared to die a virgin."
"Prepared to paint his sister's nails."
"Prepared for emergencies. That's why, a week ago, when Irene was a tropical depression...."
"You're a tropical depression."
And I used to be a doomer, although I don't recall my surname ever being "Mosby". ;)
And I'll give you the reference for that last block quote, just for shits and giggles. (I mean, I'm not trying to build a bibliography here-- 'oh here, here's a page to sign, and another page, and more pages, and a book of pages....')
~"How I Met Your Mother: Disaster Averted (7.09)"
"I tried to run away from home once. I don't remember why. I didn't get far."
"I just need to know that it's possible for two people to stay happy together forever."
Juno.
"The cooling gales thy pow'r alone inspires,
Which nourish life, which ev'ry life desires.
Mother of clouds and winds, from thee alone
Producing all things, mortal life is known."
"From ages of time, from mother to maid,
Holy knowledge was maintained,
Born in the blood, a common dream,
Shaped by fate and what has been."
"And also, I think I love you.... You don't even have to try."
"I try really hard, actually."
You have no idea.
"Just because you made a mistake,
Doesn't mean you have to tremble and shake:
You can learn from your mistake."
~Barney Not-Stinson
(Barney's gay black brother, lol.... And, do ya know how Allison Hannigan's hair was *black* when they were in college?)
....
"But he figured it out anyway."
That's my god.
"I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else, but you."
"I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else, but you."
("Give me everything tonight.")
(10/10)
