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Mr. Beaks Presents His Friend Sarah's Non-Outraged Female Perspective On SEX AND THE CITY 2!
SPOILER ALERT !!
Beaks here...
It's not the worst movie of the year, it's not a mockery of feminism, and it's certainly not the end of Western Civilization. It's SEX AND THE CITY, and it is, as ever, decadent, silly and not worth a great deal of contemplation.
So why bother with the sequel when I loathed the first film and, save for a couple of decent seasons, thought very little of the show? Well, when you read a perfectly pissed-off evisceration like the one fired off - and spread all over the internet - by The Stranger's Lindy West, you're obliged as a professional film viewer to peer through the sewer grate to see if the sludge is as glowingly toxic as its purported to be. It's a precarious task to be sure, but it's worth it when the muck bubbles up and you find yourself coated in something as gloriously noxious as SHOWGIRLS.
No such luck this time. It's just the same ol' cosmopolitan extravagance that got misguidedly championed as female empowerment for far too many seasons on HBO. The difference this this time is that writer-director Michael Patrick King has basically plopped the four fashionistas into a Hope/Crosby ROAD picture - which means the rampant consumerism and culturally insensitive actions of its characters carry all the metaphorical weight of a pratfall. When Samantha flaunts her flesh in the middle of a posh Abu Dhabi restaurant, it's a bit, not a political statement; the same goes for her condom-waving rant in the middle of a crowded bazaar (now, had King written in the threat of a stoning, then we'd have something to talk about).
SEX AND THE CITY 2 exists as mindless summer escapism for a certain segment of the moviegoing public; like IRON MAN 2, it evaporates the second you walk out of the theater. And while I'll never, ever watch it again, I have to admit that - even at 146 minutes - it passed by more quickly than Favreau's plodding sequel. It's not a well-made film, but it's completely innocuous and diverting enough for what it is. (Where was all this outrage when the truly rancid IT'S COMPLICATED was drawing mixed-to-positive reviews last December?)
And now I'll turn you over to my friend Sarah, a smart and talented writer who's also puzzled by the overwhelming opprobrium inspired by SEX AND THE CITY 2...
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Before we get started on SEX AND THE CITY 2, before we talk about what works, what fails, and how Michael Patrick King has managed to both destroy and save the Sex and the City franchise over the past twelve years, one thing needs to be clear because too many reviewers have irresponsibly (and offensively) confused two different items of dress.
An abaya is not a burqa. An abaya worn with a hijab (headscarf) is still not a burqa. An abaya worn with an niqab (face scarf) is still not a burqa. An abaya is meant to be worn over clothing as a wrap, as they traditionally do not have any sort of fastener. A burqua is a covering that goes over the head, over the hijab, often has a screen to cover the eyes, and can either be shoulder length or it can reach all the way to the ground.
This will be important information to have later on in this review.
When we last left Carrie and Mr. Big, they were celebrating their simple New York City Hall wedding with their friends at a simple New York City diner after their over-the-top wedding plans and over-the-top penthouse had almost destroyed their relationship. It's now two years later, and they've moved into a smaller apartment and their daily routine of take-out dinner and the couch in front of the TV has worn a little thin on Carrie. "The Girls" have their own new set of problems. Charlotte's dream of motherhood is turning out to be nightmare of screaming children and a bra-less young nanny, Miranda's legal career grows even more taxing under a boss she believes is slighting her, and Samantha is fighting menopause against the most ruthless of bitches, Mother Nature.
Carrie and Big, like all relationships, have always inhabited a world entirely of their own with their own rules and it is surprising when their decisions are questioned by outsiders. In an incongruous scene at the most flamboyant wedding since Princess Di's -- that just happens to be for two gay men with officiant Liza Minnelli bopping away to "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" -- a fan of Carrie's writing is flustered when it is revealed that she and Big do not plan on having children. And there the question lies; how do you keep the sparkle when it is and always will be just the two of you, and in the film, literally between hot sex and a screaming child?
One writing deadline and an escape to her old apartment (which they did not dare try to sell in a down market) for a few days reignites their spark and gives Big an opening to suggest that maybe keeping a separate place for them each to find refuge from time to time when one of them needs a break. Michael Patrick King misses a huge opportunity here to revisit an episode from season two of "Sex and the City" when Big and Carrie were working out their living situation (before their first break-up) and Big expressed his desire for different apartments, "Like Woody and Mia," but "Before Soon-Yi." Instead of remembering how they worked through this desire for space while being together, King chooses to let the poor couple work through this problem all over again through the course of the film.
