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Something's missing?

posted 8 years ago by emilyrose15
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Before I start, let me just say that I did enjoy the film and found quite a bit funny. It was an easy watch and I enjoyed it.

But for me it felt something was missing.

Usually Renne is so natural in this role, it feels like this is what she must be like in real life and it doesn't feel like she is acting the role, but just being Bridget.
With this comes a natural clumsiness and awkwardness, she stumbles a certain way, even the way she walks and moves feel a bit awkward. There's none of this to me this time around. Yes she falls in the mud, but it's a staged stunt and not what I'm getting at.
I don't know if it's the missing weight gain? Perhaps putting on the weight made her really become Bridget? Maybe she does feel a bit awkward and self conscious at that weight so it comes naturally from her? I know if I feel bloated I do feel more clumsy and actually knock things over a lot more.

PD's character, I'm not sure what they were trying to do with him, but for me it fell a bit flat. He wasn't the nice guy, but wasn't a bad guy either. I felt the bit where he lied about the condoms, again felt force, as if that was them trying to ignite a bit of an edge that was so missing in not having Daniel in it, so trying to make him seem like a bad guy but then not following through with it.

Then the Daniel clip at the end, it seemed weird for that to be the parting shot, I understand why they did it, but maybe at a different moment would have been better. We should have been left with Bridget and Mark in my opinion. I know it's for if there is a fourth and HG decides to come back, but they if that were to happen they could put that story line into it then.

The typing diary entries felt like they were shoehorned in as an afterthought too.
And her chemistry with all of the main characters came across as stilted now, where they used to be so natural.

But, as I said, I did enjoy it. It's just missing that certain quality and 'Bridgetness' it once had. But that's just me.

[–] WishfulDreamer 8 years ago

You may be interesting in knowing there is a cute post-credits snapshot of Bridget, Mark, and their child all wearing matching reindeer jumpers. So we're not entirely left without a cute Bridget/Mark scene at the end. :)

I enjoyed the movie, but I also felt something was missing. I was sad there was no Jude, Shazzer, and Tom scene with all of them together at the same time (it all had to be separately or with the kids there) for a fun chat. I know this was done to show that Bridget CAN'T get alone time with them now that they're all parents and have their own busy lives.

Bridget is still bumbling, but not nearly as much so as in the earlier films. I actually kind of liked it, because they really played up her silliness in the second film and it went way too far.But at the same time, for much of the movie, Bridget doesn't seem like the Bridget we've grown to love.

All in all, I enjoyed this one much better than the second one. But I also felt there was something missing.