Sex and the City

...or at least try to be original?

Saying that "Sex and the City: The Movie" is just for the fans is unnecessary (like it was made for another audience, right?). Who else except die hard fans of the show will be crazy for this movie?

Is it predictable? Yes. Is it just a longer episode of the TV show? Yes. Is it funny? Depends. If you like the show, you'll laugh; if you don't, you won't. Simple as that.

It doesn't try or pretend to be art-house material or an Oscar contender (except for the costume design, of course), but it's definitely good entertainment and a pleasant couple of hours with buttery popcorn and a Red Bull. 7/10.

The queens of NYC are back in spectacular fashion. Is it Oscar worthy? No, but it doesn't need to be. The storyline is on brand for the emotional chaos that was the series, I would expect nothing less. I love the display of friendship and kindness that the women show to each other in this film.

Let me preface this by saying that I am a straight female who has been a fan of the SATC series since its second season. I have every episode on DVD and have honestly seen every episode at least 5 times, including the commentaries by Michael Patrick King. That said, I could not be more disappointed in the film. To say that this movie was for fans of the series is insulting in my opinion because where the series had heart, depth and some intelligence, the movie had labels, poop jokes and lame choices by the characters.

First of all, yes, Carrie Bradshaw is the main character, but could the other 3 women have been treating any more cavalierly? The "plot lines", if you can call them that, for the other characters seemed to be thrown into the mix just to give them something to do while Carrie ran around town, changing outfits and hair colors to the delighted shrieks of 15 year old fans. I can only imagine that was the audience the film wanted to capture because expecting grown women to follow this crap is insanity.

Secondly, the ending of the film made me completely lose respect for Carrie. I cannot imagine an emotionally healthy 41 year old woman making the same choice she made. I think she needs intensive therapy because she is obviously a masochist who values the ability to purchase brand name couture more than her own happiness. And if the ability to buy couture is what makes her really happy, well, then, the 15 year old target audience should be thrilled.

That said, I probably will see the sequel. I'm hoping they bring in more writers from the series to add some of the emotional oomph that this movie painfully lacked. *sigh* I just can't seem to quit SATC.

Unlike any other time, i'm not gonna try to make a decent review. It was a disappointment. I'm gonna list my unsatisfactions one by one.

1st - they did steve dirty. You can understand someone if they're the cheating kind or not; and steve wasn't one of them. He would have never had sex with someone else than miranda just because she wasn't sexually active for a couple of months. Even though she has always been an unconsiderate and unthoughtful, rude, workaholic as***le. Even tho miranda seems the rational kind, she never took criticism fondly. She was always a headstrong woman, yet i don't believe that she was ever this impolite. (e.g. Their sex scene). She didn't deserve someone like steve who is the most loving, thoughtful, under-appreciated man in the world. Whereas he chased his love, miranda for almost 4-5 seasons.

2nd - carrie was never the hopeless romantic victim lead imo. She is a selfish, arrogant, narcissist, needy and stubborn bia**h. Yes people had done wrong to her too but she kinda deserved some of them. She didn't know how to behave normally or be a genuine person towards people or her formel lovers. At some point everyone complained about carrie not listening to them or their problems or can't talk about her life and issues. But it never happened with other people. In the contrary of the sex and the city franchise's main point, i think carrie wasn't that good of a friend.

3rd - Big and C deserved each other because big was an unstable, undecisive and immature "bad guy who does bad things" (carrie's words). Everything was exagarated for drama in this film and i don't like the fact that this action sweeped the piece's sincerety and warmth. They could've done a better job :(

Let me preface this review by saying I have never seen any of the show or had any previous knowledge of this franchise. While this is not a film I would normally watch, my wife wanted to watch this and I was skeptical going in. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was easy to jump in, 10 years of storytelling missed, and still easily got invested in each character. With a simple love story plot, my only complaint is that it is dragged out and begins to feel like multiple TV episodes stitched together, rather than a full film. All of the actresses are very well into their character and the bond they have feels genuine and they make it a delightful time. Did it convince me to go back and catch up? No, but it was a fun 2 1/2 hours spent and can easily be enjoyed by fans and newbies.