Chapter 28 Juno, a Film More Suitable for Asian Babies

The story of the movie "Juno" is not complicated. ɱ

To put it simply, it is a story about a girl named Juno who tasted the forbidden fruit with Brick, a cool boy on the school track and field team, and then got pregnant unexpectedly. How to solve this "big trouble" story.

Although the story is simple, the American people really like it.

Since the 1980s and 1990s, the problem of unexpected pregnancy among young Americans has been plaguing society, and this problem has become a major issue in American society after the millennium.

The original "Juno" is a very American movie.

After Juno confirmed her pregnancy, she first discussed with her friends and planned to abort the child, and then because of various things, she had psychological changes, maternal love took the upper hand, and decided to give birth to the child.

In the first half of the movie, everything is good. After all, the truth that "life is precious" is universal in human society.

But in the second half of the movie, most non-European and American audiences may feel a little confused.

Juno told her father and stepmother about her pregnancy, and her parents gave her warm support. It seems like a happy ending.

Then, Juno began to look for adoptive parents for the child.

She did not intend to raise the child, but only gave birth to the child without raising it. She planned to pat her butt after giving birth and continue to be a student Juno.

Accompanied by her father, Juno determined the child's adoptive family, a happy and wealthy family.

Well, so far the plot is barely acceptable. Juno really can't raise the child well. Perhaps it is also a good choice to give the child to a happy, wealthy but childless family for adoption.

But the screenwriter started to make trouble again.

As Juno's due date is getting closer and closer, the child is about to be born, and the long-accumulated marital conflicts of the adoptive parents broke out. They want to divorce and can't live anymore.

In theory, the story should have a turning point when it progresses to this point.

For example, when Juno saw the marital conflicts of the adoptive parents, she realized her responsibility for the family and the child, and chose to take on this responsibility and raise the child well alone or with the child's father.

Juno has grown up and understood what responsibility is, and the child does not have to leave his biological mother. This is a reunion ending.

But the screenwriter didn't write it that way.

Juno faced the marital conflicts of her adoptive parents' families. Although it was painful, she still chose to believe the adoptive mother who was divorced and became a single woman, and said to her, "As long as you are willing to continue, I will continue."

So, the adoptive mother who cried with joy became the adoptive mother of Juno's daughter and became a single mother. After giving birth, Juno also returned to school and planned to have a love affair with the cool boy Brick after giving birth.

holy shit!

This is the story of the original "Juno"!

When Wu Yuan finished watching this movie, he had only one question in his mind.

Don't Americans know how to write the word "responsibility"?

He can understand that movies need dramatic plots and ups and downs. Too bland is not good.

But this does not mean that his values ​​can accept this kind of plot!

So Wu Yuan does not intend to restore it 100% according to the original script.

If you want to give it to an adoptive family, find a happy and normal family!

He does not think that Juno's behavior of giving birth to a child and then throwing it to a single mother for adoption is a redemption for herself and the child!

Abandoning a child to a divorced single mother is a behavior that shows that she doesn't care about the child at all, and even despises the child!

It's like giving a toy that has no value to you as a gift to your neighbor!

It's not that divorced single mothers are bad.

But the future of such a child is full of uncertainty. Maybe he will have to face a foster mother + stepfather, and it's not clear what the stepfather is like. What kind of pit is this?

This is not redemption, nor a happy ending, but the heroine's escape, abandonment, and irresponsibility!

If you want to do this, you might as well not give birth to the child in the first place.

Wu Yuan doesn't intend to write this story like this.

Juno can't just give the child away casually because of the reason "I'm still young, I don't know how to take care of children, I don't have the financial ability, I'm just a child", and then she can easily return to her life trajectory.

The appearance of this child is destined to change Juno's life trajectory, and it can't just be regarded as an episode!

And the male protagonist in the movie has too weak a sense of existence. Except for contributing a bullet, he has no sense of existence throughout the whole process, no ideas of his own, no thinking of his own, and doesn't care about the future of the child.

This is not right!

Juno has the right to choose whether to have a baby or not. Even if she doesn't, no one can blame her, and they should even support her.

