Juno
Have you watched this movie? If not yet, then do. If yes, love to hear your comments.
When I saw the trailer I thought it’s a typical teenage pregnancy movie. I watched it not because of curiosity or whatever but simply because I’m too exhausted from working this weekend and from my very active social life too so I just wanted to relax and watch a movie.
No it’s not typical, the movie has it’s turns that were not expected. Let me give you the background of the movie and the highlights that I really like:
Girl and boy were friends and out of boredome or curiosity they had sex and nope they weren’t together. It’s more of like friends with benefits but they’ve only done it once.
Girl got pregnant and considered abortion. She went to the clinic and chicken out. Next alternative was to look for parents that will adopt the child.
Girl found perfect couple and decided to meet with them and adoption has been set.
Highlights:
1. All through out the entire film it was the girl who thought about how she’s going through the pregnancy thing. I was awed by her maturity and how cool she handled it. From buying the pregnancy test till delivering the baby. She was only 16 and without a boyfriend to actually share the responsibility.
I don’t think I can be as cool as her if something like this happen. I can’t accept that it’s only the girl who should bear responsibility. Not because the baby grows in the girl’s womb and not the guy that we should take full credit about the pregnancy thing. And what really upset me about this movie is that the guy was very passive about the whole thing.
2. At the end it wasn’t the girl that chicken out on the adoption process but one of the parents to be.
It only proves that not everybody expects the same thing out of the same relationship. The wife was so ready to become a mother that she forgot to ask the husband if he was ready.
3. The couple was perfect. They were both gorgeous and successful. They even look perfect together but after 5 years of marriage they divorced. Things that were important for him were garbage for her. He wasn’t allowed to be himself because the wife painted a different picture of him already and their marriage.
Moral of the story:
1. Oh please use condom and or pills and or morning after pills OR DO NOT HAVE SEX AT ALL
2. Never underestimate your partner’s aspirations regardless of how stupid they seem to be.
If something is important for him/her then you should treat it as something important to you too. You would expect the same thing from your partner anyway.
3. Our garbage can be somebody else’s blessing - need i say more?
4. Unknowingly when we actually fall in love we put the other person’s need before ours. If it’s not the case then you should reevaluate your relationship.
It was a simple but a meaty film. I recommend you watch it and learn from it.
