Knocked Up

For the first post, I'd like to start off with a movie that's really close to my heart. Not that it touches me in a way that Shawshank Redemption does, but nevertheless, this is one movie I'd like you all to see.

Knocked Up is the story of Ben Stone(d?) - your typical American loser, who loiters around all day doing nothing (but wait, he still got to bang Katherine Heigl). Ben doesn't have enough money to pay his rent, doesn't have enough money to pay his telephone bills; hell, he can't even buy himself a proper meal. He just lives off funds received in compensation for an injury and sporadically works on a Mr. Skin - like website with his roommates. And yeah, he smokes marijuana all day (lots and lots of it). In fact there's this scene in the movie where Ben and his friends cover their heads with fishbowls and smoke weed inside.

Alison Scott (Heigl) is a career-minded woman who has just been given an on-air role with her employer, E! , and is living with her sister Debbie's (Leslie Mann- check that rack - and that ass too!) family. While celebrating her promotion, Alison meets Ben at a local night club. After a night of drinking, they end up having sex. Due to a misunderstanding, they do not use contraception: Alison uses the phrase "just do it" to encourage Ben to put the condom on faster, which he misinterprets as "a condom is not needed." The following morning, they quickly learn over breakfast that they have little in common.

Eight weeks later, Alison experiences morning sickness at work, and soon, discovers she is pregnant. The rest of the movie focuses on how Ben Stone(d) and Allison get through the entire pregnancy process.

I recommend you watch this movie for the dialogue. And while you're at it, make sure you get stoned before you do. Trust me, there are a few scenes in the movie where you actually appreciate the subtleties in the script, just because you're high.

Damn good casting, all actors with amazing comic timing. The actors don't appear as if they are reciting lines off a script- they just seem to converse. I don't usually go for movies that have no nude scenes in them, but this one just takes the cake. So go, get knocked up!!

Rating: ****

Here are some memorable lines from the movie:

Ben: Do you want to do it doggie style?
Alison: You’re not going to fuck me like a dog.
Ben Stone: It’s doggie style. It’s just the style. We don’t have to go outside or anything.
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Alison: I’m pregnant.
Ben: Fuck off!
Alison: What?
Ben: What?
Alison: I’m pregnant.
Ben: Pregnant… with emotion?
Alison: Pregnant with a baby.
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Ben:Why the fuck didn't you stop me once we started?
Alison: I don't know! I couldn't tell that you didn't have one on!I was drunk!
Ben: Was your vagina drunk? Did you think it's the thinnest condom on earth I have on? I'm a fucking inventor? I made a dick-skin condom? He hollowed out a penis and put it on? What the fuck?
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(Ben's friends advising him on how NOT to get women pregnant..)
Jason:You gotta know all the tricks.
Like, for example, if a woman's on top, she can't get pregnant.
It's just gravity. Everyone knows that. What goes up must come down.