Knocked Up (Spoiler) - Page 2

[Stephanie L.]

Originally Posted by Apricot

I guess the director wanted to film a real birth for the movie, but you can't get a work permit for an unborn child, so it would violate child labor laws. So the birth scene is a model. But he tried...

How do they do it with new babies/infants??

[Aura_Kitten]

Originally Posted by JamieCatheryn

Some of those unrealistic things actually aren't so much...in the hospital, my DH caught DS and handed him to me, nobody else touched him til half an hour later when they weighed him. And I didn't have hair, though it is quite difficult to manage when you can't see over the belly. Machine that goes ping - was this a Python referance? Seriously? That's awsome.

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I was hairless for my 1st's birth too.


Anyhow. Thanks for the spoiler, you totally made me want to see the movie. eta - that wasn't sarcasm by the way

[Mama Coltrane]

I saw the movie and really liked it.
The birth scene had some good and bad parts IMO. Most of the people in the theater were laughing when the mean doc was bullying her to break the water, etc. I was a little teary!
The crowning was cool though. I like when they at least attempt to show something that looks realistic. It wasn't bad.
I loved the co sleeping and vax parts. Very cool for a mainstream movie. Made me very happy.

Sooo..... the movie isn't perfect, but it is cool. Oh, and it is very funny.

[Nature]

Originally Posted by Charmie981

I found myself wondering if everything in film is *that* unrealistic: are laywers cringing at the coutroom scenes and EMTs cringing at the ambulance scenes and firefighters cringing at the fire scenes? I know there's always a little bit of drama, but c'mon!

Still, could have been SO MUCH WORSE!

Actually, many of them do cringe. When shows like "Third Watch" and other firefighting movies came out.. you bet there was a LOT of talk at the station about how unrealistic certain parts were.