Bridget Jone's Diary

I am a bit late with these movies. As a matter of fact, quite a few years late. Still, however, I finally managed the courage and the strength to watch the acclaimed "Bridget Jone's Diary".

Based on one of my favorite stories, 'Pride and Prejudice', Bridget Jone's Diary seemed to carry somewhat a more comical view towards love. Despite the fact that it was claimed to be portraying a different view, of a fat, pathetic girl instead of a hot, darling sweetheart, I can't help but find this movie somewhat of a cliche. It lacked the wit portrayed in Pride and Prejudice, and lacked the content as well. Most of the characters also lacked the depth, and if not for the actors and actresses, it would have gone a bit flat, in various ways.

Maybe I was a bit effected by the second Bridget movie, which didn't make me laugh, nor did it make me feel in particular anything except a slight measure of depression (why? because it made me feel a bit worried and pathetic). It's a romantic story that cannot possibly happen in real life, or so it seems. The only question that arose in my head is why is it so bad to be a spinster at 32 or 35? What kind of a social value makes it a shame to be single at that age? And being fat myself, I wonder what is the matter with the world that so few people seems to be able to see through the surface of a person into the depth?

Bridget is special. She's not special because she is fat or because she is funny and silly. She's special because despite all that, she's a very strong and independent person. Surprisingly, though not from as lovely a background as say, Natasha, Bridget gave people a feeling of superiority. She might not be as classy nor as elegant, but when it comes to daringness to be truthful, when it comes to facing real challenges in life, she will be able to handle it much better. It doesn't take money and bundles of talent or skill to make a person truly capable in the world. The greatest potential is the capacity a person has to improve and to grow and to dare to try something new. Bridget has all that. How many of us in life has that?

Aside from that... Maybe it's because the story is based on Bridget... the rest of the characters seemed rather plain. Cleaver is a playboy to the end. Darcy is rigid (lol). Natasha is the villian.