Little Plot and Foul Language - Yep, Got to be Real Romantic (sarcasm)

Rating: 1/10 (12 March 2008)

Bridget Jones Diaries  or "How Many Times You Can Say the 'F' Word in One Movie or Within Each Five Minutes?" Frankly, I knew beforehand that I was probably not going to be thrilled with the Bridget Jones' movies; however, my fixation on Colin Firth's career since I saw him in "Pride and Prejudice" finally overcame my good sense. I rented both movies.
Amazingly, from the beginning, I was utterly stupefied to hear the amount of foul "F" words come out of some of the characters mouths. I couldn't really believe how many situations they felt that word needed to be used  one character used it repeatedly when she talked and it was actually supposed to be FUNNY! Among this, we are supposed to find a plot in the fact that this supreme klutz with her horrible taste in clothes is trying to find true love between two different men  or between two different sets of bed sheets. Bridgett does one mistake after another and can't seem to keep her goal on anything.
The viewers are supposed to believe that while she is having rampant kinky sex with Hugh Grant, the "real" love of her life, Colin Firth, is watching with longing from a distance. He has issues with the Hugh Grant character that are not revealed until the end, even though all the evidence is very clear that Grant is the one in the wrong. After all, Bridgett, look what he did to you.
In the meantime, we are supposed to swallow the fact that Firth's character is still crazy about Bridget and forget the fact that  out of the celluloid  a normal man would probably think twice or more about getting involved with a woman  any woman  who was sexually involved with the man who broke up his marriage. Very neat, huh? And oh, so romantic, that this is not even mentioned. Yeah, right! Ask any jealous husband or wife in the same situation.
If England thinks this type of movie  with the ending line by Firth's character, which not surprising includes one last offensive "F" word remark  is romantic, then no wonder their divorce and illegitimate children rates are up!
There are two other points that have to be addressed when discussing this first Bridget Jones movie. I heard that the writer watched "Pride and Prejudice" and modeled Colin Firth's character from the "Mr. Darcy" character he portrayed in the P&P movie. I wonder what hallucinogenic drugs she was on while watching the A&E production? Another item I heard was that using Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones was in essence like using Vivian Leigh as Scarlet O'Hara. Yeah, right. Only Scarlet slept around after marriage and basically wasn't a slut! Furthermore, Vivian Leigh could act.