Juno has been in the top 10 since its release. As of Thursday, it had grossed a little over $15 million. My DH and I saw it as a free sneak preview and loved it!
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Bobbi - Dec 29, 2007 5:57:58 am PST #3063 of 10000
Dog is my co-pilot.
Typo Boy - Dec 29, 2007 7:52:59 am PST #3064 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
So Gar, you're saying there was some blood in SWEENEY TODD?
Yeah, I know it seems like an odd complaint. But in the play is ABOUT violence. Violence is not an independent co-star, outshining the actors. (That Mrs. Lovett was completely miscast, and that they chose someone to play Joanna who could neither act nor sing did not help. They did not even choose (IMO) a great Pirelli.)
Laga - Dec 29, 2007 8:02:09 am PST #3065 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Juno has been in the top 10 since its release. As of Thursday, it had grossed a little over $15 million.
Which is pretty amazing when you consider it's only showing in 998 theatres.
Scrappy - Dec 29, 2007 8:05:02 am PST #3066 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Oh, I loved Cohen as Pirelli. I thought he had the right mixture of bluster, evil and vulnerability.
Gris - Dec 29, 2007 8:25:26 am PST #3067 of 10000
Hey. New board.
I loved both Pirelli and Johanna. Her voice was odd, but in an unearthly type of way. And her acting worked for me too, in that I-am-so-helpless-and-slightly-crazy-not-to-mention-really-funny-looking-and-possibly-stupid sort of way. Not exactly the show's character, but considering how her story was shaved, it worked for me in the movie's character.
Dana - Dec 29, 2007 8:29:03 am PST #3068 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I thought both Anthony and Johanna were altered in interesting ways. They were both so very young, and really, I thought both of them came off as already kind of crazy. The NYT review touched on that, saying something like it was the kind of movie where innocence had no chance to survive.
Typo Boy - Dec 29, 2007 8:33:11 am PST #3069 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Pirelli may have worked. It may have been I was already grumpy at the time. But I can't see the Joanna. In terms of acting she projected nothing. She did not convey helpless stupid and possibly crazy. She conveyed absolute vacancy and vacuousness. And she showed absolutely no singing ability.
Dana - Dec 29, 2007 8:34:39 am PST #3070 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
There's no way to sing that song without some ability. It's too hard.
Typo Boy - Dec 29, 2007 8:44:49 am PST #3071 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
OK - then she did not have enough. She was unable to get any feeling in that song. The efforts on the high notes showed - a lot.
Bobbi - Dec 29, 2007 10:33:05 am PST #3072 of 10000
Dog is my co-pilot.
I just noticed that Roger Ebert ranked Juno as his favorite film of 2007. [Link]