Hard to pick 1 tbh.

First movie: I like you just the way you are & the fight (I'm sure there are more, but those are the first that popped into my head)

Second movie: I didn't really like the movie, even though it has cute Mark and Bridget moments. I think the script is trash (sorry). If I had to pick I'd say the entire Thailand part (which isn't great either) and the fight scene.

Third movie: WHERE TO START. In no particular order: when Bridget grabs Mark's hand instead of Patrick Dempsey's and he gives the whole speech; when he shows up at her doorstep and everything that ensues; the flashbacks when Mark grabs the jumper; the "heard it through the grapevine" scene; when she tells Mark she's preggo; her first sonogram; the wedding obvs, AND SO MANY MORE that I'm not remembering, but the whole movie is adorable, especially the scenes in which Patrick Dempsey's not there.

Fourth movie: I hope they don't f*ck it up.

1. It’s just a coincidence he’s called Mr. Darcy, right?

2. Oh, wow. The scene where she overhears him say something mean about her and she immediately hates him even though she’s knows he’s hot, rich and single.

3. That whole movie was just Pride and Prejudice with more sex, booze and bad language.

4. He just came to her rescue and made her believe someone else was responsible because he believes he doesn’t stand a chance with her. Very Mr. Darcy-esque

5. Did this bitch actually just make a reference to the iconic Lake scene from P&P? WTF that’s not allowed

6. His middle name is Fitzwilliam I am losing my fucking shit.

Always got the feeling that a lot of the American rom-coms I watch always were just a formula rather than “real” characters, so I don't often believe in the love aspect of it. The guy is always there with this somehow romantic entrance OR jerk-turned-lovable-rascal-kinda-type and idk, it's satisfying in the small sense, if you're not looking to actually be invested beyond an hour-and-a-half flick. But a real romance movie I in a sense fall in love with the characters falling in love with each other, because they're written like real people. And it sticks after the movie's ended, basically like Bridget and Mark (okay, I need to write this out properly in proper thoughts someday, but this is the gist).

Now Jack does come swooping in as this ideal American template, except the movie subverts it a lot because a. his entrance was super awkward for Bridget and not actually romantic, even though he tries with the “it fits” shoe-line, b. beneath his veneer he's not so perfect for her after all and they don't end up together and c. his “we're skipping from first date through the second date, through the argument, and reconcilliation” relationship scene felt exactly like what those formulaic rom-coms are. Like he's seen what love is, but actually it's less a feeling that he has and more sometihng he's fascinated by, so he's in essence become the perfect man. But he's actually not and that's confusing because the algorithm SHOULD work and that's how romance movies SHOULD work.