Slowly Going Bald

I love it that I wasn't the only one digging out old Matthew Sweet this week.

Fantastic review!

Hmm. Really good review -- to get that out of the way -- and I'm still eager to see this. But even your well-crafted, highly praising words don't completely quell my worry about the level of quirk in this one. The acoustic indie pop and quasi-animation do establish cred, I guess, but it's also a cred that's grown very thin with me -- through over-use -- for the past couple of years. Maybe I'm just getting old and crusty. Anyway, the girlfriend and I are going to see this in a day or two, so I'll report back. I'm sure you can't wait!

Oh, I forgot to mention that I saw the clip of Diablo Cody on Letterman a while back (promoting her book), and I found her kind of funny but also painfully self-conscious about the "image" she was crafting -- "I really loved stripping because, see, I'm really normal and suburban, etc."

OK, I really don't mean to rain on the parade. I'm still hoping to love the movie. And still incredibly jealous that you saw it at home. Moviegoers suck. Except for you and me, of course. We rule. Everyone else. Suck.

Oh man. I'm dying to read your take and yet -- I've been so looking forward to this flick I don't want the experience informed by anyone else's, good or bad. Got my ticket for 7:25 at the Landmark (aka Arclight West) if you feel like seeing it again. I shall rush home afterward to read your thoughts.

Any way I can talk you out of that screener since I live in the boonies and it will take forever for Juno to get here?

Pretty pleaaaaaaaaaaase?!
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I've wondered for a while but now comes the time when I'm not too lazy to ask.

What are the screeners like? Do they have big watermarks over the image? Are they copy-protected? Do they have any features or is it one of those discs that when you put it right into the DVD player it starts playing automatically?

Also, do you get to keep those screeners? Are they good enough that you don't have to buy the official DVD release later (if you cared enough about the movie, that is)?

Finally, how do you get your name on the list to get one sent? I'm in no position to get them sent.

Any answers would be mighty fine. Thanks.

Chris W.:

This particular screener only had a brief watermark that appeared once, a minute or so in, saying that the disc was property of Fox. They don't have features, but they are somehow digitally fingerprinted so some mysterious unseen force can find you if you put it on the intertubes. (Or so I'm led to believe.)

People who do receive the screeners get to keep them, though this one wasn't mine. I'd borrowed it from a coworker. Old VHS screeners can be found in every Goodwill in town. And if you cared enough about the movie to want to hang onto the screener, I imagine you'd buy the actual DVD to get features and whatnot. But since it's an official screener from the studio, the picture and sound are pretty sharp, as would be expected.

Getting on the list for screeners means being in the press, or else working near people who are officially in the press and then borrowing their copies. That's my plan, anyway.

Thanks for answering. Now I just hope that Juno opens somewhere near my Pennsyltucky home.

Yup,the screener is online already... Check other sites