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

To put it simply, it is the story of a girl named Juno, who secretly tasted the forbidden fruit with the cool boy Brick of the school track and field team, and then fell into her soul and became pregnant unexpectedly, how to solve this "big trouble" story.

Don't look at the story as simple, but the American people do eat it.

Because since the eighties and nineties, the problem of unplanned 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 kill the child, and then because of various psychological changes, maternal love took the top and decided to give birth to the child.

In the first half of the movie, everything is fine, after all, the truth of "life is precious" is common in human society.

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

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

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

She doesn't plan to raise this child, she just doesn't care about it, she plans to pat her ass after giving birth and continue to be a student Juno.

Accompanied by her father, Juno identified the child's adoptive family, a happy, prosperous family.

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

But the screenwriter started to make trouble again.

As Juno's due date is getting closer and closer, and the child is about to be born, the long-accumulated marital conflict between the adoptive parents broke out, and they were going to get divorced, and life could not go on.

It stands to reason that the story should be about to take a turn at this point.

For example, when Juno saw the marital conflict between the adoptive parents, he realized his responsibility to the family and the child, and chose to shoulder this responsibility and raise the child alone or with the child's father.

Juno grows up and understands what responsibility is, and the child does not have to leave his biological mother, which is a happy ending.

But the screenwriter didn't write it that way.

Juno faced the marital conflict of her adoptive parents' family, although it was very painful, but she still chose to believe in this adopted mother who was divorced and became a single woman, and said to her, "As long as you are willing to continue, then I will continue." ”

So, the adoptive mother who cried with joy became the adoptive mother of Juno's daughter, became a single mother, and Juno returned to school after giving birth, planning to have a post-birth relationship with the cool boy Brick.

holy shit！

This is the story of the original Juno!

Wu Yuan, who watched this movie at the beginning, had only one question in his mind.

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

He can understand that the movie needs to have a dramatic plot, it needs to have ups and downs, and it is not good to be too bland.

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

Therefore, Wu Yuan does not plan to restore it 100% according to the original script.

You want to give it to the adoptive family, and find a happy and normal family!

He doesn't 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 himself and his child!

Abandoning a child to a divorced single mother is an act of not caring about the child, or even disgusting!

It's like giving a toy that doesn't have much 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, and he may have to face his adoptive mother + stepfather, and it is not clear what the stepfather is like, what kind of sinkhole start?

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

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

Wu Yuan didn't plan to write this story like this.

Juno can't just send the child away because of the reason that "I'm still young, I don't know how to take care of the child, I don't have the financial ability, I'm just a child", and he can easily continue to return to his life trajectory.

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

and the sense of existence of the male protagonist in the movie is too weak, except for contributing a bullet, there is no sense of existence in the whole process, no own ideas, no own thinking, and no concern about the future of the child.

That's not right!

Juno has the right to choose whether to give birth or not, and even if she doesn't, no one can blame her, and even more so should support her.

But if you decide to give birth, then as a parent, you should shoulder this responsibility!

The plot of the original story focuses on Juno's interaction with the adoptive couple, her struggles when choosing an adoptive family, and her self-redemption after being determined.

The main theme of the movie is "Life is precious, and unplanned pregnancy is not such a terrible thing." Such a philosophy.

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 after the divorce, Juno's heart to give away the child began to waver.

And Brick, who is also half responsible for all this, is also undergoing transformation.

His mentality went from being irresponsible at the beginning and avoiding it, to the continuous reflection after seeing Juno's belly getting bigger a little bit, and then to finally waking up and deciding to take on the responsibility that belongs to his father!

When Juno gave birth to a child, she took a year off from school and chose to take care of the child until weaning before continuing her education.

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

The two of them take care of the children on one side, and the other takes on the responsibility of the family, happily lying on the bed and coaxing the children to sleep, which is also a warm and perfect ending!

Wu Yuan's version of "Juno", in the face of the changes in people and things around him, the strange eyes and views of the outside world, how the mentality changes, and how to muster up the courage to grow up and shoulder this responsibility!

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

It took half a month for Wu Yuan's revised version of "Juno" to finally be written, and it was sent to John's mailbox as soon as possible.

And John's reply was also very fast.

The next day, John edited an email reply.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with this script, on the contrary, John was very optimistic about this script, and felt that this script was written in depth and fit the American social environment!

It's not that Americans don't know the word "responsibility", otherwise they wouldn't have given birth to a classic movie like "Schindler's List"!

The movie about the sudden upheaval and then growth and transformation of the quiet life of teenagers is also a theme favored by Hollywood, and the college also likes it!

After receiving John's reply, Wu Yuan's apprehensive 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, on the original trajectory, this movie was produced and distributed by Fox Searchlight.

But Wu Yuan didn't want to do that.

Although he is running for money, he also wants to leave some traces of his own in Hollywood!

If it is made according to the original version, then this movie is very American from beginning to end, and there is no place related to China in terms of the theme of the movie, the story concept, and the way of thinking of the characters.

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

Wu Baige will add Chinese gongfu elements to the blockbuster film, and add Chinese thinking to it!

Wu Yuan is not Wen Ziren, he is a native of China and a director trained by the Beijing Film Academy.

He can invest in Hollywood some movies that are very good to dock, whether it is a cult film, a commercial film, and nothing to make money.

He can also make some Hollywood-style movies in China, because the current Chinese films are learning to be Hollywood, feeling the stones and crossing the river.

But when he created and directed movies in Hollywood, he absolutely couldn't do without something that belonged to the Chinese style!

Otherwise, he would not be a Chinese director, and he would have become one of the many American directors, with no characteristics at all.

Therefore, Wu Yuan's revised version of "Juno" is more in line with the values, family outlook, and love outlook 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, it may make the North American box office of "Juno" not reach the high score of the original version.

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

This is a movie that is more suitable for the physique of Asian babies!

Although the Chinese box office market is indeed nothing to look for 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 make up for it in Asia!