Let The Bridget Jones Posts Begin!
"He doesn’t merely accept of all her flaws – her obsessions, her paranoia, her plus-size booty – he’s actually turned on by them. He’s the equivalent of the models in Maxim magazine who sing the praises of bald guys with beer guts. They’re not real, of course, but it’s nice to imagine that they might be."
Oh no he di'int.
At least Colin Firth has some reasonable, intelligent things to say on the subject.
Oh no he di'int.
At least Colin Firth has some reasonable, intelligent things to say on the subject.
posted by mo pie at 1:22 PM
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Yeah, because no man could possibly love someone with such a GARGANTUANLY HA-UGE BUTT as Renee Zellweger sports in Bridget Jones!
GOD THIS REALLY PEEVES ME.
A) Renee Zellweger looks like a Normal Human Being(TM) to me in the BJ movies. She is not the least bit plus sized. What, is she a size 8? 10? OH DEAR LORD!
B) There are LOTS of people who actually love the person they're with because of who they are, not what they look like; lots of people who don't care about things like butt size; lots of people who actually LIKE curvy women/men.
/end rant
Colin Firth made some really great points in that article. And the guy who wrote the article totally reminded me of the boys in high school who weren't anything spectacular, but thought they'd end up with a super-model. And seriously? If Bridget Jones is considered plus-sized, then I'm verging on elephant-sized. She's the size I would like to be AFTER I lose 100 lbs.
Not that it makes a huge difference, but regarding the Firth.com mention of Renee being a size 14 - that article is from a UK source. The sizing is different there, with a UK 14 equalling a US 10. Trust me, without that little factoid in hand, it makes for some pretty depressing vacation shopping. On the other hand, shoes sizes are smaller. My size 8 foot is a very dainty sounding size 6 over the pond . . .
Did anyone else notice that Colin Firth managed to comment on the fat issue without once using the word "fat"? Or even any hot-button word directly referring to the issue at hand. And yet he still made sense. He made very intelligent (and diplomatic) points, and still maintained the oh-so-English manner of dancing around tricky situations.
Anyone else think he might be rather good as the next James Bond? He's be a far less smarmy Bond for sure. He'd get laid with the eye-candy of the moment seemingly completely by accident.
Oh, and I forgot to add that my impression is that Bridget Jones is supposed to be a "normal" shaped woman with oversized insecurities about her figure, not a genuine fat-girl-made-good.
As a teeny tiny bronzed Hollywood starlet, Renee wouldn't have fit the role at ALL, so she needed to gain some weight to be plausible. Which she is, I think the size she is in the movie is just right for a character who's really not overweight, but worries that she is because she's bombarded with images of twiggy models and movie stars!
It's the media fuss, and the labelling of movie version of Bridget Jones as "plus sized" or "fat" or anything of the sort that's making the problems. When reading the books I was imagining her as a bit like my sister, who was a TWIG in her twenties, and is now not so much of a twig, and freaking out to be over 130 (at 5'8"). It was her social ineptitude that was really the barrier to her finding happiness, not her thighs.
You know, the only commentary I have heard about this movie has been in reference to the varying sizes of Rene's ass. Is the movie any good? Is it funny? Is it entertaining? I don't know. Nobody seems interested in that bit of information.
And for the record, my man loves my size 16 booty. Every night, as a matter of fact. So there!
I noticed that in the first one. They played Bridget more as a size 10 fat girl (if there is such a thing) and less as a size 10 normal girl who thinks that she is fat. One of my favorite scenes from the first book that they left out (and I understand that you can't keep everything in an adaptation) was the part that really underscored that. When she finally lost those last 10 pounds and was where she had always wanted to be in weight and everyone kept asking her if she were sick, or depressed because she looked drawn and awful.
I read some very unenthusiastic reviews, so I went with very, very (very) low expectations. I was surprised to find the movie not that horrible. I actually laughed and stuff. So go with low expectations. I really enjoyed it.
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