Last night I made a trip into the city and finally saw Sex and the City 2, just before it left the theaters. It was the only theater left in the Portland area it was showing. I'd heard a lot of chatter about it, especially since I waited so long to see it, and let me tell you, most of what I'd heard was that it was bad, unnecessary, a big disappointment. I would expect those type of reviews from critics, but even a friend who said she liked the first movie, told me she was ready to walk out of the theater at one point, and that she hated the movie. Hated? I asked. Yes, hated. So I was concerned that it was not only going to be not as fun as I had hoped, but plain terrible. Well, drum roll pleas...du...du..du.du..... I liked it, enjoyed it, and had a great time. If I was to assess say a grade, it would be a B to B+.
My experience was like this: The anticipation of waiting so long and others opinions that were swirling around my head as I watched the movie, made me a little over analytical at first. I am even trying to gauge audience reaction. So far so good, I think, I am enjoying the movie, and yes there are some cringe worthy moments, but they're few, and the last movie had some of those, but all in all I enjoyed that one too. Anyway, so I'm sitting there thinking, "I like this. Is it weird that I don't hate this. Should I hate this?", I'm sitting next to my friend wondering, "Does she hate this, am I laughing to loud at the obvious jokes?". Luckily, I came to my senses, and realized I really don't give a hooey, (ya, a hooey), what everyone else says or thinks, I like this movie. I think it did mostly everything (that I've read) it was set out to do. It wasn't suppose to be as dramatic as the first, it was suppose to be fun, decadent, and like the original series, the fashion was over-the-top, but in a good way.
All in all, I was very satisfied. The roles for each woman I thought were almost better than the last movie. Especially Charlotte, she got a meaty role that I especially related to. Samantha's character arc is what it always is for me, not great but fitting. She did however look amazing. Seriously, where she looked sort of old and busted and trying to hard the last movie, this time around she looked good, impressively good. So for me it was a great success, and I can't wait for it to come out on video so I can watch it again.
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