Comments on: Sexy Results: Because One Mean-Spirited Review of the Juno Soundtrack Just Isn’t Enough (Even Though It Probably Is) http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/ Because I'm naughty by nature, not cause I hate 'cha Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:11:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Paula http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-10768 Paula Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:00:00 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-10768 HEy guys... what is the name of the song in the scene when they have sex? HEy guys… what is the name of the song in the scene when they have sex?

]]> By: Wrongshore http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-8451 Wrongshore Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:09:35 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-8451 I came here from Sasha Frere-Jones, and had similar but more forgiving reactions to Juno, both on the music and the dialogue. I agree with John S. above on the dialogue: it grated, but plenty of boy movies embrace the same wish-fulfillment precocity (I've seen Noah Baumbach's <i>Kicking & Screaming</i> eleven times) and I was willing to allow this to be the girl version of that. I saw the Moldy Peaches play a concert some years ago when they first broke nationwide, and their combination of archness and naivete--the hysterical juvenile, perhaps? really turned me off. "We're just the kids sitting on the couch", they sang, and I looked around at a room of twenty-somethings yearning to be "the kids" and wished they would be sent off to fight a war. The music instantly stood in for a refusal to grow up that seemed to me anti-democratic and consumerist, and I hated it even though it had a kind of cleverness I had often enjoyed. (Lighten, up dude! There.) But it fits perfectly in the movie. Juno wants to be a kid, and she wants grownups to be grownups. The song ends up in the right mouth: that of a child, who has demonstrated extraordinary maturity for the purpose of preserving for herself a childhood. So I dug it. I came here from Sasha Frere-Jones, and had similar but more forgiving reactions to Juno, both on the music and the dialogue. I agree with John S. above on the dialogue: it grated, but plenty of boy movies embrace the same wish-fulfillment precocity (I’ve seen Noah Baumbach’s Kicking & Screaming eleven times) and I was willing to allow this to be the girl version of that.

I saw the Moldy Peaches play a concert some years ago when they first broke nationwide, and their combination of archness and naivete–the hysterical juvenile, perhaps? really turned me off. “We’re just the kids sitting on the couch”, they sang, and I looked around at a room of twenty-somethings yearning to be “the kids” and wished they would be sent off to fight a war. The music instantly stood in for a refusal to grow up that seemed to me anti-democratic and consumerist, and I hated it even though it had a kind of cleverness I had often enjoyed. (Lighten, up dude! There.)

But it fits perfectly in the movie. Juno wants to be a kid, and she wants grownups to be grownups. The song ends up in the right mouth: that of a child, who has demonstrated extraordinary maturity for the purpose of preserving for herself a childhood.

So I dug it.

]]> By: The Weekly Haps at Shots Ring Out http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-7708 The Weekly Haps at Shots Ring Out Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:04:19 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-7708 [...] [Passion of the Weiss] [...] […] [Passion of the Weiss] […]

]]> By: John S http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-7696 John S Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:39:57 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-7696 Allen, If it makes you feel any better, Juno used the word self-consciously. I got the impression that the soundtrack was a symptom of Harold & Maude cum Rushmore lust. This movie really wants to be the female 00s equivalent of those movies. (The lead males in both those movies also "talk unrealistically," inspiring a thundering lack of complaints from film critics nationwide.) Allen,

If it makes you feel any better, Juno used the word self-consciously.

I got the impression that the soundtrack was a symptom of Harold & Maude cum Rushmore lust. This movie really wants to be the female 00s equivalent of those movies. (The lead males in both those movies also “talk unrealistically,” inspiring a thundering lack of complaints from film critics nationwide.)

]]> By: Allen http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-7686 Allen Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:21:44 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-7686 If I hear an adult under eighty use the word "shenanigans" unselfconsciously one more time, I'm going to lose it. That said, Juno is a triumph of hipster-id-speak, which draws most attention to the Cody and Page. I read somewhere, Diablo Cody is a great writer. Maybe one day she'll write a good movie. If I hear an adult under eighty use the word “shenanigans” unselfconsciously one more time, I’m going to lose it. That said, Juno is a triumph of hipster-id-speak, which draws most attention to the Cody and Page. I read somewhere, Diablo Cody is a great writer. Maybe one day she’ll write a good movie.