But if she decides to have a baby, then as parents, they should shoulder this responsibility!

The focus of the original story is the interaction between Juno and the adoptive couple, her struggle when choosing an adoptive family, and her self-redemption after confirmation.

The main theme of the movie is "Life is precious, and an unexpected pregnancy is not a terrible thing." This concept.

However, in the script conceived by Wu Yuan, although Juno also wanted to find an adoptive family at the beginning, when the marital conflict of the adoptive family broke out and divorced, Juno's heart to give the child away began to waver.

And Brick, who caused all this and should also bear half of the responsibility, is also undergoing a transformation.

His mentality changed from being irresponsible and avoiding Juno at the beginning, to constantly reflecting after seeing Juno's belly getting bigger, and finally waking up and deciding to take on the responsibility of being a father!

When Juno gave birth to a child, she took a year off from school to take care of the child until she was weaned and then continued her studies.

Brick chose to join the North American Football League and become a professional football player to earn money to support the family.

One of them took care of the child while the other took on the responsibility of the family. They lay happily in bed and coaxed the child to sleep. This is also a warm and perfect ending!

Wu Yuan's version of "Juno" faces the changes in people and things around him, the strange eyes and views of the outside world, how his mentality changes, and how he musters the courage to grow up and take on this responsibility!

It is a movie that focuses more on campus, on the growth of teenagers and learning to take responsibility!

It took half a month to finally write this "Juno" revised by Wu Yuan, and it was sent to John's email as soon as possible.

And John's reply was also very fast.

The next day, John edited an email reply.

He did not think that there was anything wrong with the script. On the contrary, John was very optimistic about the script and felt that it was written with great depth and was in line with the general environment of American society!

Americans do not not understand the word "responsibility", otherwise classic movies like "Schindler's List" would not have been born!

Movies about the sudden changes in the peaceful lives of teenagers and their growth and transformation are also a theme favored by Hollywood, and the Academy also likes it!

After receiving John's reply, Wu Yuan's uneasy heart finally let go.

In fact, his best choice should be to write the original "Juno" meticulously, so that Fox Searchlight will like it 100%!

After all, in the original trajectory, this movie was produced and distributed by Fox Searchlight.

But Wu Yuan did not want to do this.

Although he went for the money, he also wanted to leave his own traces in Hollywood!

If it is shot according to the original version, then this movie is very American from beginning to end. No matter from the theme of the movie, the concept of the story, or the way of thinking of the characters, there is no place related to China.

So, what is the significance of him as a Chinese director and screenwriter to this movie?

When Wu Baige shoots Hollywood blockbusters, he will also add Chinese Kung Fu elements and Chinese thinking!

Wu Yuan is not James Wan. He was born and raised in China and trained by the Beijing Film Academy.

He can invest in some very good Hollywood movies in Hollywood, whether cult movies or commercial movies, just to make money.

He can also shoot some Hollywood-style movies in China, because the current Chinese movies are learning from Hollywood and crossing the river by feeling the stones.

But when he creates and directs his own movies in Hollywood, he must not have something that belongs to the Chinese style!

Otherwise, he is not a Chinese director, but one of the many American directors, without any characteristics.

Therefore, Wu Yuan's revised version of "Juno" is more in line with the values, family values, and love values ​​of Asian audiences!

Let people know at a glance, hey, this is a movie made by an Asian director!

This is the style that a Chinese director should show in Hollywood!

Although doing so may make the North American box office of "Juno" not reach the same high results as the original version.

But the box office of this movie in Asia will be better than the original version!

This is a movie that is more suitable for Asian babies!

Although the Chinese box office market is indeed not very interesting now, Japan and South Korea are now the second and fifth largest film markets in the world respectively!

The box office lost in North America may not be able to be made up in Asia!

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PS. In fact, when the original version of "Juno" was released in North America, it was also widely complained. Many Americans also felt that there was something wrong with the plot, which is the same as the idea I wrote in the book. It can be seen that although the culture is different, the love for children and the sense of responsibility for the family are the same no matter which country.