Rom-Com-Question

[andrewducker]

Just finished watching Bridget Jones (was on TV) and have one question - why would anyone _want_ to go out with her? She has no interests, isn't terribly smart, doesn't show any drive or ambition and generally there doesn't seem to be very much _to_ her. Her only direction in life seems to be "get a man", which isn't much of an incentive really.

Is there something I'm missing?

Comments

[avatar.livejournal.com]

The sex.

[robhu.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmm Renée Zellweger, need I say more?

[derumi.livejournal.com]

Find some 30yo male virgins and ask them?

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

I -really- fancy Bridget Jones.

She's sort of smart, sometimes. She's cutely perky and random and flumpingly mopey. She's sort of adorably crap.

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

She likes watching TV, iirc.

That, when put with those descriptors of her that you gave, covers a vast array of the population.

[cruft.livejournal.com]

I agree! I would totally date her.

[wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com]

If she had brains or ideas or interests, she might scare off the boys.

[avatar.livejournal.com]

"Adorably crap". Love it.

[robhu.livejournal.com]

Mmmm :0)

[thefirethorn.livejournal.com]

also.....she squints. And seems to have low self-esteem.

[allorin.livejournal.com]

What he said.

[allorin.livejournal.com]

This too.

[themongkey.livejournal.com]

She has breasts.

[hfnuala.livejournal.com]

which is exactly what I hate about it. I could put up with in the book because I figured she was just down on herself and wasn't really that crap. But what really annoys me is that she is supposed to be based on Elizabeth Bennett. Who is anything but stupid.

As for the second book...

[robhu.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmmm

[red-cloud.livejournal.com]

Watched Edge of Reason with C at the weekend.

Bridget was even less attractive.