]]> By: Andy http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-7642 Andy Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:01:48 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-7642 Some of the dialogue did make me cringe. And I felt a little bummed about Juno just being able to give the kid away with hardly a thought to her leaking breasts, stretched out body and episiotomy. But I did love their duet at the end. And it's impossible not to be taken with Ellen Page, who was absolutely perfect. Go Ellen! Some of the dialogue did make me cringe. And I felt a little bummed about Juno just being able to give the kid away with hardly a thought to her leaking breasts, stretched out body and episiotomy. But I did love their duet at the end. And it’s impossible not to be taken with Ellen Page, who was absolutely perfect. Go Ellen!

]]> By: Mike http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-7628 Mike Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:00:40 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-7628 I enjoyed the movie in the end, but for the first half-hour i HATED it, for all the reasons mentioned here. Much like the New York Times reviewer, I thought that perhaps the characters in the movie grow, or at least rise to the occasion, as the unrealistic hipster sarcasm tends to dissipate, Jason Bateman is revealed to be a dufus (sp?) asshole, Jennifer Garner is not the shrew she appears to be at first, and so on. (Perhaps my favorite part of the movie is when she finally says to her Peter Pan "You look stupid in that shirt." Most of my friends--like me now pushing 40--need to be told the same thing.) The reactions posted here make me wonder if I am not the only person on earth who did not like "Ghost World," which I find, along with most of Aaron Sorkin's more recent TV work, to be the apotheosis of the dialogue-as-implausibly-clever-quip-trading: sometimes funny, but much like eating cotton candy for dinner. Having said all that, I do immensely dislike most of the soundtrack, but have nothing new to add on that score. Mike I enjoyed the movie in the end, but for the first half-hour i HATED it, for all the reasons mentioned here. Much like the New York Times reviewer, I thought that perhaps the characters in the movie grow, or at least rise to the occasion, as the unrealistic hipster sarcasm tends to dissipate, Jason Bateman is revealed to be a dufus (sp?) asshole, Jennifer Garner is not the shrew she appears to be at first, and so on. (Perhaps my favorite part of the movie is when she finally says to her Peter Pan “You look stupid in that shirt.” Most of my friends–like me now pushing 40–need to be told the same thing.)

The reactions posted here make me wonder if I am not the only person on earth who did not like “Ghost World,” which I find, along with most of Aaron Sorkin’s more recent TV work, to be the apotheosis of the dialogue-as-implausibly-clever-quip-trading: sometimes funny, but much like eating cotton candy for dinner.

Having said all that, I do immensely dislike most of the soundtrack, but have nothing new to add on that score.

Mike

]]> By: David Fay http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-7623 David Fay Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:57:16 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-7623 i have one comment - Juno is getting blogged to death. i have one comment - Juno is getting blogged to death.

]]> By: Reel Suave http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-7619 Reel Suave Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:07:25 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-7619 <strong>“Juno” upstages Keys to Top Charts...</strong> With another slow week at the billboard the indie heavy Juno takes the top spot from the strong Alicia Keys album. ...... “Juno” upstages Keys to Top Charts…

With another slow week at the billboard the indie heavy Juno takes the top spot from the strong Alicia Keys album.
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]]> By: mandy http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-7616 mandy Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:36:17 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/01/28/sexy-results-because-one-mean-spirited-review-of-the-juno-soundtrack-just-isnt-enough-even-though-it-probably-is/#comment-7616 no one has mentioned the grating, annoying fact that the screenwriter's named herself (post liberal arts college, no doubt) "DIABLO CODY." how can anyone say that name without cringing? no one has mentioned the grating, annoying fact that the screenwriter’s named herself (post liberal arts college, no doubt) “DIABLO CODY.” how can anyone say that name without cringing?

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