Thursday, June 16, 2005
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
I loved the first film (despite Renee Zellweger's scary eyes) and held out hope for the second. But blech...they butchered the book (sad since it was written with the film sequel in mind) and somewhere along the way Zellweger forgot how to play the role. Rather than have Bridget as a silly fumbler, Renee here has her as an incompetent buffoon who can't even walk correctly. (Okay...walking funny in the ill-fitting gold dress is one thing, but does Bridget really have to walk like she's holding a carrot up her ass for the entire film?) Sadly, the only redemption to the film were the pervy bits of dialogue uttered by Hugh Grant, whom I don't much care for in general. Poor Colin Firth was forced to simply look into the camera for most of the film sans dialogue.
50% crap but still better than most of what's available on video store shelves.
50% crap but still better than most of what's available on video store shelves.
