Knocked Up, with or without the wife?
Let me explain the post title.
I saw the movie Knocked Up with my coworker T– today. He was running late, so when he arrived I was in a shadowy corner of the theater. The opening credits were starting, and it was clear that even though he was blinded by the light of the screen in the dark of the room, he was turning his head to find me.
Finally he gave up and sat down. I slid from my corner down the non-existent right aisle (just enough room for a slim guy like me to slip through) and two seats away. He didn’t know if he had fantastic good luck finding the row or if I was a Flip ninja.
But anyway.
Knocked Up is funny.
It’s vile, it’s funny, and it’s something I think my wife would laugh at because, well, it’s vile, funny, and sweet.
What does it have going for it? (I make list because list is fun)
- Vile guy friend antics. At one point, Ben (played by Seth Rogen) discovers that his roommates have all caught pink eye from one another from farting on each other’s pillows.
- The line “Marriage is like a tense, unfunny version of Everybody Loves Raymond, only it doesn’t last 22 minutes. It lasts forever. ” Not quite gospel in my view, but close to truth. (Though sometimes I try to imagine Everybody Loves Raymond-esque funnies into our little world. But that never works)
- Tender moments that take the edge off the horrible things characters say to one another.
Why wouldn’t she want to go?
Well. It’s about getting pregnant, selecting gynecologists, getting pregnant, intense labor pains, getting pregnant, and oh, getting pregnant.
But I do want to see it again. I hope she says yes. (To seeing the movie, not getting knocked up).
felixnation :: Jun.23.2007 :: Odysseys, coworkers, wife :: No Comments »