Meanwhile, Samantha and Carrie have planted the idea in Charlotte's head that maybe her nanny is too hot, which adds to the continual stress she endures dealing with her rambunctious daughters. She finds herself needing more moments alone which makes her feel like a failure at the one job she ever wanted, motherhood. There is a haphazard joke about the girls destroying her vintage Valentino, which unfortunately takes away from what almost every mother has felt at one time or another: "Who are theses monsters and what are they doing in my house?" On the other side of the city, Miranda has decided she's had enough of her boss who may or may not be ignoring her input because she's a strong woman and quits her job to find a new firm, which has the side benefit of allowing more time for her son Brady. (Whether or not this leaves more time for her husband Steve seems to be irrelevant as he is barely in the film.)
All of this adds up to The Girls all needing an escape; Carrie giving Big his time alone, a reluctant Charlotte who doesn't want to leave her husband alone with the nanny but would love a break from the kids, and Miranda who happens to now have some free time on her hands. As quickly as you can say "Smith Jerrod," Samantha has booked a well-paying PR gig for an unseen sheik who needs to raise the profile of his fancy hotel in Abu Dhabi. In the heat of the desert, their problems all come to a head (except for Miranda, who seems to be handling unemployment by being the most stable one of the bunch, which is a welcome change from the shrill beast they made her in the first SEX AND THE CITY film), and they, as always, rely on each other to see through their respective "mid-wife" crises of fidelity, motherhood, and aging.
Which is what the promise of "Sex and the City" was always about and why, for all of its trashy consumerism, it appeals to a wide audience: we want our girlfriends to be there when we need them. What started to alienate some viewers as the series went on, and what failed in the first movie so badly - shopping montages and fashion shows - are finally toned way down in SATC 2. That isn't to say the glamor and the Dior are not there - they are. But material goods no longer seem to take precedence over friendship.
What continues to be inconsistent in the SATC universe is the comedy. King cannot decide if he wants to create a broad comedy where Samantha is seen with her panties down so she can apply Premarin on herself while Charlotte struggles with camels and camel toe, or if he wants the film to play straight with just a couple of moments of comic relief. We already have the insufferable Nancy Meyers making movies about rich, white, overly-serious, Baby Boomer women who are struggling with their existence who just happen to occasionally veer into slapstick; there is no need for more of this. When the show worked, it was always when the comedy and the heart were at the forefront. SATC 2 works when those two elements are coaxed out of the characters. When SATC 2 takes itself too seriously, the movie feels flat and leaves itself open to ridicule that is undeserved for what should be escapist fare.
Remember the abaya note above? In a scene that has caused some controversy in the early reviews, Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha find themselves alone in a room with a group of Arab women who remove their abayas to reveal they too love fashion, and underneath their black robes they are all wearing the latest runway collection. Why is this scene played for shock? In recent years vaunted designers such as John Galliano and Caroline Herrera have designed abayas to be worn over evening gowns and have added jewels and embroidery to abayas to sell to the women of the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia. By playing out this scene for titillation, King has given critics more than enough fuel to quite erroneously depict SATC 2 as a ham-fisted statement on privileged American women showing the UAE what life is like without a head wrap. (Ironically, every critic thus far who has called abayas burqas comes off sounding as snotty and uneducated as they suppose our heroines to be.)
Sarah Jessica Parker seems as comfortable in the role of Carrie as she ever has, which is no small feat for a character she has had to live with for more than a decade. Kim Cattrall's comedic timing is much better served in this film than the first, Kristin Davis has a funny drunk scene that allows her to break out from the uptight Charlotte York's disapproving WASP-y glare, and Cynthia Nixon has managed to somehow get better looking with age. It is a huge relief to see they allowed all four to look their age in the film, because the Photoshopped, diffused lighting billboards and advertisements have stripped away not only their wrinkles, but any life from their faces.
By returning parts of SEX AND THE CITY 2 to the series early seasons' comedic roots, King reminds us why it was fun to laugh at the foibles of a bunch of friends who just happen to have vaginas. But looking for anything deeper in this movie is a waste of everybody's time.
