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Post by margojata on Apr 7, 2009 16:47:55 GMT -4
I was always an Aidan girl (Aidan part 2 was adorable). I always found Big to be arrogant and bloated. He was kind of hot and fresh in season 1, though. But after that - asshole with a capital A. I HATED the "Go get our girl" scene.
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Post by hal9000 on Apr 8, 2009 1:23:34 GMT -4
I hate passive-aggressive people, so when Aiden when he took Carrie back then started treating her like shit with the dog-walking etc, he was dead to me. Dump her and move on, or take her back and forgive, dude, but don't have it both ways. The thing is, he was nothing other than Carrie's rebound guy. She was attracted to him because he was (like his furniture) "classic American", the anti-Big. Most of the time she was repulsed by him because of sheer guilt for using him as a second-place prize. She behaved far worse than him in the relationship, and I can't see what Aiden would want to do with her, and what his purpose would be in a sequel. Maybe he could cheat with Miranda; but even she is too much of a shrew for him.
I liked that the show was about single women in their 30s. Single women in their 40s? I wouldn't mind seeing that, either. It would be a far braver choice than all the women settled in their relationships (or, for Samantha, ways). Charlotte serves no purpose any more. The only way I could stand her is if she lost all her money, was forced to move to New Jersey and started teaching Mandarin in public school.
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Post by Neurochick on Apr 8, 2009 10:25:29 GMT -4
I think they should do another one, single women in their forties is a good topic because of all of us baby boomers who are single.
I would really like another movie showing how the economic crisis has affected all of them.
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Post by margojata on Apr 8, 2009 12:24:52 GMT -4
I like Charlotte. But it always bugged me that Harry turned out to be a rich lawyer. We were supposed to believe that the material things and good looks stopped mattering to her when she found her true love ... but the guy had bucks, and her lifestyle didn't have to change at all. What if Harry didn't have money? What if they couldn't afford all the in vitro and foreign adoption? Would Charlotte still be happy, or would she be the old Charlotte who needed the pedigree?
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Post by discoprincess on Apr 8, 2009 12:57:35 GMT -4
I like Charlotte. But it always bugged me that Harry turned out to be a rich lawyer. We were supposed to believe that the material things and good looks stopped mattering to her when she found her true love ... but the guy had bucks, and her lifestyle didn't have to change at all. What if Harry didn't have money? What if they couldn't afford all the in vitro and foreign adoption? Would Charlotte still be happy, or would she be the old Charlotte who needed the pedigree? When Charlotte encountered the Jewish version of the perfect, good-looking, pedigreed guy she would have wanted in her former life showed up, she wasn't attracted to him because she was still hung up on Harry. Would Charlotte want Harry if he were working-class? Probably not. She probably wouldn't want any working-class guy, no matter how good-looking he is. None of the girls would, actually (and that includes Miranda. I've already spoken about how I thought she had settled with Steve.) Charlotte being cheated by Bernie Madoff would be timely...and interesting. It'd be even more interesting if Charlotte had to ask Carrie and Big for a bailout. As for Miranda and Aidan...who would be more likely to kick ass, Carrie or Steve?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2009 14:15:13 GMT -4
We were? I certainly never got that impression. Charlotte wanted a perfect WASP husband and a perfect WASP life. I found her to be a sympathetic and likeable character, but you had the impression that Charlotte was from some level of privilege and expected that to continue. She wasn't nasty because of it and I think that made her character likeable.
I think SATC will eventually be seen to be as very representative of the late '90's, early '00's. Wealth, conspicuous display of it, looking down on "ordinary folk" (the scrunchie, the episode on the train, the pregnant friend in the 'burbs, Miranda's horror at moving out of Manhattan). I found the scene in the movie where Carrie asks her assistant how she could afford her bag to be riotous. This from the woman who couldn't comprehend that her shoe collection cost $40k!
Still, I loved the show and I think it is an important part of pop culture, and, not to be pretentious, but I think it was a great representation of single, professional women. Yeah, they were looking for love, but there was much more to it than that. I think lots of women in their 20's, 30's and 40's appreciated seeing other women making it on their own.
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Post by luminosa on Apr 8, 2009 16:39:29 GMT -4
I think that even if Harry wasn't a Rich lawyer, Charlotte would be okay. She still had plenty of money in her own right (she was very successful before stopping work at the galleries and plus she came from money). But it would be interesting to see the entire family struggling for a bit, although at the point the movie would be at, I think she is so happy and content with her life, she wouldn't really care anymore.
One thing about the movie that I loathe, is the "Samantha weight gain". I mean, really? She barely had a roll over her pants and they call that a gut? Not to mention the rest of her was the exact same size. When Carrie was like- honey, you'd be beautiful at any size, but how could you not notice? I wanted to kill someone. If they're going to make Samantha have that story line at least make it believable.
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Post by kanding on Apr 9, 2009 4:26:14 GMT -4
The weight gain issue seems particulary offensive seeing as Samantha had had cancer. I really wonder if friends of a cancer survivor or the survivor herself would worry about a few extra pounds. Damn, the woman was still alive! Who's going to care about a little (and that's what it was) gain?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2009 5:16:55 GMT -4
The weight gain issue seems particulary offensive seeing as Samantha had had cancer. I really wonder if friends of a cancer survivor or the survivor herself would worry about a few extra pounds. Damn, the woman was still alive! Who's going to care about a little (and that's what it was) gain? I think the issue with Samantha's "weight gain" was that it was how her friends could tell she was unhappy in California. She always cared so diligently for her body that when she stopped it was not only shocking to her friends, but it was a sign that she was depressed.
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Post by Neurochick on Apr 9, 2009 13:04:02 GMT -4
I totally agree with you about Samantha's weight "gain." When they were all staring at her, I didn't get what they were all shocked about. Then when they showed a close up of her "gut" I still didn't get it.
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