A group of us went to see "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" on Tuesday night. After the bad things I had said (and blogged) about it I thought I needed to give it a chance to prove me wrong.
Unfortunately, I thought it was poor. Not as funny as the first, no longer an original concept, recycled jokes, contrived set-pieces. I think its biggest crime though was to make Bridget Jones so self-obsessed as to make her un-lovable. Where in the first movie I was rooting for her, here I was not fussed whether she ended up with Mark Darcy or not. Maybe because it was all so predictable that the final outcome was never really in doubt. It had some funny moments and Hugh Grant is definitely good in the bad-boy role but overall it suffered from the fact that it was clear from the beginning that Working Title's only motivation was making money.
There are plans afoot to see "The Incredibles" this weekend. Now that is a movie I am definitely looking forward to.
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