- Sarah
An abaya is not a burqa. An abaya worn with a hijab (headscarf) is still not a burqa. An abaya worn with an niqab (face scarf) is still not a burqa. An abaya is meant to be worn over clothing as a wrap, as they traditionally do not have any sort of fastener. A burqua is a covering that goes over the head, over the hijab, often has a screen to cover the eyes, and can either be shoulder length or it can reach all the way to the ground.
This will be important information to have later on in this review.
When we last left Carrie and Mr. Big, they were celebrating their simple New York City Hall wedding with their friends at a simple New York City diner after their over-the-top wedding plans and over-the-top penthouse had almost destroyed their relationship. It's now two years later, and they've moved into a smaller apartment and their daily routine of take-out dinner and the couch in front of the TV has worn a little thin on Carrie. "The Girls" have their own new set of problems. Charlotte's dream of motherhood is turning out to be nightmare of screaming children and a bra-less young nanny, Miranda's legal career grows even more taxing under a boss she believes is slighting her, and Samantha is fighting menopause against the most ruthless of bitches, Mother Nature.
Carrie and Big, like all relationships, have always inhabited a world entirely of their own with their own rules and it is surprising when their decisions are questioned by outsiders. In an incongruous scene at the most flamboyant wedding since Princess Di's -- that just happens to be for two gay men with officiant Liza Minnelli bopping away to "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" -- a fan of Carrie's writing is flustered when it is revealed that she and Big do not plan on having children. And there the question lies; how do you keep the sparkle when it is and always will be just the two of you, and in the film, literally between hot sex and a screaming child?
One writing deadline and an escape to her old apartment (which they did not dare try to sell in a down market) for a few days reignites their spark and gives Big an opening to suggest that maybe keeping a separate place for them each to find refuge from time to time when one of them needs a break. Michael Patrick King misses a huge opportunity here to revisit an episode from season two of "Sex and the City" when Big and Carrie were working out their living situation (before their first break-up) and Big expressed his desire for different apartments, "Like Woody and Mia," but "Before Soon-Yi." Instead of remembering how they worked through this desire for space while being together, King chooses to let the poor couple work through this problem all over again through the course of the film.
Meanwhile, Samantha and Carrie have planted the idea in Charlotte's head that maybe her nanny is too hot, which adds to the continual stress she endures dealing with her rambunctious daughters. She finds herself needing more moments alone which makes her feel like a failure at the one job she ever wanted, motherhood. There is a haphazard joke about the girls destroying her vintage Valentino, which unfortunately takes away from what almost every mother has felt at one time or another: "Who are theses monsters and what are they doing in my house?" On the other side of the city, Miranda has decided she's had enough of her boss who may or may not be ignoring her input because she's a strong woman and quits her job to find a new firm, which has the side benefit of allowing more time for her son Brady. (Whether or not this leaves more time for her husband Steve seems to be irrelevant as he is barely in the film.)
All of this adds up to The Girls all needing an escape; Carrie giving Big his time alone, a reluctant Charlotte who doesn't want to leave her husband alone with the nanny but would love a break from the kids, and Miranda who happens to now have some free time on her hands. As quickly as you can say "Smith Jerrod," Samantha has booked a well-paying PR gig for an unseen sheik who needs to raise the profile of his fancy hotel in Abu Dhabi. In the heat of the desert, their problems all come to a head (except for Miranda, who seems to be handling unemployment by being the most stable one of the bunch, which is a welcome change from the shrill beast they made her in the first SEX AND THE CITY film), and they, as always, rely on each other to see through their respective "mid-wife" crises of fidelity, motherhood, and aging.
Which is what the promise of "Sex and the City" was always about and why, for all of its trashy consumerism, it appeals to a wide audience: we want our girlfriends to be there when we need them. What started to alienate some viewers as the series went on, and what failed in the first movie so badly - shopping montages and fashion shows - are finally toned way down in SATC 2. That isn't to say the glamor and the Dior are not there - they are. But material goods no longer seem to take precedence over friendship.
What continues to be inconsistent in the SATC universe is the comedy. King cannot decide if he wants to create a broad comedy where Samantha is seen with her panties down so she can apply Premarin on herself while Charlotte struggles with camels and camel toe, or if he wants the film to play straight with just a couple of moments of comic relief. We already have the insufferable Nancy Meyers making movies about rich, white, overly-serious, Baby Boomer women who are struggling with their existence who just happen to occasionally veer into slapstick; there is no need for more of this. When the show worked, it was always when the comedy and the heart were at the forefront. SATC 2 works when those two elements are coaxed out of the characters. When SATC 2 takes itself too seriously, the movie feels flat and leaves itself open to ridicule that is undeserved for what should be escapist fare.
