"Knocked Up" - the movie
Yikes. I just stumbled upon this while surfing around for something else: "Knocked Up", the movie, Coming (ha) Soon To A Theater Near You.
The premise of the movie is that two people meet, get drunk, get laid, get pregnant -- all in the same night -- and BOOM! Lives are changed forever, for the better of course, when the career girl and her slacker fuck-buddy decide to settle down and have this baby. (And live happily ever after. Of course.) It's a glorious, rosy, and irresponsibly unrealistic picture of accidental pregnancy.
Maybe I'm picky, but this movie gives me the creeps. It's not a question of being pro-choice or anti-choice; the woman in the movie made her choice, so good for her. It's just that I know from experience that getting knocked up after a one-nighter isn't the romantic bed of roses this movie makes it out to be -- for most people, it's an unmitigated disaster. I just hope the people in this movie's target demo (teens, young adults) are perceptive enough to realize this, and don't slack off on the birth control.
The premise of the movie is that two people meet, get drunk, get laid, get pregnant -- all in the same night -- and BOOM! Lives are changed forever, for the better of course, when the career girl and her slacker fuck-buddy decide to settle down and have this baby. (And live happily ever after. Of course.) It's a glorious, rosy, and irresponsibly unrealistic picture of accidental pregnancy.
Maybe I'm picky, but this movie gives me the creeps. It's not a question of being pro-choice or anti-choice; the woman in the movie made her choice, so good for her. It's just that I know from experience that getting knocked up after a one-nighter isn't the romantic bed of roses this movie makes it out to be -- for most people, it's an unmitigated disaster. I just hope the people in this movie's target demo (teens, young adults) are perceptive enough to realize this, and don't slack off on the birth control.
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