Lotus666
06-08-09, 10:26 PM
Another one that I did - from 2004...
"6 weeks, four days and seven hours" - Bridget is enjoying a wonderful and romantic relationship with the man of her dreams - strong, reliable Mark Darcy. She is drifting along on cloud nine, and testing how the name Bridget Darcy trips off her lips!
She has a wonderful job (if you equate jumping out of a plane to report on the thrills of skydiving as wonderful) - which leads to a hilarious opening scene (echoing The Spy Who Loved Me with the song "Nobody Does It Better") where she lands in a pig pen full of pig shit! :laugh: Cue gratuitous arse shot!
But, this is Bridget Jones we are talking about. Still full of all the old insecurities and self-doubts, and friends with the infamous "Dating War Council" - Jude, Shazzer and Tom (James Callis - who, incidentally, plays a terrific Gaius Baltar in the fantastic new Battlestar Galactica series currently showing on UK TV)...Bridget learns of a grey cloud on her horizon of love - the leggy Rebecca (played beautifully by Jacinda Barrett - an Aussie lass from Brisbane with legs up to you know where) who is Mark's young dewy-eyed intern.
Everywhere Mark is - there is Rebecca. Adding two and two (Bridget never was good at maths, I don't think)...attending a Law Council Dinner (where she manages to offend nearly everyone in one sentence) and sitting next to the ex-husband of a lawyer who manages to depress Bridget with his words of "we're not worthy" (whilst watching a perfect Rebecca whispering in Mark's ear) - Bridget begins to wonder if she is ever going to fit into the stuffy lifestyle of a high-flying barrister.
She tries to break it off, but they get back together...only to go on a disastrous skiing holiday together, where (surprise surprise) - there is Rebecca! Beautiful, brainy, do anything go anywhere look completely at ease Rebecca. After the holiday - Bridget calls off the relationship...and ploughs back into a threesome affair...Ben & Jerry & Bridget. (Needless to say many pounds piled on, much alcohol consumed and many cigarettes smoked.)
Re-enter Daniel Cleaver...good-looking heel personified. Bridget's boss has decided that she will be Miss Travel Guide to Daniel's Mr (Sex) Travel Guide. Assigned to Thailand, and trying hard to maintain her distance - her friend Shazzer tags along to help her resist the temptations of the sex-addicted Daniel. Shazzer, however, falls prey to a young traveller by the name of Jed.
This sees yet another humourous scene of Bridget and the effects of (accidentally on her behalf) eating magic mushrooms. Almost falling into the clutches of the libidinous Cleaver - she comes to her senses in time to escape the smooth talking cad.
However, (not elaborating here - all a big mistake, really ) she does not escape from time in a Thai prison. Is this the end of Bridget Jones? Will she wallow in her wonderbra in a thai jail??? Will Rebecca get Mark? Or someone else??? Will Daniel ever stop shagging anything in skirts? (He gets what he deserves in more ways than one!)
Edge of Reason is a fitting sequel to the original. Light and frothy (with a darker edge in parts this time round) - I laughed myself senseless at the hapless Bridget and her romping quest to become a "Smug Married". The usual cast, plus some admirable extras - this is very definitely a fun movie to go see, and does NOT finish quite as you would expect.
There is (of course) the obligatory Cleaver/Darcy knock down drag-'em-out brawl to fight for the attentions of that ditzy, chardonnay swigging singleton, Jones. This really is a contemporary look at the perils of pursuing a steady relationship - how "happy ever after" is something that has to be worked at - by both parties concerned.
...and no, I did NOT drag TB out kicking and screaming to see this one. When we "were courting" in Australia in 2001 - he took me to see the original...and was more than happy to ask if he could take me to see the sequel, to which I happily consented! For the record, there were a LOT of couples at the (fairly packed) early Sunday morning screening of this - and the men ALL looked more than happy to be there!
Out of 10? HAS to be an 8 marvellous mushrooms out of 10! MAGIC!
