Sex and the City: The Movies

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I agree, Samantha was awesome in this! Actually, I thought all the acting was really good though. I love the little subtle things everyone did that totally showed they were still in character, if that makes sense. Just little facial expressions while they were at a restaurant table, the way Charlotte walked, etc.

God, I'm actually really sad it's over.

[clementine74]

I thought all of the actresses did a fine job too, considering I thought the script was complete garbage. JMO, of course. I am REALLY thinking the cocktails would've helped!!

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Haha, well they were nice! But, I don't know... I actually really liked the plot, all the throwbacks, etc!

I was just thinking about it, and I think the thing that bothered me about Carrie getting back together with Big so quickly, is that when we left the last episode of the show, it seemed like things were gonna be great with them. The movie starts, things are great. But then they fall apart, and then they get back together and then things are great again. I guess I feel like, why should we believe things are fine and dandy with him now, when we've seen what they've been through before, again and again, you know? I know things are different, given that they've been together for a few years solid now (granted we never got to see any of that!), but I don't know. I'm happy they got back together, because I do kind of think they are meant for each other, and I understand the movie obviously needed some drama. And maybe the writers purposely meant for us to always wonder about their relationship. But I guess I wish we could have seen more than her just jumping back into his arms, or something.

[groovethang]

How many men would you say were in the theater when you saw it? mr groovethang said he'd see it with me but figured he'd be one of a few guys. I'm curious now to see if he's right.

[clementine74]

Quite a few. All gay.

ETA: Another small detail that REALLY got my goat:

After the wedding fell apart and Carrie sees the spread in Vogue with the retraction reading "The wedding was canceled and Carrie Bradshaw is STILL SINGLE AND LIVING IN NYC!!!!" like it was the absolute worst thing in the world that could happen to a woman, hands down, ever??? Um... what was the show about again???

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The movie made $26 million! on Friday. I hope this doesn't mean a sequel.

[cabbagekid]

May 31, 2008 8:05:34 GMT -4 groovethang said:

How many men would you say were in the theater when you saw it? mr groovethang said he'd see it with me but figured he'd be one of a few guys. I'm curious now to see if he's right.

There were a handful of men at the showing I went to and they weren't gay.

I wasn't an avid fan of SatC, I kept up with it by catching some episodes here and there, but mostly I knew what was happening because my friends would often discuss what was on the show. I was quite surprised by how much I enjoyed the movie, I guess I was expecting it to be awful because of some of the reviews I read, but I think it kept really close to the series (again, as a casual fan). Would I watch the movie again? Probably not, it ran a little long for me just because anything over two hours runs long for me. But if a friend of mine wanted to watch the movie and had no one else to go with, I would probably go. The movie did a good job of making me LOL a couple of times which is why I have to say I enjoyed it.

The one thing I didn't like about the movie was Miranda's comment to Big. Miranda's comment was the straw that broke the camel's back, but even if she hadn't said it at that time, he was going to run anyway. You can't make someone do something they don't want to do, they'll find every excuse or any way out of what it is they don't want to do. I'm not saying Carrie didn't have the right to be angry because I would be angry too, not because of what she said, but because she didn't tell me right away. I am glad that they didn't make Carrie angry at Miranda for months on end, a 3-day not talking to her was probably realistic enough.

I did love Charlotte Pokipsy(?)-ing in her pants? I cried from laughing so much.

[bklynred]

I'm seeing it tomorrow with a bunch of friends. I'm pleased to see it, but my friends are like, true believers. They've been rabid about it all week!

I've got to keep in mind that they follow me down the rabbit hole for a ton of movies they'd probably rather not see, so I'd do well not to act snippy about this particular choice.

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I liked the show (not hardcore about it, but I have seen every episode), and I thought this was terrible.

First of all, watching Carrie suffer through the depression following a break up for the brunt of the film was no fun at all. I think that many of us have been there to a degree and reliving it in it's long and extended glory was brutal.

Secondly, I had a LOT of issues with the whole thing with Big. Carrie IS self-centered and she's also a New York society type so I don't think her planning an extravagant wedding was totally out-of-line, or should come as a surprise to him. Ditching her right before the ceremony was totally horrifying. Really, I'm no huge Carrie fan, but I didn't find her behavior surrounding the wedding to be that bad at all.

And he copy and pasted some love notes and emailed them to her? That's it? I mean, I understand the gesture but the whole thing was such a trainwreck and they seemed to reunite - and get married! - awfully quickly. I just found it troubling and as the movie ended, all I could think was, "Well, he'll totally fuck her over again..." I mean, what did HE learn from any of this? Because the overriding message to me was, "When a guy keeps dicking you around, just hang in there!"

Kristin Davis looked gorgeous and I really enjoyed her, but man, she had no storyline. Like, the extent of her conflict was ... not running.

I did not like Jennifer Hudson or her character at all. All of the "Louise/Louis" jokes were painful, as was her passing on the "LOVE" keychain. I also thought it was stupid that her storyline ended with her returning to her St. Louis boyfriend. Carrie told her that her 20s were about having fun - and she seemed to be enjoying NYC and "looking for love," and she just ended up moving back home for a guy who had dicked her around? It would have made more sense and been more in line with the meaning of the show, for this character to remain in NYC, finding herself and maybe even finding her own group of girls. Weird.

Samantha was okay. The Smith break-up was sort of vague but it was nice that she recognized that she was just not comfortable with who she had become.

I found Miranda and Steve to be the most emotionally resonant part of the movie. The Brooklyn Bridge reunion was legitimately sweet. I liked her struggle with her love for him vs. her hurt over his cheating, and that she eventually had to take a leap of faith.

Two and a half hours is absurdly overlong for a movie like this, and was mostly written as a TV show rather than a movie - very episodic with entire sequences that were fairly pointless. I thought it lacked most of the series' cleverness and poignancy. The jokes were mostly sort of flat, though there were some fun bits. (One of my favorite jokes was Samantha's "Oh you made a little joke!" after one of Carrie's lame puns.) I actually did enjoy watching this for the most part - I'd never watch it again, but I did enjoy it. I just did not think it was GOOD.

[Beyle]

I enjoyed the movie. In fact, I didn't even check my watch the entire time (a rarity!).

The plot was predictable. I don't mind JH, but her character was unnecessary and her plotline reaked (the most) of cheese. Too bad. MPT could've done so much more with her character.

I was happy that Samantha chose herself in the end. I, too, was irked by Carrie's upset over "still single and living in NYC." What exactly is wrong with that? I'm in my 30s, choose to be single, and live in Chicago. I don't think I'm a loser.

There were plenty of men in the audience. Surprisingly, I believe all of them were straight (accompanying their girlfriends/wives).