Showing posts with label Kirk Jones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kirk Jones. Show all posts

Saturday, 27 April 2013

Day 117: What To Expect When You're Expecting



Babies are happening; people are having them, adopting them, and sadly, losing them. Becoming a family is a different experience for each of the couples in the film but it helps them come together.

The couples are all linked in some way and are all getting to grips with their pregnancies. I liked that it wasn’t really all that easy for them and that they fought because then they got to say everything they needed to say and could come together again knowing more than before. They helped each other through the difficult times and it means they’ll be better prepared for the even harder times to come.

Pregnancy seems like such a stressful and uncomfortable time and I’m just in awe of people who do it. And a little scared. Pregnant women scare me, I don’t know why. I remember when my sister was pregnant and my little nephew was kicking away in there and I could feel him kicking. It was the most intense thing I have ever felt, I can’t even really put it into words. There was a tiny person in there and he was making sure we all knew it, especially his mum. Whenever I watched films and saw people feeling the baby kick I never really got it but then when I felt it for myself, it was honestly just the most breathtaking thing. Although I suppose if I was actually pregnant and felt the baby kick it might be more breathtaking but it really was amazing. Anyway, I guess the film has made me think that I want a baby, oh dear.

Right, so I totally thought this film was going to be rubbish, I don’t know why but I really thought it was going to just be boring. But I actually liked it. I mean, I probably wouldn’t watch it again but I wouldn’t avoid it.

7/10

Sunday, 31 March 2013

Day 90: Nanny McPhee



A widower is forced to marry again and his children are not at all pleased about it. Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) teaches the children valuable lessons and gets them to stop behaving like little demons.

Nanny McPhee seems like the saddest character. She’s hated initially by the children she looks after and when they eventually realise that she’s wonderful, then she has to leave them. So she moves from place to place and never gets to stay with the people who like her. And she is actually excellent and helps everyone realise what is important. I cry every single time she says this line at the end of the film:  “When you need me but do not want me, then I must stay. When you want me but no longer need me, then I have to go.”

Right, so, I love this film. Let’s be honest here.

8/10