[Tigger27]

It may or may not have been discussed already, but I just watched the movie, "Juno", recently and was wondering what everyone else's opinion of it was.

It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it still had some parts in it that were hard for me emotionally. I didn't think it was very realistic at all and there were quite a few things I wished they would have showed more of the realistic point of view on.

Anyway, what's your thoughts on it?

[BrandyHagz]

I was prepared to hate it. I was prepared to be offended, upset, angry, hurt and betrayed.

I didn’t hate it. I wasn’t really offended, angry or betrayed…but I’d be lying if a few parts didn’t hurt or make me upset.

It certainly stirred a number of emotions for me. It brought memories of my experience flooding back and after it was over, I commented to my husband that I related to a lot of it.

I, like Juno, didn’t really struggle (outwardly) with my decision. I was faced with a circumstance in which I had to make a difficult decision – I didn’t have the option of parenting.

Also, like Juno, I very much picked my life up where I left off in the days before my delivery. I had no choice – I just picked up and ‘moved on’ – outwardly, I looked very indifferent – but I felt far from it.

I don’t wear my emotion – it’s something I keep tucked away. I identified with Juno in that regard. I could tell that her childhood (the early comments about her mother in Arizona and the cactus etc) really did have an impact on her – and what I mean by that is that she learned to keep her cards close to her chest. She didn’t seem to express much, if any, emotion – except when she was around the adoptive father, who seemed to really make her feel important.

I think, for me, it was beyond the adoption related storyline – it was on a ‘personal catastrophe’ level in which I identified most with Juno.

She seemed distant and detached from everyone – not just the unborn child or the situation she found herself in.

Just minutes into the movie – watching her actions as a person, I could tell where it was going, because it seemed to go the same direction I went.

Identify the issue
Identify your options
Move forward

I can certainly see how some people my be upset/angry over the movie. But it just didn’t impact me that way.

Although – I will freely admit, I cried my eyes out at the end. Just like I did when I stopped to take breath and assess my situation almost a year after I placed Marni.