PiraBit
if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
muons
As a person who heard a lot about it but never watched the series, I came across this chick flick on HBO and stuck to the end. It's a bit funny, fluffy and totally predictable. The characters are depicted somewhat one dimensional. The main story line, i.e. boy stands up the girl on the altar has been played on infinitely many times in the cinema industry but it still sells...
Eric Stevenson
I have once again never seen the original show. Judging from the title, I assumed this would have some sex scenes in it and it did. This movie takes place over about a year telling the story of Carrie struggling to marry her boyfriend, Mr. Big. The best part is probably when she flips out after he says he wants to call the wedding off. The acting and characters aren't bad at all. The main problem with this film is that it's just too long.It's two and a half hours! This story isn't complicated at all! From what I heard, there were a lot of things that happened in the show that this movie undid. I guess if I was a fan of the show, I would dislike this more. I admit that everything is portrayed fairly realistically. It isn't really my thing. **1/2
Lucas LeDain
Sex and the City. This name is so well known It's probably in a dictionary under awesome. Now I actually didn't see the series but my girlfriend forced me to watch it round I was at her house (I got my own back and made her watch Sinister). But I actually weirdly enjoyed it.Despite it's long run time I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and although predictable I enjoyed it and I laughed at the jokes in it as well.I must admit now that I have watched the series I can see why people were a bit let down but come on! How many films based on TV shows have you watched that truly live up to the title of the show?I gave it an 8 out of 10 as it was funny and I enjoyed it but 2 marks were knocked off as it wasn't as good as the TV series.
ithinkimdeck
'Sex and the City,' based on the hilarious, poignant HBO comedy series of the same name, is grossly insulting. In a strong divorce from the series, the movie picks up five years after the series finale - where we find out that each one of the characters have become vapid, soulless versions of their former selves. Now, writer Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), and her friends Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon), Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), and Charlotte Goldenblatt (Kristen Davis) walk around New York obsessing over shoes, handbags, and love. Carrie Bradshaw was, at the end of the show, an independent woman - not the needy girl she started out as. The movie turns it's back on Carrie's development as a character, shaping her into the stock romcom lead. Think Katherine Heigl with no charm. She is now painfully unfunny, shallow, and quite possibly retarded. She spends the first half the film setting herself up to have the man whom supposedly loves her jilt her - which he does. The second half of the film, Carrie spends complaining about literally everything, dying her hair brown, and discussing bags and love with a painfully useless, annoying Jennifer Hudson, as Carrie's new assistant Louise from Saint Louis.CARRIE: "Louise from Saint Louis. Oh you brought me back to life." LOUISE: "And you gave me, Louise Vuitton." Yes the writer of "The Real Me" and "A Woman's Right To Shoes" actually wrote this garbage.Lawyer Miranda is now a frigid shrew who swats her deadbeat husband away like a fly every time he tries to get near her - and spends the entire 2.5 hours complaining about how marriage changed her, it made her move to Brooklyn. She is no longer likable, funny, or smart.Meanwhile, housewife Charlotte spends the 2.5 hours prancing around like a little girl, screaming at the top of her lungs, and carrying her confused, Asian daughter around like a dog in a handbag. The problem with continuing Charlotte's storyline on the show is her storyline came to the only logical conclusion it could have had at the end of the show. Now, it' just a retread through old territory. Davis is ultimately given a thankless role in this film. However, it is Samantha who is given the most honest adaptation. While certainly a cartoon version of her former self, Samantha's story revolves around her inability to maintain a monogamous relationship - despite being very much in love. However the payoff is ultimately ruined as Samantha is no longer human. This incarnation of 'Sex' is so incredibly shallow - it basically acts a prop to advertise luxury goods. The most obvious scenes to illustrate this are when Carrie tries on designer wedding dresses for a Vogue shoot, which goes on for an excruciating 10 minutes, followed closely by Carrie and co. going through her closet trying to decide what to take to her new apartment with husband-to-be Big (Chris Noth). The scene is ultimately pointless as she is moving to a closet that is 10 times to the size - which, if you can imagine it - is actually a plot point in a film that will make you feel compelled to throw out every designer label you own. The show was about the importance of following your own trajectory, and self actualization. The film abandons this concept.
