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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:07:00 +0000

I saw this movie yesturday. It was totally amazing. A little racey at first but it cooled down. It was emotional, it took your with every emotion. The soundtrack to it sounded soo stupid at first, like i was cracking up, but then i thought about it and all the songs had real meaning to the plot!!!!

By: nickplowman

nickplowman — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:51:00 +0000

Garden State had a magnificent soundtrack, and Juno’s matches it’s greatness. If it is hip or not is a matter of opinion, but just like the score of There Will Be Blood, the soundtrack lifts the film and makes it what it is. The film wouldn’t be the same if it were not for the soundtrack. It feels intimate and indie like* without becoming too hip for it’s own good. Ellen Page apparently single handedly said that The Moldy Peaches music would be great in the film, and she was right.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:57:00 +0000

This is a good idea.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:35:00 +0000

I saw the film last night and I thought it was great- and the soundtrack was something that really stood out about it. Say what you like about it being too ‘hip’ but it seemed to me to suit the whole mood of the film perfectly – bitter sweet and poignant. To use better known, more mainstream songs would have ruined the film, and anyway the best thing about films with great soundtracks is that they open up so many people to some great artists- and that can’t be a bad thing.
I don’t see how using great music in a film can possibly be a bad thing, as long as the film itself is also good, which this one clearly was. As for Filmwad’s contention that hip songs just dont go with comedy, well they are neglecting to mention the fact that films such as Garden State, and Rushmore aren’t just out and out comedies- they also have much more emotional depth than most comedy genre films so why shouldn’t they utilise ’emotional’ songs? And anyway, even gross out comedies like dumb and dumber can use such songs to great effect- the Todd Rungren song at the end is amazing in the movie.