Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
I saw Bridget Jones’ Diary for free before it came out at a school-sponsored preview. I hated it. Last summer, it was on TV while I was in Alabama missing Amanda, and I watched it again. It grew on me, for whatever reason, and I now consider it a movie that I like.
In the past year, I read both books comprising the Bridget Jones saga. I liked both of them, but preferred the latter. It was like Toy Story 2 in that the characters had already been developed and were familiar, so the entire story could be dedicated to plot and just meant more.
The film adaptation of The Edge of Reason is, compared both to the book and the original film, garbage. Liberties are taken with characters that make no sense given what we know about them, plot points are twisted beyond recognition, and the direction is pedestrian. I liked The Edge of Reason less than Love, Actually, and that’s saying a lot.
15 minutes later: That review was way too serious for a movie as frivolous as this one. Let’s just say, “It was pretty crappy,” and leave it at that.
November 12, 2004 - 10:47 PM
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I think you should put your name in to become a paid movie critic. What a great part time job! Go see “Ray”
It rocks.
Paid movie critic? I’d have to write on deadline and not use words like “crappy” or “splendiferous.” Although I’m not Don King, so I’d probably never say splendiferous anyway.