Second time watching Bridesmaids last night. I enjoy this movie, I just don’t know how much I enjoy it. There are some parts that are pretty much brilliant. I think the opening is just about perfect, a lot of the writing is good, it’s a movie about girls. I like these things. But watching it again, I felt the same way that I felt after seeing it the first time. I feel like while there are moments that are really great, and others that are pretty good, the structure as a whole is really uneven and as a result the pacing just feels really, really weird.
It’s very stop and go. There’ll be action and comedy and hilarity. And then all of the sudden the moment comes to a crashing halt and we have three scenes of Kristen Wiig sitting on a couch, being depressed. Which is fine, sort of, but it just doesn’t all fit together. Which is a shame. Because this movie is so close, so very, very close, to being great.
I still like it though. It makes me laugh a lot. So that’s good. I just don’t think it’s ever going to really be one of my favorites.
In unrelated news, I think I might officially be insane. I’m writing this as a break from writing my other thing which is a different thing than the outline thing I’ve been writing for the last two days which is different from the other other thing I was editing two nights ago which was different from the last thing that I was rewriting Sunday morning.
Are you confused yet? Cause I sure am! How many things can one sane person work on at once? I’ll let you know in a month or so. If I’m still sane.
BEER!!! Also, I need to take out my contacts. My eyeballs itch.
March 7, 2012 at 4:14 am
I was a bit disappointed by this but my expectations were probably too high. It is a bit stop and start as you say. I like Kristen Wiig, she’s a talented actress and writer. I think she’ll go on to better things.
March 7, 2012 at 12:01 pm
I’m really excited to see what she does next. I do love the female centered comedy if nothing else. I also think part of my problem the first time around was the trailer and marketing. They were trying really hard to make this the girl’s version of The Hangover. And other than the wedding thing, it’s really not that at all.