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[apocalypsos]

Okay, look ... the only thing that really bugs me about the Cheaper by the Dozen trailer, aside from the fact that IMDb lists it as a remake when it's basically just hijacking the movie title, is that my mother was one of a large family, and those suckers are well-oiled machines. Yes, there's the usual familial chaos, but when Mom leaves for a few days, the entire place does not fall apart.

If the kids in my mom's family had even hinted at behaving like the kids in the trailer, my grandpa would have given them The Look and whoosh. Look, behaving children!

Hell, if I -- as the oldest grandkid -- could get six smaller kids to behave as a teenager ... well, maybe that's why I have a feeling this movie is going to irk me. Because I'm going to go into the theater imagining my grandparents, who learned to delegate out of necessity.

Although, that thing where he says three names before he finally gets the right one? That's SO a big-family thing to do. My grandmother used to do that all the time. Not because she got us confused, but mostly because she'd gotten used to yelling certain names and suddenly there were more of us around. Hee. That part of the trailer brought back memories.

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[mintwitch.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Is it based on the book? The book I recall as funny and sweetly charming, very period.

[howifall.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Oh, the name thing definitely is a big family thing, my grand-mother used to call all her sons' names (which means five names in chronological order) to tell the (male) dog off. :D

[akacat]

If the trailer shows chaos, then there's no way it's based on the book. The parents were scientists in time management!

The name thing isn't limited to large families... my g'ma, who has only two daughters and two granddaughters (and a grandson) routinely calls any of us females by saying all four of our names, in chronological order. It's up to us to figure out exactly who she wants. {g}

[trishalynn.livejournal.com]

I only have one sister and my parents still called us by the other's name!

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I don't think my grandmother ever called for me or yelled without calling me Joann (my mom's name) first. I'm amazed I didn't grow up thinking my name was Joann-I-mean-Jennifer.