The following review comes from our east coast correspondent Zach Lawrence:
Iron Man, Indiana Jones and the Jungle of the Swinging Shia, The Chronicles of Narnia; the last few weeks, my girlfriend has been a hardcore trooper. So what does a man do? He owes. He owes her one, and my fellow fan boys and movie geeks, listen closely, this information could save your life.
I was never a huge “Sex” fan, but I learned to appreciate the culture value of the four girls tearing up New York with their cosmopolitans and gabby sex chat turning an entire generation of regular girls into the equivalent of metro sexual males. This movie runs from nowhere and from what I remember, pretty much picks up where we last left the girls. When I say “runs from nowhere” I mean, there is no harbinger to kick off this highly anticipated film besides everyone’s contentment. Now this is where the genius kicks in, after beginning with everyone having settled into their lives, each in their own way individually and as a collective, they are almost immediately torn down to basically nullify what the whole series built up to.
Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda each have their own set of problems which tie in nicely with well placed and well paced dialogue over conveniently set up lunch dates and dinners. Carrie at the start of the movie is jilted by Big at the wedding alter and falls apart, while her girlfriends rally for support, Miranda’s husband cheats on her, Charlotte is still psychotically happy and (get ready) Samantha is the funniest part of the film. She, in my masculine opinion, was the most entertaining part of the show and still dominates on film. Sadly though that’s kind of it, things of course tie up here and there but this is still just Sex and the City, just a two and half hour (I repeat 2 ½ hours) long episode.
I was in a sold out, maximum capacity audience and was, I think, one out five men in attendance. The women laughed it up. Every unfunny dry joke of Carrie’s or ditsy move of Charlotte (literally shitting her pants), or Samantha foaming at the mouth for her hot neighbor, got a screaming response from all the cougars in the audience as well as the little girls who want to be like the characters. Also as a side note, this seems to be the year of full frontal male nudity, so men beware, there is more wang and man ass in this film then naked girls.
Now I’m not contradicting myself. This was not a bad film, it just wasn’t good. It was somewhere in that gray area of “ok” where you get lost in your decision on whether or not you liked it. At the end, the movie got a bigger applause then Indiana Jones which rocked me to the core in a disturbing way, and left you with no real answers. It ended in the same way the series ended. Thank god Pete didn’t see this film, it would have hurt his skull, I just have a larger capacity for girly things, I.E. shopping, hair and nails and boy talk. What I mean by that is I frequently get asked advice on wedding dress shopping which was a large part of this film as well as hair and nails and purses and shoes.
I think I may have lost a bet in the way that I believed Crystal Skull would still hold the #1 spot after its huge haul last week but after the movie let out last night I was dumbstruck. I have never seen a cinema more run amok with women that I fear for Indy’s spot. I may very well be eating my words that people have forgotten about Sex and the City, because my friends, about once a year a movie is released targeting a 100% female audience, and man oh man, they came in droves. It was like a sluttier Rocky Horror Picture Show with everyone dressing skanky like the girls in the movie; with the 18 to 60 year old demographic this movie is a gold mine for a single man to pick up girls. . . . . You will NEVER hear me say that again about a movie theatre, so get in while the gettings good!
June 1st, 2008 at 6:30 pm
2 1/2 hours long!?!?!? my god.
p.s. THAN.
June 1st, 2008 at 6:55 pm
From a female … He is truly right on point. It was a 2.5 hr episode. But it did serve its purpose. And as for the male nudity. It was some very prime species mind you! But at the end of the day, it was another episode. Still I enjoyed seeing what my old friends had been up to!
June 1st, 2008 at 7:15 pm
UGH….i also “owe” my girl and will be seeing it this week, as promised.
I suppose its worth it for all the geeky summer flicks 2008 has bestowed upon us.
June 1st, 2008 at 10:10 pm
havent seen it yet and wont and all you other ball less homo’s shouldnt of caved and taken your dogs to the movies!
June 1st, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Why do they try to gender divide the audience just because four woman star in it? If it is well written and about Woman why do men not want to see it and have to attack it? It’s ok for Woman to listen to the guys talk about fucking woman on Entourage and a bit thing is not made of it.
Anyway, I am Male and enjoy the show because it has great writing and even though the movie isn’t as sharp it sure is a pretty damn good movie and entertaining.
Much better than Indy 4 also.
June 1st, 2008 at 10:56 pm
My girlfriend wanted to drag me into the theaters, she thinks it’s entertaining in a stupid and sad way, just like the series. Anyway, i said no. :)
June 2nd, 2008 at 6:00 pm
HA! How funny is this….
“It was like a sluttier Rocky Horror Picture Show with everyone dressing skanky like the girls in the movie; with the 18 to 60 year old demographic this movie is a gold mine for a single man to pick up girls. .”
I REALLY said the same thing, this was the perfect place for single men… Amazing!!! Great article but I do love this movie.
June 2nd, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Hey Buck, go catch another pigeon for dinner, and after that, learn how to spell and punctuate (or look up neutered, it’s pronounced new-turd) you ignorant dumbass.
For the record, I’m gay and a fan of the series and agree with the ‘didn’t like it, didn’t not like it’ assessment. Four central conflicts was too many, and only Carrie’s was reasonably fleshed out if abruptly resolved. I think the movie left me more depressed than anything — the biggest change from TV to the big screen was the lack of the series’ levity.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:05 am
The movie was great for the same reason the series was great. We wanted to be reminded that we can be mothers/lawyers/power brokers while being sexy, raunchy, ditsy, and fashionable. It was a great opportunity to laugh at ourselves and acknowledge that getting older does not mean we have to give up all the fun things.
It felt like a reunion with friends and we did not expect it to be more than a really long episode…
June 20th, 2008 at 5:23 am
OMG IM A GIRL AND I DNT WANT TO SEE SEX AND THE CITY BUT I WANTED TO SEE ALL THOSE MOVIES YOU JUST SAID.what girls cant be into action movies?
June 20th, 2008 at 5:25 am
oh my goodness i am a girl and i went to see all those movies you just said not by force.
June 20th, 2008 at 5:28 am
indiana jones rocked!
August 12th, 2008 at 12:02 am
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