Judd Apatow has clearly been stalking me.
The Husbands and I watched Knocked Up last night – the first viewing for me. If you ever wanted to know all the sordid details of my “courtship” with my current husband (oh come on, you know you do), watch this movie.
This movie was an almost eerily accurate mockumentary of how Jared and I went from “friends with benefits” to “parents”. Of course, he was a much thinner version of Seth Rogen, and Katherine Heigl clearly kicks my ass in the hotness department (I still love you Izzy!).
But still, surprisingly spot on.
Oh, and at the time of our conception I was a reckless party girl muddling through my freshman year in college – as opposed to an up-and-coming celebrity report. But, whatever – tomAYto, tomAHto.
The point dear Internet is that it captured the essence of the progression of a relationship pretty fucking well. Two people who may have never “ended up together” deciding to make an effort to “give this a shot”, and somehow finding they are totally awesome together.
And sure, it was more like “the guy just never left” then “the guy who plotted how he would ask you out and win your heart”. And yeah, that can leave a girl feeling a little like she missed out on that whole “being plucked from the masses by the White Knight who appreciated her awesomeness even from afar”*.
Except, on the big screen? It was romantic. And sweet. And somehow not at all like “well fuck, let’s do this” – which is always how it sounds when I try to explain our History to people.
And more like.. I don’t know. Fate? Destiny? Two pretty cool people getting really, really lucky? (heh, lucky.)
ANYway – have you seen it? Was it sweet and romantic to you? Or did you see two people just trying to make the best they could out of a shitty situation?
Discuss…
*the “_”s… I know. Kill me now.
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i saw it for the first time a few weeks ago and was really surprised at how sweet and (oddly) romantic it was.
have you asked for royalties?
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I saw it and did think it was a cool love story. All the issues that woudl be present came up…. like having problems, trying to stick it out, giving up, then realizing they didn’t want to be without each other!
It was really cute… :angel:
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I loved the movie. It is a good reminder that people come together in a zillion different ways. Just because a relationship didn’t spring from a traditional courtship, doesn’t mean it wasn’t fate.
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I thought it was a very funny look at two people who make the best out of a shitty situation and then end up realizing that they really do click well together.
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I haven’t seen it yet, but I did read the spoiler and it sounds kind of sweet to me.
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Haven’t seen it, but love Izzie – knowing how I am with movies, it’ll be on my 2025 year list.
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I haven’t watched it as it is next in my “Q” on Netflix. However, since I was right there with all you and the hubs’ lack of “romanticism”, I feel that perhaps I don’t need to watch it.
I still remember the way he “proposed” to you because in reality, he was in so much trouble he may not have had a roof over his head, and the time he went to a party and you came screaming up my steps three months before your due date. You were so pissed you sent yourself into “labor” and we flew to the hospital!
AHH…..the memories, remember how drink he and Mr. I both were when they arrived at the hospital. They had to “ride the brakes” because the taillights didn’t work, then Mr. I needed a smoke and I thought I knew the way out….we ended up locked in the Psych ward!
:lmfao:
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I haven’t seen it yet, but I want to. And, once I return my 4 weeks overdue movies back to Blockbuster… I plan on getting it. :whistle:
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Must see this movie.
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Hmm, the movie that encapsulates Bossy’s courtship with her husband… Jaws?
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How about two adults who decided to behave like adults and give it a shot? No? Not as fun?
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What kind of a comedy is it without paternity tests on 23 different guys, all of whom are NOT the baby daddy???
The movie ain’t got nothin’ on Maury.
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t: yeah, I was definitely surprised that I teared up.
rachel: cute, and yet inappropriately funny. No wonder it describes my relationship so well.
Karen: “Just because a relationship didn’t spring from a traditional courtship, doesn’t mean it wasn’t fate.”
That’s what my husband always tells me when I get on a poor-me no one ever “picked me” kick.
avitable: this is your comment? really?
OK, what horribly insulting thing were you GOING to say?
AmyD: yeah, it actually was. Unexpectedly sweet. And no depressing ending! You’d love it.
Tug: yeahhhh, if it wasn’t for Adam’s insane movie obsession, that would have been me too.
Kristin: jeez, you make my proposal sound even worse than I remember it!
Crazy Lady in Vegas: reason #438 why I rarely see/rent movies. LOL
Sybil Law: I highly recommend it!
