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January 31, 2008
Playing at a Theater Near You...
Cloverfield
The Gist: Imagine 9/11, but instead of radical, nut-job Muslims, the attacker is, well, a monster. Unlike human beings who die fairly easily (Michael Myers notwithstanding), monsters can take a lot of bullets, grenades, missiles, etc. Thus, it’s really hard to defeat this s-o-b. Throw in some awesome special effects, and a Blair Witch manner of filming, and you’ve got Cloverfield.
What Would Have Made this Movie Better: This is an action adventure-style movie all the way. So if you like those, you’ll like this. If you don’t, you won’t. As with all action adventure movies (not my cup of tea), the film could have been enhanced with random hot people getting busy with each other.
Who Should See This: The special effects are pretty amazing. If you like an exciting ride, go forth and conquer. If you are more interested in a powerful story, steer clear.
The Verdict: C-.
Juno
The Gist: A teenager gets pregnant the first time she has sexual intercourse. (Not just screwing, Mitch, but the kind of intimate ACTS… oral and what not. Actually, in Juno and her boyfriend’s case, I think it was just screwing.) So after Juno gets pregnant, she decides to have an abortion, but ultimately she can’t go through with it, especially after a young Asian classmate tells her that her unborn child/fetus/pick your poison already has fingernails. So she decides to pursue plan B instead, which involves planning to give her baby to a young couple who can’t have children of their own. The would-be adoptive mother is a perfect-type, the kind of person who makes the bed every day (and makes it really well). Her husband is a wannabe rock star. Juno’s dad is hilarious. Her stepmom is hilarious. Juno is hilarious. The writing is hilarious. You’ve got to see this one!
What Would Have Made this Movie Better: Can’t think of a thing. It was stellar start to finish.
Who Should See This: You should. The characters are great. The movie is laugh-out-loud funny, yet also manages to have some emotionally powerful scenes as well. Go see it.
The Verdict: A.
Comments
I really do want to see Juno. I've heard great things about it from everyone, men and women alike.
Posted by: teahouseblossom at January 31, 2008 07:19 AM
I knew you'd like Juno!
I think Cloverfield is going to have to be a DVD viewing...
Posted by: Harmless Error at January 31, 2008 10:24 AM
I respect and admire your opinion, but juno is not that great. First off, no nudity, but I digress. The soundtrack is phenomenal and other then underutilizing juno's baby's daddy and juno's father, the movie was very good. I was happy there was no crowning scene or jamie lynn spears references.
Posted by: juno at January 31, 2008 07:11 PM
