Compare and Contrast Two Movies

Knocked Up & The Waitress: Compare and Contrast Knocked Up and The Waitress are two intriguing movies made in the same year. They both show the absurd side of pregnancy as well as the more realistic sensible side. Both of these movies are similar and different in numerous ways. Knocked Up is about a woman who puts herself in a very difficult situation, and has to deal with an unplanned pregnancy after being careless during her night out. The Waitress is about a woman in an abusive marriage who ends up getting pregnant, as well, and is not happy about it. The Waitress is far superior to Knocked Up, because of the realistic plot, a believable theme, and a captivating performance from the actors. First off, you have to look at the realism in the plots in these two movies. Both plots are similar in the sense that they have to do with an unplanned pregnancy. In Knocked Up a successful woman, played by Katherine Heigl, has a celebratory night out with her sister to celebrate a promotion. She ends up meeting a man while out, and after unprotected sex, winds up dealing with an unplanned pregnancy. In The Waitress a waitress at Joe’s Pie Diner, played by Keri Russell, also ends up having an unplanned pregnancy. The two plots differ from one another when you consider the type of man they are with. In Knocked Up when Katherine Heigl meets a stranger in a nightclub she is way out of his league, and this makes the whole concept comical. Whereas in The Waitress, Keri Russell is in a terrible, abusive marriage which is a much more likely scenario for a woman in her position, making it more realistic. Secondly, you have to look at the believability of the theme. The main idea in the film Knocked Up is that a successful woman is attempting to build a relationship with an unsuccessful man, whom she is having a child with. In The Waitress, a woman who does not make a lot of money is trying to leave her abusive marriage. After finding out she was pregnant she attempts to mend