Triumphant!!
LOVE this sequel even more than the first movie!! They are to view, back-to-back, time and again!! I LOVE these movies!!
Renee Zellweger is sooooo adorable, as Bridget Jones, and it's so very refreshing, to see a less-than-perfect leading lady's character end up with THE hottest, sexiest leading man's character on the planet (Colin Firth)!!
A very nostalgic era in time, for the "over 30 and single" working girl, having a difficult time of it, in finding someone to love her, "just as she is," "wobbly bits" and all.
I found myself even more "in love" with MARK Darcy, than I was with FITZWILLIAM Darcy, and Bridget Jones and her friends reminded me a lot of myself, and my friends, in the mid-1980's.
The music was very 1980's, only with new artists, and I cried my eyes out to Mary J. Blige's rendition of "Sorry Is the Hardest Word." It really colored the scene, and captured the heartbreaking emotions of Bridget Jones, when she split with Mark Darcy. I weep everytime I see that scence.
It is so much easier, to relate to Bridget Jones, than it is to relate to Elizabeth Bennett, and it's a plus, that this story is loosely based on "Pride and Prejudice."
Hugh Grant is perfect, as the George Wickham-type character, and it was delightful, to see him get his fanny whipped...again!...by Colin Firth. It was easy, to love-to-hate his character, in both of these films.
I thought that the Thai girls in jail with Bridget were just adorable, in how they all accepted Bridget, and consoled her.
Just a terrific follow-up, with an even happier ending!!
However...I want to see a THIRD movie, to see Bridget and Mark married, and with children, maybe...? But...wouldn't be the same, unless they used the same actors, to reprieve their roles...and I don't think Colin Firth would be easily courted into agreeing to it...do you??
By the way...Happy Birthday to Hugh Grant, who turns 48, on Sept. 9th, and to Coling Firth, who turns 48, on Sept. 10th. Interesting, isn't it, that they are only a day apart, in age??
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