I love, love, LOVE 'Sex and The City.' I have the entire series collection at home on DVD. Miranda is my favourite (she has short hair, and berates the other characters for living their lives through men). I couldn't WAIT for this movie to come out. But I have to say, my reaction to this film is lukewarm at best...
Given that the TV show was something that modern women really identified with, in terms of its exploration of lifestyle dilemmas and the relationships that become important to us, the movie really failed to be contraversial in any meaningful way. AND it presented some really annoying current, media-fied stereotypes about us girls.
The emphasis on consumerism was intrusive and annoying (including some jarring product placement shots) - it seemed every second scene involved at least one of the girls laden with boutique shopping bags. I don't know about you, but MY fantasies involve a lot more ruling the world and a lot less shopping, thank-you! And I HATED that Big's big moment in the film was picking up the tab on a new apartment and a fantasy walk-in wardrobe for Carrie, as if the sexiest possible thing about a man could be his huge, enormous.... bank account. I was desperate to see the storyline between Miranda and Steve given more grift, too. He cheats on Miranda after they haven't had sex in six months, and the rest of their moments in the film hinge on whether or not Miranda will decide to forgive him. At no time, however, is there any exploration over the issue as to whether it might be justifiable for a person to cheat if they are continually sexually rejected by their lover. Man - in the TV series, a whole episode would've been given over to discussing that one! As it was, it just fed that lame old stereotype of women losing interest in sex after marriage and kids, and expecting the man to lump it.
The movie format hasn't done 'Sex and The City' any favours - the show was great for its zing, and snappy one-liners and fast pace. The film could easily have been an hour shorter if the editors had cut all the frigging fashion montages and shots of Samantha's dog humping stuff. I went to this movie really hoping that I would see loads of humour and pizzazz and courage and outrageousness, but something was just... missing.
On the upside, I was REALLY excited to see my favourite ever porn actress, the fabulous Roxy deVille pop up (almost literally) in a brief cameo as 'Dante's Girl #3.' Yes, she's in porn, but she's still one of my favourite chicks in entertainment - gorgeous in a mildly punky way with a great natural body, funny, articulate and whip-smart, with a completely tongue-in-cheek approach to her work. I loved her work in Tristan Taormino's 'Chemistry 3' for those who are interested in checking it out.
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