All right, everyone who reviews movies sees lots and lots of great movies. But, since they all can't be Oscar material, we also have to watch a lot of dogs. One of those such dogs is a new movie called "Knocked Up."
As you can tell by the crass title, the movie is about a couple who by "accident' get pregnant. The woman is a smart, beautiful, up and coming marketing executive. The guy is a fat, unemployed, obnoxious loser. Could someone remind me how many times Hollywood has tried to give us an "odd couple" movie? Are the creative talents in Hollywood so out of ideas that we have to see the same story over and over again. How many times can we laugh because a woman ends up with some strange, slob?
Of course they end up falling in love and what they had considered an "accident" really was their fate. So the formula continues and they live happily ever after once she discovers that inside, he is really a great guy. Yeah, yeah, been there and done that.
Here's a twist. I dare anyone in Hollywood to make a film about a smart, talented guy who ends up falling in love with an ugly, stupid woman who lives with her friends watching television throughout the day. What? No takers. Guess that "odd couple" just wouldn't work. Maybe, but at least it would be different. Not just the same old film that we have seen thousands of times. Save your money, you would have more fun going bowling than talking an evening to go watch this flick.
Knocked up should be knocked out. Knocked out of the movie theaters at least.
1 comment:
i concur. the movie is kind of like chocolate (katherine whats-her-name) and beer (seth whats-his-name). really good separately, but not very good together.
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