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Bleaker is a lucky, self-centered guy

posted 11 years ago by Htos_Drol
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So, Bleaker gets to have sex with his girlfriend and ends up getting her pregnant. He leaves Juno to figure out all the hard stuff and deal with the result of their actions, while he gets to enjoy a worry-free life as a normal high school kid. He gets to run cross-country/ track, think about his band, and go to prom with another girl, all the while Juno (the girl he got pregnant) follows him around like a lost puppy doing all sorts of kind things for him. All the while she's dealing with physical change, brokering the adoption, doctor appointments, etc... He offers no help at all, not even moral support!

It's interesting to note how the whole world knows that he's the father of Juno's child, except his parents. He is very skillful at keeping this big secret from him.

Finally, Juno has the baby, sends it on it's way to Vanessa, and she goes running back to her man, Bleaker. They're best friends and in true love as if nothing happened.

I have a hard time thinking the film ends as rosy and happy as it does considering the way Bleaker ditched Juno to the curb during the pregnancy. Wouldn't this little subject ever rear it's ugly head if the two of them ever had a disagreement? I have a hard time Juno wouldn't bring any of this up at some point in their relationship.

[–] kobrickmamba 11 years ago

um he wasnt the boyfriend of juno til the end. she was horny and he was there and thats how the baby got made. he wasnt involved because she didnt want him to be, he was still a spineless doofus though.

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[–] missik777 11 years ago

Remember, the first words out of his mouth were, "what should we do?" Not, "what are you going to do?"

[–] lokis_angels 10 years ago

I'd say this was an attempt to troll if it wasn't so elaborate.

Either you wrote this after reading some reviews, or you suck at trolling. Now go see this movie (again) and pay attention...

[–] alliemack30 9 years ago

-The first thing he asks her when he finds out she is pregnant is "what should WE do?"

-Juno has already made the decision to have an abortion, and tells him so. He agrees to go along with this, and later agrees to be okay with the adoption even though she never consulted him about it.

-He offers to go to the ultrasound with her

-He tells her several times how beautiful she is, how cute she is, how much he wants to be with her at several points in the film

-When she rejects him in his bedroom, he doesn't push her and even tries to go out with another girl she suggests because he thinks it is what she wants

-He sprints from school to the hospital just to be with her and hold her after she has the baby

Juno continually pushed HIM away because she was handling it herself. He kept himself at a respectable distance because she didn't want him there until near the end of the film. The only reason he even plans to go out with another girl is because Juno asks him to and tells him not to come to any of the baby ultrasounds or appointments.

[–] doubl3 8 years ago

Gotta love how she told him basically he meant nothing and she herself chose to do things on her own, but people would blame him because he's a man. lol.