That Old Mid-January Sales Malaise: It's Back - Idolator Comments

That Old Mid-January Sales Malaise: It's Back

Weezy F Baby — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:55:50 EST

Juno is the perfect movie for people who consider "indie" a genre. Film or music, really.

Weezy F Baby

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SuperUnison — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:59:01 EST

It is not a coincidence that JZ13 appeared the same week I was re-reading "Crying of Lot 49."

SuperUnison

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Nicolars — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:34:09 EST

She actually seems a lot more open to criticism than Mr. JZ13.

Nicolars

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Ned Raggett — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:45:06 EST

Doubtless.

Ned Raggett

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Krista — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:42:14 EST

@Ned Raggett:

Diablo's commented on Jezebel recently actually. Her commenter id is Diablo_Cody.

Krista

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Audif Jackson Winters III — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:43:34 EST

@maura: Maybe so. I was just thinking, likely readership demo for this site, Medusa and the mirror, etc.

Audif Jackson Winters III

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Ned Raggett — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:23:48 EST

@JZ13: Oh, hi Diablo.

Ned Raggett

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Maura Johnston — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:06:53 EST

@Audif Jackson Winters III: Are you kidding? That was the most realistic thing about the movie!

Maura Johnston

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Audif Jackson Winters III — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:49:34 EST

You're all just mad because they made the indie yuppie character an asshole.

Audif Jackson Winters III

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JZ13 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:37:54 EST

I sense a lot of jealousy in the vitriolic backlash towards Juno. Here's betting everyone that hates it has an unfinished screenplay lying around that they wish they could ever get around to finishing so that it might be picked up and turned into the indie it film of the season.

JZ13

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SAShepherd — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:37:14 EST

Liked the movie. Yes, the first 20 minutes of Juno is supposed to be annoying -- you'll notice her quirk is dialed back more and more as the movie goes on.

It's no Rushmore, but what is?

(As for the soundtrack, I preferred the Barry Louis Polisar track that plays over the opening credits.)

SAShepherd

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CloudCarrier — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:33:14 EST

You know that scene in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, where that one spy gets his drink poisoned, and proceeds to die, allowing his assailant to scrawl "NO LOVE" on a well-placed piece of paper? I want to do that to Juno.

CloudCarrier

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brasstax — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:03:03 EST

I liked it, and I generally despise these movies. So whatever.

brasstax

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scenicnyc — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:50:32 EST

For thos that do not hate Kimya she is playing in Brooklyn on 1/16 at Europa with Karl Blau, Angelo Spencer (her husband) and Cuddles Kovinsky who have an amazing youtube Mockumentary about the band.

scenicnyc

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Jerkwheat — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:39:12 EST

a-fucking-men. So glad to see other people found Juno to be overly self-aware and very meh.

Worst part of it: while leaving the movie theatre, the missus and I hear a group of Hot Topic-ed emo 14 year old girls talking about the character of "Juno" and saying "Ohmygod! I want to be her!!"

Yes, they want to be knocked up high school juniors in Minnesota too.

Jerkwheat

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tigerpop — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:32:24 EST

@futurehorse: I was predisposed to not liking Juno based on the Garden State comparisons. (Ick.) Then I found out that Kimya Dawson did the soundtrack. Now I am certain that I will never, ever see that movie. Thank you, Internets!

tigerpop

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slowburn — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:22:58 EST

SOO over these parade-of-quirk movies. See There Will Be Blood for something way more satisfying.

slowburn

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SuperUnison — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:22:36 EST

"Juno" is both thoroughly competent and ragingly insipid. I think the governing dictum was probably "If we have three choices we can make, we choose the quirkiest. If we don't have a quirky choice, we choose the one that makes you feel edified for caring a bout a pregnant teenager." That said, I saw a Q&A with the director where he talked an almost unbearably smug, condescending game about "real people" or some other horseshit you could tell his spoiled ass only knew from "How To Be a Democrat 101" and that pretty much pushed me to being a "Juno" hater.

However, I did like the soundtrack.

SuperUnison

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futurehorse — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:15:28 EST

I felt the same way. The first 20 minutes made me want to stab something, but by the end of it, I felt pretty blah about the whole thing. It doesn't yet garner the same amount of disdain as say, Garden State, but I have a feeling in about six months it will.

futurehorse

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Darth Funk — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:08:13 EST

my review of Juno: meh.

Darth Funk