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"6 weeks, four days and seven hours" - Bridget is enjoying a wonderful and romantic relationship with the man of her dreams - strong, reliable Mark Darcy. She is drifting along on cloud nine, and testing how the name Bridget Darcy trips off her lips!
She has a wonderful job (if you equate jumping out of a plane to report on the thrills of skydiving as wonderful) - which leads to a hilarious opening scene (echoing The Spy Who Loved Me with the song "Nobody Does It Better") where she lands in a pig pen full of pig shit! :laugh: Cue gratuitous arse shot!
But, this is Bridget Jones we are talking about. Still full of all the old insecurities and self-doubts, and friends with the infamous "Dating War Council" - Jude, Shazzer and Tom (James Callis - who, incidentally, plays a terrific Gaius Baltar in the fantastic new Battlestar Galactica series currently showing on UK TV)...Bridget learns of a grey cloud on her horizon of love - the leggy Rebecca (played beautifully by Jacinda Barrett - an Aussie lass from Brisbane with legs up to you know where) who is Mark's young dewy-eyed intern.
Everywhere Mark is - there is Rebecca. Adding two and two (Bridget never was good at maths, I don't think)...attending a Law Council Dinner (where she manages to offend nearly everyone in one sentence) and sitting next to the ex-husband of a lawyer who manages to depress Bridget with his words of "we're not worthy" (whilst watching a perfect Rebecca whispering in Mark's ear) - Bridget begins to wonder if she is ever going to fit into the stuffy lifestyle of a high-flying barrister.
She tries to break it off, but they get back together...only to go on a disastrous skiing holiday together, where (surprise surprise) - there is Rebecca! Beautiful, brainy, do anything go anywhere look completely at ease Rebecca. After the holiday - Bridget calls off the relationship...and ploughs back into a threesome affair...Ben & Jerry & Bridget. (Needless to say many pounds piled on, much alcohol consumed and many cigarettes smoked.)
Re-enter Daniel Cleaver...good-looking heel personified. Bridget's boss has decided that she will be Miss Travel Guide to Daniel's Mr (Sex) Travel Guide. Assigned to Thailand, and trying hard to maintain her distance - her friend Shazzer tags along to help her resist the temptations of the sex-addicted Daniel. Shazzer, however, falls prey to a young traveller by the name of Jed.
This sees yet another humourous scene of Bridget and the effects of (accidentally on her behalf) eating magic mushrooms. Almost falling into the clutches of the libidinous Cleaver - she comes to her senses in time to escape the smooth talking cad.
However, (not elaborating here - all a big mistake, really ) she does not escape from time in a Thai prison. Is this the end of Bridget Jones? Will she wallow in her wonderbra in a thai jail??? Will Rebecca get Mark? Or someone else??? Will Daniel ever stop shagging anything in skirts? (He gets what he deserves in more ways than one!)
Edge of Reason is a fitting sequel to the original. Light and frothy (with a darker edge in parts this time round) - I laughed myself senseless at the hapless Bridget and her romping quest to become a "Smug Married". The usual cast, plus some admirable extras - this is very definitely a fun movie to go see, and does NOT finish quite as you would expect.
There is (of course) the obligatory Cleaver/Darcy knock down drag-'em-out brawl to fight for the attentions of that ditzy, chardonnay swigging singleton, Jones. This really is a contemporary look at the perils of pursuing a steady relationship - how "happy ever after" is something that has to be worked at - by both parties concerned.
...and no, I did NOT drag TB out kicking and screaming to see this one. When we "were courting" in Australia in 2001 - he took me to see the original...and was more than happy to ask if he could take me to see the sequel, to which I happily consented! For the record, there were a LOT of couples at the (fairly packed) early Sunday morning screening of this - and the men ALL looked more than happy to be there!
Out of 10? HAS to be an 8 marvellous mushrooms out of 10! MAGIC!
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