Bridget Jone's Diary
There are many important sections in this novel Bridget Jones’s Diary along with important scenes that should have been in the movie but were drastically cut. Bridget’s friends in general are important as any friend is to another. But when the editors decided to make this novel into a movie they must have decided that Bridget’s homosexual friend just wasn’t as important to a movie as he was to a novel. In the movie the relationship between Tom and Bridget is drastically downplayed. Throughout the entire novel Tom was Bridget’s confidant as Bridget was for him in troubled times. Tom is excited by the fact that Bridget has finally made progress with Daniel. Bridget states in the novel that “[Tom]…has been sweetly supportive about the Daniel crisis.” After Bridget tells Tom that she is expecting a call from Daniel soon he phones her later that night to see if she had had any luck. Tom makes a comment to Bridget about homosexual’s and thirty year old woman and how they bond naturally “…both being accustomed to disappointing their parents and being treated as freaks by society.” The problem I see with this is that it was never shown in the movie or even mentioned. During the movie th
A lot of Bridget and Tom’s telephone calls are also kept out of the movie. There are numerous times in the novel where Bridget and Tom are giving each other advice over the phone or just calling to tell each other hi for the day or week. These telephone calls make the impression that Bridget and Tom are the best of friends. But in the film the audience is given the impression that she really has no friends. Every woman gossips or chats with another male or female at least three or four times a day so why wouldn’t they put this valuable information into a movie? TV Guide gives the movie a C+ saying, “…The real pleasure of Bridget Jones is purely a literary one-…” but E! Online gives the film a B and states, “…If you liked Fields book…you’ll like the film.” Daniel attempts to shag Bridget on there date but Bridget immediately withdraws from the moment when Daniel gives her a really cheesy male line. Daniel tells her that he wants to shag her but doesn’t want to date her. So she walks out. Not to long after this she tells the story to Tome and he wants her to ignore Daniel and every time she is tempted to talk to him she is supposed to repeat “Aloof, unavailable ice-queen; Aloof, unavailable ice-queen.” This scene was shown differently in the movie. In the movie they pretty much deleted this scene from the book. They didn’t even mention the ice-queen mantra that she was supposed to be repeating. The only thing they showed in the movie was Bridget and Daniel in the process of shagging. This scene was very important to the movie because it again shows the relationship between Tom and Bridget. It shows that Tom is Bridget’s confidence. He gives her the tools for self-esteem and the mo
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Approximate Word count = 1170
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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