Monday 31 May 2010

Carried away with their own egos...

You know when you know something is going to be awful but you do it anyway? Just because...

My friend C was staying for the weekend and Husband had an unexpected night off work, so we hit the movies and watched SATC 2 for old times sake. C and I had flat -shared in our heady days as single gals in the big smoke and fancied a trip down memory lane - having been huge fans of the series and avid cocktail drinkers. Yes, the reviews were awful. Yes, the first movie was pants and yes, I should have used my get-out-to-the-cinema-free pass card for a better purpose - but, oh the joy of hindsight.

To say that the film was humourless, story free, vulgar, offensive, tedious and vacuous would be an understatement. What a disappointment and frankly a waste of an opportunity. In it's day SATC was ground-breaking, smart, sexy and packed to the gills with story and character. As one reviewer commented (about another movie but it feels apt here): it was like discovering the slutty good time blousy girl at your school had grown up and become a seedy hooker...

Maybe the SATC makers thought - 'fuck the fact we don't have story to tell, let's just shove the women in a load of fancy garb and run with it - fabulous!' Except there isn't actually even one chic outfit in the whole 2.5 (felt like 26.9) hour movie and they all looked like botoxed trannies dunked in orange fake tan. Jordan has more class.

Carrie - once a spunky quirky writer is now a monied whining unlikeable spoiled cow; Charlotte - dreary at the best of times has segued into a predictable jealous wife who bitches about how hard motherhood is - and yet she has a FULL TIME NANNY! Miranda - not quite sure why she was even in the film to be honest. Samantha - having gone through a poignant and believable journey in the series fighting breast cancer and finding true love - has regressed 20 years and her once biting sexual innuendo now comes across as mutton desperate for a shag. Her behaviour in Abu Dhabi was nothing short of offensive.

As I left the cinema I felt like demanding my money back as I paid to see a film and was rewarded with a lengthy fashion commercial featuring tired old women clinging on to their youth. Sex and the City (the series) was lauded for empowering women and challenging the norm - a guilty pleasure where we watched our intimate thoughts and hopes played out by ballsy women in a sparkling city.

Now it limps along with nothing fresh to say or even wear... It's time the studio shows some mercy and with a swift (lack of cash) injection, puts the old bitch down.

5 comments:

AG said...

Just got home from watching it, and couldn't agree more. You wrote exactly what I thought about the movie. Very disappointing and they need to quit now. Shameful, offensive in parts with a total lack of a story. Why did they bother? Well the full, sold out showing tells you all. I hope they quit now before they undo all the years of good work, goodwill & writing. I guess several million $'s is hard to say no to.

Anonymous said...

I really liked this review:

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Chaos said...

Awesome! I will certainly give that one a miss then :)

Anonymous said...

I just wanted to say that I disagree with you. I think the movie was quite funny and entertaining. Much better that the first movie. Sure some parts of it could have seen as offensive, but why take the movie so seriously?

crummymummy said...

In reply to the above comment - I don't take movies seriously - which is why Old School is one of my favourites. What I take seriously is how offensive the film was in relation to religion. And actually - what offends me most is that with all their money and with a talented cast the movie had no story whatsoever or friendship between the women. But hey - we all have different tastes - which is why wonderful little known movies often get neglected and James Cameron megabucks dross can rake in millions. If we all liked the same stuff how dull would it be?