Film 83/365, Day 88/365 – Juno

Juno has a fantastic script which is performed delightfully by Ellen Page as the wonderfully sarcastic Juno.  However expect to see Michael Cera, Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner all playing the characters you would have expected.  This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, just don't expect any shocks or twists.  Not my usual choice of film but it was a nice change, although I may need to watch something suitably manic now in an attempt to raise my adrenaline levels.

Synopsis: Juno is a teenage girl who discovers that she is pregnant.  After plenty of debating and a failed trip to the abortion clinic Juno decides to have the baby and goes about looking for a couple who want to adopt it.  Having found a young couple who seem perfect everything looks set.  What could possibly go wrong?

Film 34/365, Day 37/365 – Inception

Dom Cobb is a thief, although he doesn’t steal anything physical, he specializes in stealing information from people through their dreams. When one of his contracts turns out to be a test for a much larger more dangerous job Dom can’t help but accept the job. Especially as in return his employee will erase his previous criminal charges so the he can return home and see his children.

I’ve read a few reviews and even after seeing the sychophantic write ups I had my hestitations about seeing another DiCaprio film. Whilst the special effects and the world that Inception thrusts you into is visually exceptional I can’t help be feel that the story wasn’t really something new. A virtual world with a virtual world; is this really the real world or is it another virtual world? I got it I just didn’t think it was quite as good as people made out.