Quote:
Originally Posted by kathy
I'm pretty sure you've checked reliable sources, but it's still very different when you come to a conclusion based on your own. I hope you don't take this the wrong way though, but I'm pretty positive a point can be established here somewhere.
|
I'm not going to see a movie I'm not interested in, period. If 95% of the reviews are telling me one thing and 95% of the people that have seen the movie are telling me the same thing, I feel like it's appropriate to make a judgement on whether or not I care enough to see that movie. It's a MOVIE after all, not a crime scene (huge difference); based on all that I'm allowed to decide whether or not I approve/disapprove of the content of a movie. I'm not going to bother wasting my time or money for that 5% chance that the movie will turn out in a way I didn't expect.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by kathy
In light of this situation, don’t you think it's better to move forward rather than succumb to self-pity and wallow in the... "tragedy" (as you call it)? Tragedies can happen, but as ~river~ mentioned, "everything is not lost". Having a happy ending doesn't mean you forget the tragedy, rather learn from it.
|
I never said to wallow or succumb to self-pity or, as you're suggesting, let something like that ruin your life. It's kind of hard to prove I'm contradicting myself if you're going to put words in my mouth like that. In fact, where you quoted me, I said that tragedies don't condemn you to an unhappy life or an unhappy ending. I believe you need to just read more carefully before commenting.
My point was it shouldn't be IGNORED or overlooked as some kind of miniscule detail. Tragedies happen, and they're hard, difficult, trying; however, we deal with them, learn from them, make the best of them, and move on with our lives. My point was that this movie makes too LIGHT an issue of something that should NOT be taken lightly, and as I've also said before I've only heard any different from one person, who probably falls in that 5% statistic.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by kathy
Would you have preferred if Juno had the baby aborted? Again, I quote myslef:
It's about making the best out of your mistakes instead of crying in one corner and just waiting hopelessly for things to happen. It's your mistake, your tragedy, at least do something about it.
|
I never even bothered discussing the abortion/adoption debate because that's not what my talking points were about. My points all had to do with why I don't want to bother seeing the movie. And again, I never suggested anything different about learning from mistakes and moving on despite tragedies, so this point of yours makes very little sense. Just because I pointed out the obvious, in that the movie was forced to deal with issues of abortion/adoption, doesn't mean that they explored those issues thoroughly, appropriately, or accurately.
But because you care, I'm 100% pro-life, but personally 100% against abortion. I would never judge anyone that chose to get an abortion, but I would never be able to go through such a thing myself.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by kathy
That's why we'll just go back to square one, which unfortunately (and ironically) boils down to the top of this post. You won't have an established point of view of your own.
|
As I said, in the beginning of my post, my decision to see a movie based on my own morals is entirely up to me and I have every right to establish my own opinion (after hearing reviews and spoilers) on whether or not I agree with the film. Everyone is reacting to this movie in shockingly similar ways, and I'm frankly not interested in a movie, dealing with teen pregnancy, when it affects audiences in such a way.