BOSSY: or.. A Tale Of Two Sickeningly Gorgeous People. Bitch.
QofD: HA HA HA – yes, not as fun – although entirely accurate and boringly “grown up”.
NYCWD: I know, especially since she was *gasp* blonde!!
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I need to see it still… I am behind in movie viewing. I will keep you in mind once I do see it….
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I was being serious!
I liked the movie quite a bit (not as much as Superbad, though). I winced throughout parts of it where some of the similarities were more evident with the married couple of Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann. I kept waiting for you to stand up, say “You know what? Fucking A!” and then stab Jared through the eye with a fork and then make a run for Canada.
I’m so glad that didn’t actually happen.
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I saw it a week or so ago. My daughter, who has her first “real” boyfriend thought I rented documentary on abstinence. I watched it and thought it was one of the better comedies in some time. And the end where everybody had baby pictures made me think, once again… I am such a freakin woman. Geeez I already have the man cans and I am pretty damn sure I am growing a vagina.
BTW Izzy never made any sense in that movie to me. She was repulsed by Ben Stone (cool name) yet she kept going back to him and sexing his ass up. In fact, she got maddest at him when he stopped sexing her up. It seems that a hottie like her with her life kind of put together and (you know she was getting daily marriage proposals from guys watching her on TV in prison… hell I used to work in radio and I got those letters… I am TOO a man!! Shut up!) SO her choices, when finding out she was “knocked up” did not seem to run true for a rational woman… But once you get past that, I could suspend reality enough to enjoy it.
p.s. The writer’s blog http://WWW.Greyswriter.com is back up for the new season.
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Haven’t seen it yet, but gonna now for sure! Just ‘cuz I’m nosy enough to wanna know all about you and The Husband!!!
And ehm… does anyone really experience that “being plucked from the masses by the White Knight who appreciated her awesomeness even from afar”
Cuz ehm.. if anyone knows how to work that… contact me please… Me wanna too! :help:
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We saw it in the theater just after Honey found out she was pregnant, and I just bought it on Sunday. It reminds me of us, too, only in our case both of us were in some ways like the whatever-happens Rogen and the serious Heigl, but in a YinYang way. Something like that. I’m more like him but I’m also slightly serious and practical, and she was more like her but she’s also slightly insane. And Honey was upset because Heigl didn’t seem like she was in that much pain, but Honey has been hating her life for the last 32 weeks. Eight more to go.
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Haven’t seen the movie, but I can appreciate the “well, fuck, let’s do this” relationship mentality… Geek never proposed to me. We had lived together and been “engaged” for 2 years; the next logical step seemed like marriage, and the family said it was TIME, so we got married. Once in awhile, I feel a little bit sorry for myself for not getting in on the whole fantasy bit, but considering that we’ve had a damn good marriage for 11 years now, I usually get over it pretty quickly.
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I really need to see this movie.
You know, people do come together b/c of fate, I’m sure of it.
Three years ago I was pregnant and married. One day a hot UPS man delivers a baby shower gift to me. I obsess about him for days. Flash back to last month when I started dating the UPS man that delivers to my work. Same guy.
There’s something to that cosmic shit, I’m just sayin’….
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themuttprincess: please do. In fact, from now on when you see Katherin Hiegl you should think of me.
avitable: we’re not all so uncomfortable with confronting our “flaws”.
Y2K: I think you can see a man differently when you start thinking of things like “dad” and “not desert me”. You’ll understand when your vagina grows in.
PS – thanks for the link!!
DutchBitch: I know people who do. ‘Course, most of them are divorced now… but still!!!
People in the Sun: from my husband to you and Honey – you know That Scene, during child birth, he says “yep, that’s exactly what it looks like.”
Tense Teacher: really?? that surprises me. I would have assumed you had some super romantic hot air balloon proposal or something!
Samantha_K: I bet I’ll be saying the same thing one day when Prince and I finally hook up.
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Saw it, own it, took my 3 year old to the movies to see it. Big mistake, not reading what a movie is about OR checking the ratings. Good thing he fell asleep about 15 minutes into it or I woulda been out about 12 bucks.
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I love this movie. I own it. Seth Rogen is my hero. Not really.
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ADW: at least he fell asleep! LOL
Poppy: I don’t own it – but I rarely own movies. Although this one may actually be worth buying.
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