Bridget Jones’ Genius Is What Happens *After* Happily Ever After (+ The New Movie)
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- Let’s take a deeper look at Bridget Jones's Diary & the sequels to unpack why things haven't changed as much as we thought, and how getting to see Bridget continue living her life after her multiple ‘happily ever afters’ provides such an important lesson for all of us. Plus, we’ll unpack what we can expect from the new film Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy (and why one very important person won’t be in it.)
Bridget Jones has been an iconic rom-com heroine for over two decades, a hilarious and uplifting champion for those of us who just can’t quite seem to get our lives together. Her imperfections were always what made her so relatable, but what makes her story particularly unique is that it continues on - we get to see what happens after her ‘happily ever after.’ And what Bridget finds isn’t the perfect world she had always dreamed of, but more real life. Her own hang ups and issues are still there, and didn’t just disappear after those credits rolled the first time. Now a fourth installment of the series has been announced, which means we’ll get to see Bridget taking on a whole new stage of life, in a way that only Bridget can.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:15 How Bridget became a relatable rom-com heroine
02:30 Society changed, but we've still got the same problems...
04:08 Blocking her own success
05:50 Life & love beyond the 'happily ever after'
08:26 Even the 'perfect' guy is a human with flaws
09:50 Mad About The Boy (Book & Movie 4 spoilers!)
12:15 Why Bridget's story continues to draw us in
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Thanks so much for watching! Up next, check out our other videos on Bridget Jones:
- Why she so insecure: ua-cam.com/video/VR9SgC1zVXc/v-deo.html
- Why her failure is actually so important: ua-cam.com/video/zyOCtVxkRy4/v-deo.html
& Let us know if you're excited for Mad About the Boy or if you think they should have just stopped at Bridget Jones's Baby
I always loved how Bridget looked like an average woman, as opposed to a skinny model, which helped to keep her relatable to audiences. Her hair didn't look like it was elaborately styled, but that she'd simply done it herself, and she wore minimal makeup. Fortunately, Renee didn't have to gain extra weight for the third movie, where Bridget had reached her ideal weight.
Not to me because I am a Black woman. Like the Breakfast Club movie, unrelateable.
Speaking of the weight, I get annoyed when people misrepresent the movie as being problematic™ for the Bridget Jones's weight comments, when it reads like a true reflection of an avg person with insecuritiee especially at the time (but even now). Yes, she's only 130 lbs, but she still *feels* fat and is encouraged to think of herself that way by societal standards for women's bodies, particularly of the 90s and early 2000s, when every aspirational figure was ridiculously thin (and it's pretty sad to see body image trends going back that way over the past couple of years imo).
It's also worth noting that Bridget makes comments like "will lose 20 points obviously" when she thinks she's hit a low point in her life and is making ridiculous resolutions for herself to feel in control again. It ties back into her general lack of self-esteem, which is why Mark and her friends loving and wanting her for being who she is just like that is so powerful, and she never had to change her looks or personality.
Bridget has flawed thoughts and that's ok because _portrayal isn't endorsement_ - it's how you write characters who feel relatable. I find female characters get this type of shallow scrutiny more often than male characters, for whom we more easily accept that just because they say or think something doesn't mean the movie is saying you need to agree with them.
I don't see what's fucking relatable about her! She IS skinny! And she's very white and blonde and very cute!
The irony of course is that in the first movie, she was very literally as skinny as a model. Just with a puffy face and big boobs 😂😂😂😂😂
It’s still Renée Zellweger, so not that average… Look at her appearance before and after her “Bridget Jone’s diary” era: skinny, blonde and just gorgeous.
Thank you for another Bridget Jones video. I love learning and re-learning the lessons. She’s so iconic.
Preach, she's my favourite rom com heroine of all time.
Why is the next "chapter" of a happily ever after alway killing off the first love interest? HIMYM, Jane the Virgin, Sex and the City, Downtown Abbey, etc.
There is plenty of conflict in a normal relationship without it needing to be toxic or someone ending up a widow.
I agree! They make the lead character end up with an older guy (mostly) and then BAM! he dies after a movie/ few seasons. LOL. wth??
Seems it might be considered the most acceptable way of returning a protagonist their independence. Because making the protagonist divorce "the one" might still be taboo
@@swanne.9 But why do they need to be "reset" at all? Couples can go through a rut and fall in love again. Long term relationships can go through many up and downs without it ending in divorce: disease, kids, aging parents, money, career moves, etc.
