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07 Jun 2010, 9:04 am

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It's popular because the people who like it were told it's the best of that year. They don't really watch movies so they don't know any better. I refuse to watch it because The Curious Case of Benjamin Button should have won that year.


I'm on the opposite side of the fence. I did not care at all for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button but I enjoyed Juno. I thought the movie was cute. I wouldn't say it's one of my all-time favorite movies, but I did enjoy it. :wink:

What I don't understand is why Napoleon Dynamite is such a popular movie. I really did not like that movie, and I don't understand its appeal. :?


Yeah me too, I watched Napoleon Dynamite back when it was a big deal and couldn't stand it. I really enjoyed Juno though. It was cute and I thought it captured the life of a quirky teenager pretty well. She reminded me a lot of how I was when I was in high school. And yeah some parts of the movie seem a little too hipster-like and contrived, but you have to remember that they are teenagers. I thought all of that stuff went well with their characters and the fact that they are only 16.



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07 Jun 2010, 9:10 am

Around here, in my small Australian town, Juno seemed to be extremely popular with the 11 - 16ish age group and mostly females.

As for me, no thank you. I found it to be irritating.


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08 Jun 2010, 4:56 pm

I found the movie to be a paean to the laziness of American teenagers, thank you very much. Also, the characters are total scumbags; Juno alone makes the characters from The Informers look like people with high moral standards.


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08 Jun 2010, 8:36 pm

Descartes wrote:
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It's popular because the people who like it were told it's the best of that year. They don't really watch movies so they don't know any better. I refuse to watch it because The Curious Case of Benjamin Button should have won that year.


I'm on the opposite side of the fence. I did not care at all for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button but I enjoyed Juno. I thought the movie was cute. I wouldn't say it's one of my all-time favorite movies, but I did enjoy it. :wink:

What I don't understand is why Napoleon Dynamite is such a popular movie. I really did not like that movie, and I don't understand its appeal. :?


aw, I love napoleon dynamite!

Juno was okay.



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08 Jun 2010, 8:47 pm

leschevalsroses wrote:
Yeah me too, I watched Napoleon Dynamite back when it was a big deal and couldn't stand it. I really enjoyed Juno though. It was cute and I thought it captured the life of a quirky teenager pretty well. She reminded me a lot of how I was when I was in high school. And yeah some parts of the movie seem a little too hipster-like and contrived, but you have to remember that they are teenagers. I thought all of that stuff went well with their characters and the fact that they are only 16.


Finally, someone who agrees with me! :) I thought I was the only one here who liked Juno.



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09 Jun 2010, 4:21 pm

Im guessing it was a niche/clique following for being "snarky" and "indie".



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09 Jun 2010, 6:20 pm

I like it.

Frankly I think its beautifully shot. The storyline is great, so long as you don't take it too seriously. Obviously most real teenagers don't talk like that.


Then again, I'm sort of a snarky hipster.


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09 Jun 2010, 6:52 pm

I didn't particularly like Juno very much, partly because of the storyline and partly because of the prepubescent Michael Cera.



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09 Jun 2010, 7:22 pm

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Im guessing it was a niche/clique following for being "snarky" and "indie".


Basically. Just another teen pregnancy movie.


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09 Jun 2010, 8:19 pm

clumsybee wrote:
I didn't particularly like Juno very much, partly because of the storyline and partly because of the prepubescent Michael Cera.


michael cera was mostly the reason why i liked that movie XD



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10 Jun 2010, 12:37 pm

Descartes wrote:
garysoneji wrote:
It's popular because the people who like it were told it's the best of that year. They don't really watch movies so they don't know any better. I refuse to watch it because The Curious Case of Benjamin Button should have won that year.


I'm on the opposite side of the fence. I did not care at all for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button but I enjoyed Juno. I thought the movie was cute. I wouldn't say it's one of my all-time favorite movies, but I did enjoy it. :wink:

What I don't understand is why Napoleon Dynamite is such a popular movie. I really did not like that movie, and I don't understand its appeal. :?


I liked Napoleon Dynamite although when I watched it I didn't realize it was popular. It was kinda weird but made me laugh. :lol:

I thought Juno was incredibly boring. I was watching it but nothing was really keeping me interested so after a while I was like "meh" and stopped. :wink:


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10 Jun 2010, 12:40 pm

EDIT: Sorry double post. 8)


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10 Jun 2010, 12:53 pm

I'm going to be the rebel here, and confess, that I want to see that movie.


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