I'm not usually a fan of that type of music, but I found myself liking it in the context of the film. Of course, I didn't realize until I looked at the soundtrack yesterday that what I thought was different sections of one song is actually about five songs, four by the same person, and then one not. Oops!
I found Jason Bateman's character, Mark, very intriguing. I know a lot of people who are not sympathizing with Mark and even finding him a bit disturbing, but I just didn't. I saw a guy who didn't really realize what he was getting into, and what he was lacking, until Juno entered his life. And yeah, there is some other stuff going on there, but I can't exactly blame him for it and also, the script handles it in such a way that I don't think it's like an anvil over the head that that is what's going on. I, too, wish we had a little more closure with his character.
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