Earlier this week fellow blogger, Castor of Anomalous Material shared with us the trailer for the upcoming Three Stooges movie. The optimist in me hopes that this is a ruse and in fact, the film is a masterpiece to rival the best of Hollywood slapstick [tongue firmly plated in cheek].
Well today, I see his Stooges and raise him the following:
The logline for this film is: Five couples experience the pleasure and pain of preparing for parenthood.
Based on the trailer, I would think the audience will experience very little of the pleasure and a whole of the pain.
The film is “based on” or “inspired by” the best-selling book of the same name. As you may have guessed by now, the book is a veritable ‘bible’ of sorts for many expectant moms and the film is attempting to bring the text to life with a slight comedic slant.
The cast includes Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Anna Kendrick, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid, Chris Rock, and the list goes on … definitely getting the He’s Just Not that Into You/Valentine’s Day/New Year’s Eve vibe to it. I guess the idea behind this ‘everything and the kitchen sink’ approach to casting is that if they put enough people in it, they can get the widest audience – “someone out there must like at least a couple of these actors.”
Alas for me this is not enough and this will not be on my “must see in 2012” list.
What to Expect… is scheduled to be released on May 11, 2012.
What do you think? Comment below.
Love the new look Iba! As for this trailer, this looks quite horrible, basically New Year’s Eve with pregnant women.
Thanks Castor!
As for the movie, the trailer says it all really. Even more so than NYE, some of the actors in this actually have some talent. Too bad it is (potentially) wasted in this vehicle.
The new look and feel of the site looks great.
Regarding this movie, I’ll let you watch it and tell me how it is. 🙂 Valentine’s Day still leaves chills in terms of its badness (and I only watched 15 minutes of it). smile
You’re all right … I think watching this trailer was more than enough.
LOVE your brand spanking new look, Iba! Congrats!
Thanks Ruth!
Hi, iluv and company:
I love what you’ve done with the place!
Very clean look with lots of intriguing topics.
Very well done!
Though, ‘What To Expect…’ Is not!!!
Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez!
If ‘Young Adult’ and ‘What To Expect’ are supposed to be what passes for comedy today. I’m cranking up my DVD and watching ‘The Thin Man’ series!
Thank you very much!
I saw the trailer for Young Adult when I went to see The Artist yesterday; it was quite unfunny looking. Although in some corners it seems to be well received.
LOVE the new look. HATE this trailer. The film looks really really bad.
Thanks Anna. My niece keeps wanting me to play it back … she’ll be 9 next month. That pretty much says it all 🙂