I was thinking of adding Bridget Jones' Diary to my list. I wasn't a big fan of the second one, so probably just the first one. I still have to watch the King's Speech.
Oh, I used to be into celebrities but that's out the window now. The whole "never meet your heroes" thing. Not that I've ever met one but when you so publicly see their failings, you get that it's not worth practically worshipping them. There are personalities I like but I try to stay objective about them, too.
There are three movies in the Bridget Jones series, 1. Bridget Jones Diary, 2. Bridget Jones, Edge of Reason, 3. Bridget Jones Baby.
1. I remember Bridget Jones Diary playing in my living room, many years ago, but I was probably not sitting down watching it. I was probably doing something else, such as cleaning, cooking, baking. Daughter was probably watching it, a movie rental. I remember the scene where she has her window wide open, it is snowing, and she is calling to Mark Darcy, but he doesn't hear her. It is almost the end of the movie. But that is all I remembered of the whole movie even when I watched it a few months ago. Nothing else about it was jogged in my memory when I watched it.
2. Edge of Reason-- some things I didn't like about the movie either, but there are a few scenes that I really did like.
3. Baby--I didn't care for much of this movie either, but again, there are a few scenes that I did like and I wanted to finish all three of the movies.
The whole Bridget Jones concept is basically based off of Pride and Prejudice. There are several interpretations of that book in film form. The main characters in the book, Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy have been changed up in several different films and plays. In Bridget Jones, we get Mark Darcy who is attracted to Bridget Jones, but is snobby to her, just as Mr. Darcy is in P & P, until she tells him, in each of the film variations. Darcy is always wealthy, no matter the film. Elizabeth, is almost always his mental equivalent, and challenges him, but in Bridget Jones, she does it mostly with an honest "Yes, but?"
Colin Firth looks good in a suit and tie. He became an actor because he didn't want to be a suit and tie person.
Whatever I watch, I read about the storyline, the actors, the setting, the music, and more. Renee Zellweger is an actress whom I like and have seen in a few movies, but something about her is a little off. I cannot put a finger on it.
