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Originally Posted by ~river~
it is not a light-hearted movie... some parts are and some parts are utterly gut wrenching or i found so and i have seen it twice.
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You're the first person that has given me any kind of indication that the movie may be dealing with the issue in a very serious way.
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Originally Posted by ~river~
no body is going to see a movie that just focuses on teen pregnancy are they? [...]
while i agree should not be having children... its happening its out there.
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Maybe that's the problem; maybe we should be addressing the topic more seriously and putting the reality out there and maybe people should give a shit about that reality (since, apparently, teen pregnancy is on the rise). My problem is that the overall message of the movie seems to be one of, It's okay if you DO get pregnant, because there are options available... like giving your baby to a loving family that wants a baby, it can actually turn into a blessing. But I feel like the overall message in such a film should cater more to the idea of denouncing teen pregnancy and viewing the idea as unpopular.
The fact that girls can relate to Juno makes them more comfortable about the idea and can put them at ease over a subject which "ease" should never play a part in. After all, it could happen to anyone, and Juno got through it okay, so I can too. I just don't get the sense that the movie has that sense of urgency over just how unfortunate it is to get pregnant so young. Just because teen pregnancy isn't a light-hearted issue, doesn't mean you need to interject humor into the issue to get people to watch it. I believe that people are more interested in difficult issues, especially ones that aren't discussed very often. There's okay to have balance in movies, but I get the feeling that the balance between humor and depression is a little uneven and the humor sort of wins out (that's my impression, after all).
I would expect that it deals with some of the issues, like choosing between abortion and adoption for instance... that's entirely unavoidable. But that doesn't make it a very accurrate representation, by including certain aspects of the issue that it's obligated to. I'm sure it's a good movie... I've yet to hear anyone say it was "okay" or anything less than good, but I just don't care to see it.