What To Expect When You're Expecting [2012]

Never having been pregnant this is a film going into it I knew I wouldn't be able to relate as well as others may, therefore maybe missing some jokes or expecting it to be slightly less funny to me than to someone who had experienced that. I must admit this film surprised me!

Its very clear from the title and cover of this movie what your getting its a comedy movie based around pregnancy and all different peoples experiences from both a female and male point of view. Its also another one of those movies with a whole big cast of celebrity in all with separate stories that all slightly inter-cross similar to 'Love Actually' and 'Valentines Day' Etc. 

 Sometimes with an overload of characters the stories can get lost or confused however this movie managed to control that area very well you knew what was going on with each character and didn't have any moments of 'Wait whats happening with this one again?' Each character also had great comedy and none felt unnecessary, my favourite character though by far would be Elizabeth Bank's role Wendy. Her and her husband had been trying for a child for years while in the meantime still wishing and waiting she ran a baby shop and was so desperate to get pregnant and have a child however in a very comedic way pregnancy wasn't all quite what she expected. The Dads in the movie were also very funny with their little Saturday walking group, most of the laughs I had from the movie were during these times and I think any Father going through the phase of having young children would also find this amusing, making it a perfect comedy/chick flick a wife and husband can both enjoy together!

Overall I think this movie will appeal to both young and old audiences of all genders. Experienced a pregnancy or not your going to get a few laughs from this movie and also some heartfelt moments. In terms of rewatchablity this is an easy one to watch on a girls night or a rainy evening and not get sick of quickly!

Rating 6/10

The Day After Tomorrow [2004]

 

We've all seen some kind of disaster movie before and this one is mostly just another disaster movie with more of the same, however this one being slightly better than others around its time. 

The day after tomorrow shows us what will happen to the earth if we hit another ice age and temperature drops due to global warming problems and such, the movie begins looking into these problems as a problem for the future until suddenly things begin to change and what they predicated starts coming into effect. I personally always quite enjoy movies with Dennis Quad who here is our lead man so for me he was an instant likeable character, Jack Hall (Dennis Quad) is a paleoclimatologist who first discovered the statistics on what is due to happen across the world, Trying to convince the vice president that they must act on these reports now before it all gets out of hand. The Vice President being a very arrogant man he disagrees and lets everybody stay put until its to late and the disasters begin to hit the north side of America and other parts around the world. 

Not only does Jack Hall play a big part being the scientist in the movie but the second lead role Jake Gyllenhaal plays his son Sam who is now trapped in New York where the storm has hit bad. The story continues as Jack must venture through the storm to reach his son.

Something I liked about this disaster movie which others sometimes seem to forget is it has a bit of logic including things that we could consider some what realistic as we often hear about warning of global warming and such so its not too off the wall that we can't imagine it. It also included quite a lot of great shots for example one of my favourite scenes earlier on in the movie where many tornado's begin in LA and some other later scenes of New York in the freeze. 

Overall it was an enjoyable time that didn't need much concentration you can just turn off and enjoy the movie for what it is then you'll have a good time watching. In terms of rewatchablity I feel you could watch this a few times over without getting bored of it, making it worth a purchase if you can find it for a good price.

Rating 6/10