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Topic: A positive female review of SATC
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| publicity gal | Posted – 6/2/2008 10:28:12 PM | show profile As I feel the movie has been generallyl getting a bad rap, I wanted to share a perspective from its core fan base. As early as the opening credits, nostalgia set in as we were re-introduced to the ladies we missed for so long. I got caught up in the music and the moment. Others have mentioned it "dragged at points." I really never thought it dragged. If I had to pinpoint a time, it would fall somewhere in the middle, but it wasn't too noticeable for me. I felt everything that happened had to happen for the ending to be as sweet. And even though, you know how the ending will play out (MPK wouldn't dare leave the fans disappointed) I appreciated the way the process of them breaking up was so drawn out and estranged.,..and frustrating. To me, it mirrored their relationship on the tv show and it was consistent with who the characters have become over the years. The reason Big and Carrie are so magnetic is because of the deep longing and impossibility that was their perfectly imperfect relationship. The perfect love that just couldn't quite materialize. Countless women can identify. I thought the movie did a great job of recreating that deep longing. It is, for me, a modern-day fairytale wherein "happily ever after" is a silly song but true perfection is a series of mistakes. I loved every minute and am so thankful for films like this that speak to women with empathy, intelligence, spunk wrapped in realism and heartache. |
| seeattleme2 | Posted – 6/3/2008 12:54:20 AM | show profile this movie sucked, and when you have an audience of women groaning at Carrie's delight in her massive closet, you know it's shit. This movie is everything I hate about women and then some. And I'm a woman! I now know how NOT to raise my daughter, so I thank those sassy (spoiled, childish self obsessed--just like the girls at the magazine Sassy, incidently) SATC women for that. Thank you. The worse thing: they look like they were dressed by gay men. Clownish. |
| writesonwater | Posted – 6/3/2008 1:13:37 AM | show profile Huh? They break up?? |
| wineaux | Posted – 6/3/2008 9:27:48 AM | show profile I do so enjoy the outfits they swaddle "Carrie" in. More often than not, she looks utterly foolish, and struts around like she's the queen of Siam. The funniest one was that comical micro-beret perched lopsided on her head, with the pea green fake rose protruding from the top. I know she thinks she's this fashion icon, as so many people gush that she is, but her fashion misses are really entertaining. Oh, and who can forget the dress that made her look like a Hostess Snowball, with yet another fake flower wound around her bicep? The snack food industry must have sent her some real flower bouquets over that one. |
| princess | Posted – 6/3/2008 9:36:29 AM | show profile I loved the movie. It was like watching a longer episode of the show and if you were a fan of the show, as I am, it was what you expected. Yes, the clothes, the product placements and some of the plot lines were a bit over the top. But that's what I always loved. It's escapism, pure and simple. And while I don't want to give away plot lines, I felt it was more realistic in terms of how things played out and resolved for each woman. I've always liked the show and now the film for the strength of their friendship and loyalty to each other. Unfortunately, I've never had women friends show that kind of loyalty and admire those who have lifelong friends who are there for them the way these women stick together. I wouldn't mind at all if my daughter turned out like Carrie, Miranda or Charlotte. Now Samantha.....well, that's another story! |
| pholiday | Posted – 6/3/2008 12:20:47 PM | show profile My boyfriend and I went to the 12:01 a.m. Thursday show. I wanted to see it before the tabloids promptly ruined it. It was HYSTERICAL to see all the twenty-something women, dressed in stilettos and fuchsia party dresses, "saving seats" for their best friends. The movie was disappointing. It was totally predictable. I was looking forward to the fashion, but they just tried to hard and consequently made these women look like they were wearing costumes the entire film. I counted maybe four items that were stylish, reasonable and wearable. The series did a much better job of mixing it up and creating memorable, yet somewhat cohesive, outfits. Also, the women aged so very much. I guess that five years and high definition really make a difference. However, the characters did not grow or change in that time--SAME old scenarios on the big scene (but with much less sex! Uck) I am glad that I went to see it so I could form my own opinion. And that opinion is that SATC earns approx a five out of 10. |
| Rocky Mountain Writer | Posted – 6/3/2008 1:37:15 PM | show profile As long as you think of this movie as a fantasy, it's a perfectly acceptable thing to watch with your girlfriends. In your mature mind, you know it's escapism. My daughter's friend, who is fresh out of college, attempts to live like Carrie, going so far as to introduce herself as Carrie to guys she meets. She gives her boyfriends code names and she is nearly $20,000 in credit card debt because she lives way beyond her means, buying things for pure pleasure without regard to pricetags. Her parents are paying her bills and continue to make excuses about "kids being kids." She's 22. I think we're greatly overdue for some groundings in reality movies geared towards 20-somethings, especially since their parents seem to be off in La-La land with them. |
| beenthere | Posted – 6/3/2008 1:49:58 PM | show profile This is what absolutely drives me insane. Girls (and I mean in their 20s and 30s) who believe that this is how you live in NYC. Or anywhere else for that matter. It's disgusting. I started watching the show because of all the rave reviews, but the more I watched the more I disliked it, until I finally stopped watching. Three completely stereotypical, narcissistic, money-loving juveniles . . . and Miranda, who at least presents herself with half a brain, lives within her lawyer means, and chose a relationship where her decision wasn't based on how much money the guy earned or what he looked like AND the guy was actually -- gasp -- nice to her. It is a pathetic and degrading representation of women in general. Your options are be a whore and pretend like slutting around is female strength (Samantha), pine longingly for a rich, handsome prince--and ONLY a rich, handsome prince to save you (Charlotte), or date a man who treats you like crap (Big), whine about how tough you have it, and then get drunk and go buy shoes to solve all your problems (Carrie). Yuck. |
| Mag Girl | Posted – 6/3/2008 2:33:58 PM | show profile Rocky Mountain-wow. But no one can blame that girl's idiocy on a TV show. I was in my early 20s when the show first came out, and I've never thought of it as what NYC life should be/is. Come on- it's TELEVISION! I don't base any reality on what I see on TV, and anyone who does X because X show depicts it is just a sucker who would have been suckered by something else. SATC is just pure escapism. |
