Finding the Edge of Reason

Movie Review: Finding Neverland and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

So I am more coherent today - thank god! I had a great weekend complete with having the gang over to take all their money playing poker...but a good host always lets someone leave with a little cash...nothing in comparison with my $85 worth of winnings :)

So this past week I saw a couple of flicks - starting with a screening of Finding Neverland. What a pleasant surprise this movie was. It is the story of J.M. Barrie, played by the ever gentle Johnny Depp and the experiences that caused him to write the classic fairy tale of Peter Pan. So this is supposedly the almost true life story, however there is one glaring difference - the movie portrays Barrie's relationship with Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (played by Kate Winslet) as strictly platonic, however they were much more than that in real life (in the early 1900's).

This movie was full of wonderment and imagination - and if you walk out of the theatre not believing in Neverland, I would be shocked! Johnny deserves a nod for this one - there wasn't a dry eye in the house!

Next up was Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Now, like any woman with a pulse, I would watch Colin Firth and Hugh Grant reading numbers out of a telephone book for hours. That said, this wasn't much different. Now I love a good sequel, but detest bad ones. This movie wasn't bad, truly, but it wasn’t great either.

So how do you have a good sequel? Well, recreate the good parts of the first movie without copying them out right. Okay Andrew Davies, learn a lesson from this! Also, this movie takes up 1 month after the last movie, but it’s been 3 years since the last movie was in the theatres – suspending disbelief there a bit, aren’t we?

Mark and Daniel fighting was funny – again. But putting Bridget in a Thai prison, was just too far-fetched to swallow. While it was sweet all the trouble that Mark goes through to help his true love, Bridget, it wasn’t quite as poignant as when he gave her the exclusive interview with the married couple from the first installment. Also, having Daniel in this movie served little purpose, except when he was soaking wet, looking hot as ever. I love Hugh, but he just didn’t fit.

It was cute, but not very high on the hit list of sequels…

Chester is off today, so my day should be pretty calm. Did I mention he is also out the rest of this week as well? He is in on Wednesday, but then I leave for San Francisco to see Maggie on Friday...so 1 more day with Chester until December...NICE!