@@mbanerjee5889 same thing, couple protagonists aren't the same as "the" protagonist. Or at least that's my guess
The throwing of the self-help books montage will never not be hilarious
I am so freaking happy to hear there will be more Bridget Jones 🎉
If you like Bridget Johns movies, PLEASE read the book. It’s a way deeper.
The movies made me think that Bridget is the clumsy, clueless woman who cares only about the man who doesn’t show any respect.
But in the books you see her as an adorable, real woman. Who isn’t afraid to be herself, has flaws and a brilliant sense of humor.
P.S. I’ve read the second book, the edge of reason. And was shocked when watching the movie. Especially the Thailand episode, when Mark Darcy showed up like out of nowhere.
I did not even know there was a book, so, that's something! I can add that to my to-read list, thanks!
Is the second book good? I couldn't finish watching the second movie because of how bad it was compared to the first.
Bridget Jones 4?!? Thank the heavens and the gods. Can't wait!!
Bridget Jones is one of my favorite characters.
I’m still processing the fact that 136 is considered “heavy” that really makes no sense
I love her 😍😍😍 I don't care if she is cringy... I 💖 Bridget Jones...
Bridgette Jones is my favorite 90s-2000s goldfish-brain
more rom coms yayyyy altho I would like to see a Bridget jones movies without a love interest just her finding out more about herself
I hope Mark Darcy doesn't die in the 4th film...
The 4th movie will kill him off unfortunately. I had a bad feeling about him, and I read the spoilers.
He is dead in the book. So she is basically a single (but rich) mother
So excited for number 4!!
I love Renée Zellweger so much
she IS Bridget
She is so beautiful in the first movie
What's it like to see yourself everywhere all the time?
Lovely!
Oh 😭 3:13 the mighty tummy control, wast snatching, nude bloomers 😭 thank you Bridget.
*She was T H I C C boi!!!*
I would love to hear your take on 4B movement
Honestly, this is ridiculous. If I wanted to have a non-happy ending, I would look at my own life. I watched rom-coms for escapism. I would only have enjoyed a fourth instalment if it was about Bridget and Mark being married and learning to live in the mundane day-to-day.
It's OK for a movie to deviate from the norm. Don't you think?
Right? I don't mind some sensible realism, where there's normal, plausible conflict (as opposed to contrived melodrama) to be overcome, but I want to be reminded that things can still turn out okay or even good -- without having to completely lobotomize myself in order to believe in the HEA. That's more encouraging that lazy forced happily-ever-afters, and without verging too far into irl-level depressingly realistic.
We're getting Bridget Jones lV? 🥳
This is incredibly interesting because it reminds me of an ex-girlfriend which I broke up with because I knew that she thought of me the same way that you're describing this woman in this video and deep down inside. I knew that at some point I. Would not live up to a dream and this would shatter a potential future. It was more complicated for us because it meant that I would have to move to Switzerland so adding all of that baggage on top of what I just said was too much for me and so I ended things looking back after visiting her. Recently I knew I made 100% the right decision.
All that work with Mark D'Arcy and they will kill him off? Unacceptable. I hate it when the love of a protagonist's life is killed off just so the protagonist can date again 🙄 I swear Hollywood hates happily married couples.
Thank you for announcing the spoiler
What’s up with the stories today and killing the male character???
I must be one of the few women who doesn't like Bridget 🤷♀️ but then I don't centre love or men so I feel that plays a part
. @CineEquality did a good video on the series and like me she points out the red flags in the series.
You forget that some of Bridget's mishaps were caused by others: Uncle Geoffrey did "forget" to inform her and other guests the dress code changed.
Thanks to Suzie Kokoshka, shitty Boomer marriages, Dede Hill, Marge Simpson for showing me that there are worse things than being single after 30.
Mark Darcy is 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
at 3:07 body positivty is NOT the same as fat acceptance stop conflating those 2 things.
and don't use Lizzo if trying to put a positive spin.
The first one was okay, it wasn't anything special. There was no need for three more movies. Hollywood, stop reviving dead projects that don't need to be revived.
I think Hollywood may be out of ideas, just recycling the same things
@@blinkur09momI am in complete agreement. Liked the first one but saw none of the sequels. I had a glimmer of hope with Barbenheimer, but it seems like we’re back to the same old rehashed stuff. The Fall Guy? Gladiator 2? A Beetlejuice sequel after 36 years? More Bridget Jones? No, thanks.
No, no good at all could possibly come to anyone from seeing a middle aged woman on screen as a love interest in a society which would otherwise suggest we're all washed up after 30 /s
was she 61 kg and they call her fat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!