Bruno

Discussion (2) ¬

1. 
   Nolly

   December 10, 2011 at 3:04 pm | #

   Jumping in from the future — and thanks for the pointer over on Spacetrawler; I had totally missed that you were re-running Bruno and Dee with commentary — Benny and Joon is one of my favorite movies, but this summary doesn’t sound anything like it.

   Benny and Joon is the story of a brother (Benny) taking care of his mentally troubled sister (Joon); they meet a young man with severe dyslexia (Sam); Sam and Joon fall for each other, and the movie is about Benny learning to protect but not over-protect Joon, while Sam learns to take her on her own terms without pushing too far, and Benny finds love himself. There are wo couples, but neither is very adventurous, and I don’t think there’s a pet in it at all.

   My summary isn’t doing justice to it, really; it’s more complex, and I think Joon has more agency than my summary implies, but that aspect is harder to summarize. If you’ve ever tried making a grilled cheese sandwich on an ironing board, it was probably because of Benny and Joon.
2. 
   Christopher

   December 10, 2011 at 3:21 pm | #

   Ha! I know. And I don’t remember how precise or abstract this description was about “Benny and Joon,” but I do remember that I wrote this in reaction to it.