mrsbowling2
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Post by mrsbowling2 on Jun 2, 2010 13:42:46 GMT -4
re: Abu Dhabi--there was one quote about how with this poor economy, Sam wanted to go somewhere where there was still real rich in the world. Europe is NOT that.
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stina
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Post by stina on Jun 2, 2010 15:23:19 GMT -4
I'm seeing this on Saturday, My expectations are extremely low at this point.
A Norwegian reviewer wrote that what's most annoying about this movie is that it makes defending the original series almost impossible. This proves all the people who dismiss the series as vapid nonsense about stupid, spoiled women right. Which is a shame. The show wasn't always perfect, but at its best it was pretty great.
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Post by Witchie on Jun 2, 2010 15:53:31 GMT -4
I'm seeing this on Saturday, My expectations are extremely low at this point. A Norwegian reviewer wrote that what's most annoying about this movie is that it makes defending the original series almost impossible. This proves all the people who dismiss the series as vapid nonsense about stupid, spoiled women right. Which is a shame. The show wasn't always perfect, but at its best it was pretty great. I'm having this problem. I sporadically watched the series, but generally had a good opinion of it. My mother saw one ep & hated it for the very reason the Norwegian reviewer stated. I have no leg to stand on now. I couldn't defend the 1st movie, and now...well, I'm not even trying.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2010 23:29:24 GMT -4
As a harried mother of 2 toddlers, I was crying when Char and Mir. were talking about their kids. See, I had the opposite reaction to that conversation. I wanted to punch Charlotte and Miranda in the face after that. Seriously Charlotte, you have a full time nanny. What the hell are you exactly taking a break from? It just came across as "Yay we're not poor!" more than anything positive to me.
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mrsbowling2
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Post by mrsbowling2 on Jun 3, 2010 11:30:14 GMT -4
Sure she has help, but she's at home all the time anyway. That baby crying all day and night would upset and affect a mother no matter how many nannies she has. I work full time and my husband is the stay at home parent but I work in the house. So I hear crying/screaming/tantrums, etc. I think a mom still has a right to feel guilty and stressed no matter how many minutes a day she is the sole caretaker.
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Post by Neurochick on Jun 3, 2010 16:47:53 GMT -4
I love this. You fucking rule! Seriously, I think people are taking this movie too seriously. I haven't seen it yet because I have HBO and I feel that if I see this movie I'm giving HBO money two times, so I'll wait. But it sounds like good, tacky fun.
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ElleCee
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Post by ElleCee on Jun 3, 2010 18:29:57 GMT -4
I think of SAtC the same what I think of say...Transformers...it just is what it is...I eat my popcorn enjoy the bright lights and go home.
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Post by magazinewhore on Jun 3, 2010 21:56:39 GMT -4
I understand people saying SATC2 is a light, popcorn movie and shouldn't be taken seriously, and I agree...BUUUUUT, like it or not, it's seen as a cultural touchstone for women. The first SATC was held up as evidence that Hollywood could target movies toward women. People don't get dressed up as characters for movies that don't have some kind of relevance for them. The only other movies I've seen where people dressed up like the characters were the Star Wars and Lord of the Rings movies (and The Rocky Horror Picture Show). In some weird way, SATC strikes an aspirational chord for some women. And that's what bothers me about it. It's consumption as empowerment; I think that's a crappy message for women (and it's not just SATC that is responsible for it: Oprah isn't helping).
It wasn't that long ago when middle-class women didn't aspire to wear high-end designer clothes (remember Nomi mispronouncing "Versace" in "Show Girls"? That would never happen today because everyone has heard of Versace, regardless of their background). And nowadays, women routinely rack up tens of thousand of dollars of debt trying to be like Carrie and her ilk. Maybe I am a humorless harpie who is taking it too seriously, but I just wish there was less shopping and more scenes where women were authentic (like in the Miranda & Charolotte scene).
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litzikohanovich
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Post by litzikohanovich on Jun 4, 2010 9:20:06 GMT -4
Also, in the show, they addressed Carrie's shopping as a problem, albeit in only a few episodes. In the first movie, she no longer had any of those financial worries. Although I enjoyed the fashion, the show for me was not really about that -- it was about the enduring love between these women, as it is for many people. magho, I agree that the consumption as empowerment is extremely disappointing; how about political participation as empowerment? (Hee!) The fashion seemed to become more of an emphasis as the show went on (although it was an important element from the start), and in the first movie, the consumeristic element was a little gross for me. I do not think Patrick Michael King should write the scripts alone. I completely admit that I take SATC too seriously!
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Post by margojata on Jun 4, 2010 9:52:56 GMT -4
Well, when Carrie dated the political pee'er, all the girls could talk about was who was the most f'able president. That always kind of annoyed me .. a lot. Seriously, even Miranda had no interest in politics? And this was the very episode where she was trying to decide if Steve was too simple for her.
I guess I take it too seriously, too!
As for this movie - I don't care about the conspicuous consumption, because I expect that. But the whole take on the Middle East sounds extremely off-putting.
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