Juno what? I kind of liked it.

HA!

I’m becoming like the evil Gene Siskel of Internet movie reviews!

So I finally got around to seeing JUNO.  It very much reminded me of Napoleon Dynamite. Not in tone at all, but just in the way it “felt”. As funny as it is, it’s obviously culled from someone’s actual experiences.  It has a great cast, Ellen Page, JK Simmons, the kid from Superbad and Arrested Development (who by the way is an excellent actor.), Jason Bateman, Allison Janey,  Jennifer Garner…other people whom I sorta recognized but not enough to seek out their identities . . .

So what can I say about JUNO? It was written by a stripper and it’s about a teenager who gets pregnant and decides to give her baby up for adoption to a couple of yuppies in the Minnesota  (I think) suburbs.  It’s very funny mostly because of Ellen Page’s delivery of the writer’s Kevin Smith-esque dialog and very touching thanks to JK Simmon’s work as her Dad and  Jennifer Garner’s work as a woman who can’t conceive.

Another stand out thing here – the teenagers in this movie, really seem like TEENAGERS. Not like 20 year old actors carrying textbooks.

Definitely worth spending cash at Blockbuster on.

One more reason not to go to Alaska.

I grew up in the golden age of horror movies.

In the early eighties, it seemed like 12 horror movies a week hit theatres. We had Freddy, Jason, Leatherface, Michael Myers, Zombies, George Romero, Ronald Reagan, Chucky, Jaws, CandyMan, Ash . . .

It was a good time to be scared. These kids these days, all they have is their Japanese import shot for shot copy horror and stale old left overs from when schlock was the new black.

That is why it is important to support GOOD HORROR. 30 Days of night is pretty good. Not great by any means, but original enough to grab ya and cool enough to keep you till the end.

I love the fact that these vampires who have come to Alaska because of the “long dark winter” are so hardcore they don’t even wash the blood off their faces. It just tries there like a nasty, horrific blood beard. Good times.

Definately wortha BlockBuster rental.

3:10 to Yuma is so good, I have nothing funny to say about it.

YES !
YES !
YES!

THIS is a damn MOVIE !

I am not a huge western fan, but when a good one comes around it can just rope you right in. (Yes I am aware of the pun. It was not intended, but dammit – this movie is so good I don’t even care !

Start to finish – a fine piece of work, worthy of your hard earned rental fee or high spot in your Netflix queue.

I loved this movie. I really wished I had seen it with my father – a huge fan of Westerns. (He’s actually average sized but he really enjoys Westerns) So Dad – if you’re reading this STOP READING this and go rent 3:10 to Yuma!