Posted on 04/24/2005 8:22:33 PM PDT by InHisService
I wasted $3.99 last night renting "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason." Well, I hated it. First of all, it is quite annoying to me that everyone treats this girl like she is so unbelievably fat, what with all the references and snide comments about her weight.
What does she weigh, like 135-140? Hello, I haven't weighed that since... 9th grade. Give me a freakin' break. I have news for you fat-phobes out there, I am well over 200 pounds and I don't have as much of a problem with my weight as this gal, who is maybe 10 lbs. overweight, has with hers. Additionally, I have men ogling me all the time, big as I am, proving there are men out there who like us full-figured gals.
There's nothing really likeable about her character, her hair looks like crap, and she needs an extreme makeover. Why the man in her life is in love with her, I can't figure out. She is portrayed as a bumbling, insecure and flighty woman who always ends up in precarious situations that make her look even worse. I read a bunch of reviews of this movie that seemed to agree with my take on it, only they of course focus on how fat she is, and therefore unworthy of love.
I think I will protest by gaining more weight just to make a point. These women in Hollywood are such starved waifs I want to take them to my house, tie them up, and force feed them Big Macs followed by an entire Pepperidge Farm chocolate layer cake. Well, they'd only go and throw it up anyway, why bother.
I'm sick of Hollywood and their ideal of how a woman should look. I will be thrilled to the gills to get down to a size 14, which as they say, is the average American woman's size. Why do we have to be 2s and 4s and sixes? Aren't you at a higher risk for osteoperosis, or something, when you're that small?
According to all reports, Renee Zellweger had to (horror!) gain all this weight, and then immediately lose it again, lest she become unemployed at the huge weight of 130 something. That's why I appreciate women like Queen Latifah, who I think, looks great, and is very comfortable with her size, and doesn't make apologies for it. You go girl, and maybe I'll see you at Dairy Queen, where us "Queen's" hang out.
It's a pity; I enjoyed the first Bridget Jones. It was likable. But it was based (loosely) on Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice. I haven't seen the second one, but it sounds like I Love Lucy as directed by Woody Allen.
I think she is confusing ogling, with pity.
... of course, it IS a little ironic to launch a diatribe against Hollywood for judging women by their looks and then adding that Bridget's hair looks like crap and she needs an Extreme Makeover...
I think she is confusing ogling, with pity.
And don't forget...in case of famine, we know who is gonna last...lol. And even a medical study just out says that people with a little weight on them are healthier.
Would be nice if folks could get past this idea of perfection and see people for who they are instead of what they look like. But it seems that fat phobia is the one prejudice that won't go away.
No, I don't think so. I can discern genuine lust from pity. But you are entitled to your opinion.
The author of this piece said she's over 200 pounds. That's not "a little weight" unless she's 6'4.
Because in the US, anyone can be fat. It takes work to be thin.
Just because we are larger women doesn't mean we should let our hair and makeup and sense of style go... This film sterotypes women who are overweight as being bumbling, greasy haired idiots.
i thought the same thing... plus, even Queen Latifah has lost some weight... and she's been known to go on liquid diets a couple of weeks before those awards shows...
How did you get that picture of me???
Oh, believe me, there are many men out there that love big ladies and aren't afraid to say so. There are also many that are in the closet, so to speak. They are so afraid of ridicule from their friends that they don't let their preferences be known.
Let's see, when I was 12 years old my father, who was over weight, died of a heat attack. So if you want to shorten your life with over active elbow that's up to you. For me I pity people who want to shorten their lives.
LOL! That will show all those skinny gals who's the boss. You can't make up stuff this good.
I kind of agree with this analysis ... up until about a year ago, I was always one of those skinny (skinny, skinny, skinny - eat a cheeseburger, for goodness' sakes!) girls. I have always had plenty of male attention, and I thought that I looked fine, so I didn't ever really think much about it.
In the last year, however, I have gained twenty pounds (it was the Atkins diet, beleive it or not!), and I have never felt or looked better. And, as far as male attention goes, I have never been pursued like this before!
Anyhow, I can see that I look MUCH better carrying this "extra" weight (although, I am thinking that this is probably the weight I should actually be), and it is making me look at Hollywood actresses with a completely different eye. Those women do not look normal, and except for in incredibly staged photographs, they really don't look good. They're too skinny, and they don't look like women. They look like malnourished little girls, and it makes me sad.
My man has been incredibly cool throughout this change. He never (ever, ever) said anything about not liking the way I looked before, but now (surprisingly, to me, at least), he's in hog heaven. I keep telling him that it's his reward for being so good. All of a sudden, he's all, "Boobies! Woo-hoo! And you got a big ol' round butt, baby, so bring it on over here" and he's a happy, happy man.
Weird, huh?
Oh, gosh! I didn't realize how my reply would sound. For the record, I am still not fat. I went from 100 pounds to 120 pounds. I'm still a small girl, just not skinny.
Thank you for your comment. The media makes us feel as if we are less of a person for carrying extra weight. While it is my belief that it is healthier for people to be thin, (as it is for people to be drug-free, alcohol-free, etc.) it is not something we can conquer that easily, but we need acceptance and forgiveness.
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