un-planned bit of American foreign Policy. - Yeah i know, i'll stop now...)Thus from now on i'm going to keep away from these minefields of opinion and stick to what i know, drawing poor quality pictures on MS Paint, writing about my job hunt and maybe reviewing the occasional film.
So without further adue....a-do...adew....sod it: The Juno review.
This is with out doubt one of the best films you will see this year. I know we're only a few months in but Juno has played a real blinder here. In fact i have very little bad to say about it, so little i'll get it out of the way now. The title credits didn't work for me, it is entirely subjective on my part, but i just didn't like the style - a sort of 80's pop video sketch format that really should be left rotting in its own juices back in that decade. My only other gripe is with Michael Cera, the guy who played the boyfriend not holding his own next to the outstanding Ellen Page, our lead. However this isn't really fair as he really didn't have that much to do. Adequate is probably the word i'm looking for here.
Right, now that's out of the way, lets talk film. The story revolves around a 16 year old girl called Juno living in Anytown USA. (No not the same Anytown USA as featured in Aliens Vs Predator Requiem!) Anyway, she finds out she's pregnant and the story follows her journey, from pregnancy test, through to telling her parents, finding a foster family consisting of some random bloke and the woman from Alias (or Elektra if you are into the whole woefully bad super hero films thing) and finally to the delivery room. I wont tell you any more about the plot just in case the small demographic this blog is frequented by hasn't seen it yet despite my recommendations. (Go out there and see it like i told you to do damn you!) What i will tell you is that the film has some good performances by a cast that knew what it was doing, shot by a equally good if not better film crew, written by someone else who also has got it together professionally and them rounded off by a person with a half decent record collection. The film was enjoyable from start to finish, although not as "hilarious" as a lot of the reviews i read before going to see it were calling it. It did make me laugh, but mostly got a consistent level of amused chuckles from myself and the audience i shared the cinema with. As i have practically already said, i whole hearted recommend this film to anyone, well maybe not to anyone who went to see Aliens Vs Predator Requiem for "the story". Yeah, guys i know, it sounds far to much like a "girly" movie, but give it a chance ok?
Right, now that's out of the way, lets talk film. The story revolves around a 16 year old girl called Juno living in Anytown USA. (No not the same Anytown USA as featured in Aliens Vs Predator Requiem!) Anyway, she finds out she's pregnant and the story follows her journey, from pregnancy test, through to telling her parents, finding a foster family consisting of some random bloke and the woman from Alias (or Elektra if you are into the whole woefully bad super hero films thing) and finally to the delivery room. I wont tell you any more about the plot just in case the small demographic this blog is frequented by hasn't seen it yet despite my recommendations. (Go out there and see it like i told you to do damn you!) What i will tell you is that the film has some good performances by a cast that knew what it was doing, shot by a equally good if not better film crew, written by someone else who also has got it together professionally and them rounded off by a person with a half decent record collection. The film was enjoyable from start to finish, although not as "hilarious" as a lot of the reviews i read before going to see it were calling it. It did make me laugh, but mostly got a consistent level of amused chuckles from myself and the audience i shared the cinema with. As i have practically already said, i whole hearted recommend this film to anyone, well maybe not to anyone who went to see Aliens Vs Predator Requiem for "the story". Yeah, guys i know, it sounds far to much like a "girly" movie, but give it a chance ok?
What do you mean why haven't i commented on how it deals with the tricky issue of teenage pregnancy? I just told you i'm staying away from that type of thing from now on. No, i did, scroll up to the top of this post if you want.....see! I count it as both political AND current affairs!
Time for the usual update about my job hunt. 
Progress in this area seems about as difficult as a Rubik cube for me, if you'll excuse the incredibly poor analogy. And like a Rubik cube or even analogies for that matter, seem to be very easy to do for other people but neigh impossible for me. Its get worse because as i cannot solve a Rubik cube i'll never make it past the first couple of tests for astronaut training with NASA. Guess i'll just keep plodding on and hope that something, sometime, somewhere will turn up. 11th hour syndrome and fluke seem to me to be two of my greatest attributes so no doubt they'll kick in soon. Either that or my CV will have to its skills section cut a bit.
Progress in this area seems about as difficult as a Rubik cube for me, if you'll excuse the incredibly poor analogy. And like a Rubik cube or even analogies for that matter, seem to be very easy to do for other people but neigh impossible for me. Its get worse because as i cannot solve a Rubik cube i'll never make it past the first couple of tests for astronaut training with NASA. Guess i'll just keep plodding on and hope that something, sometime, somewhere will turn up. 11th hour syndrome and fluke seem to me to be two of my greatest attributes so no doubt they'll kick in soon. Either that or my CV will have to its skills section cut a bit. Anything else? Well Clare didn't get into Oxford drama school which is a little disappointing (i want a rich success actress girl damn it!), but she 
has plenty of others that are having her in for auditions so not a unrecoverable loss. Oh and about these drama schools, i get testing the suitability of candidates by having them recite a speech from a play for you. That makes sense, it is after all what acting types are supposed to do, if you dont count all that airy fairy nonsense. However i dont get how getting them to be Elephants or penguins or 60% elephant and 40% penguin can possibly tell you anything about someones acting ability.
has plenty of others that are having her in for auditions so not a unrecoverable loss. Oh and about these drama schools, i get testing the suitability of candidates by having them recite a speech from a play for you. That makes sense, it is after all what acting types are supposed to do, if you dont count all that airy fairy nonsense. However i dont get how getting them to be Elephants or penguins or 60% elephant and 40% penguin can possibly tell you anything about someones acting ability. Next week: Why Starting off Recruitment aren't who they say they are.
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