tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160916.post6742040974918013355..comments2024-03-06T04:31:53.093+11:00Comments on Just in CASE: Juno – an unexpected pro-life messageTrevor Cairneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10743409298855125040noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160916.post-37448104873322244782008-07-18T15:14:00.000+10:002008-07-18T15:14:00.000+10:00Hi Natalie, I really appreciate the fact that you ...Hi Natalie, I really appreciate the fact that you made a comment and for the way in which you've expressed a view that is different to mine. I respect your right to hold a different view. I see her choice as a right choice because I see life commencing at conception. As a Christian I don't believe that I have the right to terminate a life for whatever reason. My hope is that more women (and men!) will see that life is precious and should not be terminated regardless of the circumstances that they face. Thanks for reading the post. I'm glad you loved the movie.Trevor Cairneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743409298855125040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160916.post-31584689114252156422008-07-18T08:29:00.000+10:002008-07-18T08:29:00.000+10:00I loved the movie Juno as well, but the point I to...I loved the movie Juno as well, but the point I took away from it is that she made a choice -- not pro life or pro choice, just a choice. Because abortion is legal, she had a choice. If abortion were illegal, she would have had one less option. In her case, her family was supportive and the situation was such that adoption was a good choice for her. It is not the best choice for all pregnant woman in all situations. I can only hope that all women, into the future, will have the same ability to choose what is right for them, and that people won't judge it as right or wrong, no matter which difficult choice she makes.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00046262986384249844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160916.post-69079944806620270252008-02-21T08:57:00.000+11:002008-02-21T08:57:00.000+11:00Hi David, Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, I loved the ...Hi David, Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, I loved the music too. Even loved the intro with its combination of music, and different types of images. You knew something of the character before the movie started. The baby's name? Good question.Trevor Cairneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743409298855125040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160916.post-71129934970979958322008-02-20T20:06:00.000+11:002008-02-20T20:06:00.000+11:00Hi TrevorI enjoyed the quirky music, which complem...Hi Trevor<BR/>I enjoyed the quirky music, which complemented the action well, I thought.<BR/><BR/>A nice movie. Thanks for your recommendation.<BR/><BR/>But what was the baby's name?David McKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04027490637755317026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160916.post-49204609442505560152008-02-11T08:15:00.000+11:002008-02-11T08:15:00.000+11:00Thanks for these thoughtful comments Paul. Like yo...Thanks for these thoughtful comments Paul. Like you I also loved the way the screenwriter, director and Page (and other characters) managed to bring out as you put it the "contrasts between childish lightness on the part of the teenagers and the weightiness of life for adults". It was powerful to see a teenager portrayed (with usual limited experience of the world) weighing up the situation and the consequences of her actions and saying, "No, this is what I need to do." Let's hope and pray that such subtle narrative portrayals might lead to some real life wisdom from young and older men and women.Trevor Cairneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743409298855125040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160916.post-37322331605847861862008-02-11T06:39:00.000+11:002008-02-11T06:39:00.000+11:00I also saw and loved the movie - with my 14 and 15...I also saw and loved the movie - with my 14 and 15 y o daughter and son, a good experience. I too noticed the tendency of hollywood to tell "keep the baby" stories, and I found myself contemplating the relationship between morality and the demands of the narrative form. <BR/><BR/>If telling the story of an unwanted teen pregnancy, opting for termination leaves not much of an entertaining story to go on with: either the character carries on as if nothing had happened, which would seem rather callous in a story (while quite common in life), or it screws the character up over a long period, which would just be depressing (also a common scenario in life). In the functional morality of story telling, truth will out, good will prevail, not necessarily because of goodness or truth themselves, but because it maps out a satisfying journey to an upbeat point of closure. Strindberg was never going to make it in hollywood. <BR/><BR/>Not that such thoughts lessened the enjoyment of it, or the quality of the experience... I particularly loved the study of contrasts between childish lightness on the part of the teenagers and the weightiness of life for adults. Watching the implications of life catch up with Juno despite her determination to avoid feeling anything complex about the experience was beautifully done, and a marvel of screen acting. In retrospect the story reminds me strangely of Austen, the way the emotional climax of the story involves the central character getting caught in their own ironic trap: Juno reminds me a little of Emma.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040741509554072748noreply@blogger.com