Remember the abaya note above? In a scene that has caused some controversy in the early reviews, Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha find themselves alone in a room with a group of Arab women who remove their abayas to reveal they too love fashion, and underneath their black robes they are all wearing the latest runway collection. Why is this scene played for shock? In recent years vaunted designers such as John Galliano and Caroline Herrera have designed abayas to be worn over evening gowns and have added jewels and embroidery to abayas to sell to the women of the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia. By playing out this scene for titillation, King has given critics more than enough fuel to quite erroneously depict SATC 2 as a ham-fisted statement on privileged American women showing the UAE what life is like without a head wrap. (Ironically, every critic thus far who has called abayas burqas comes off sounding as snotty and uneducated as they suppose our heroines to be.)
Sarah Jessica Parker seems as comfortable in the role of Carrie as she ever has, which is no small feat for a character she has had to live with for more than a decade. Kim Cattrall's comedic timing is much better served in this film than the first, Kristin Davis has a funny drunk scene that allows her to break out from the uptight Charlotte York's disapproving WASP-y glare, and Cynthia Nixon has managed to somehow get better looking with age. It is a huge relief to see they allowed all four to look their age in the film, because the Photoshopped, diffused lighting billboards and advertisements have stripped away not only their wrinkles, but any life from their faces.
By returning parts of SEX AND THE CITY 2 to the series early seasons' comedic roots, King reminds us why it was fun to laugh at the foibles of a bunch of friends who just happen to have vaginas. But looking for anything deeper in this movie is a waste of everybody's time.
- Sarah
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I stopped reading when you compared this turd to "Iron Man 2."
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No way can this possibly be good...
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are you trying to get laid beaks?
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I dont care if those whores all put on strap on's and fuck each other's rich cunts. I will never see this. My wife loved the hell out of IM2 and hated the first suckfest they called a sex and the city movie. My wife has taste....Crap like this gives chicks a bad name.
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I don't want to read a slew of comments about some asshole having to go see this with his girlfriend. Or thinking hes the only one with a girlfriend who doesn't like this crap. All women aren't into shit like this. Just like all guys don't want to see "The Expendables". If you have to go see this well sucks for you grow some balls and say no. And if you don't well guess what no one cares.
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May 27, 2010 3:00:36 PM CDT
Why the fuck is this film taking up so much bandwidth...
by tommygavinsego
... on a GEEK SITE??? No one here cares about this movie, the rancid, morally fetid show that spawned it; no one here will ever voluntarily watch this film. And off I go to one of the dozens other sites that actually report what we nerds think of as "COOL NEWS". Here's one - head to Empireonline. You can put your questions to Fox's Tom Rothman sometime soon. Should be of interest? Sex and the City. Fucking REALLY?
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"Iron Man 2" is probably not as bad as this. I'll give it that. But it was still pretty bad! If you are saying someone has a good taste in movies and then you say they loved "Iron Man 2" all credibility is gone.
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Like a drunken prom trailer city party girl droppin her panties to take a wiz in an alley, they need to be strung up. Liberal/Conservative Perfect!! justice, Hangem high, by their necks!!
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I don't get the hate for Iron Man 2 either. It's a comic book movie.
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wrong about Sex and the City 2
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Now I only need to get some estrogen shots so I might be able to watch the first 12 minutes. ARRRGH!
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Is this the equivalent of an AICN writer bringing his new girlfriend home to meet the parents. Harry tried the same thing with Yoko. We all know how *that* was received.
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MACGRUBBER!!!!!
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If you didnt like it I dont really give a fuck. Shave your vag and buy a ticket for Sex and the city. Fucking homo fanboys bitch about everything. Blah blah blah, Avatar sucks..Dark Knight sucks T2 sucks. Bitch bitch bitch. But this movie (satc2) DOES FUCKING SUCK!
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May 27, 2010 3:07:41 PM CDT
but seriously, why doesn't AICN just get a female contributor
by jackslater4
They've got time until the next Twilight comes out
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Those who said it would surpass TDK "easily" are looking pretty foolish now.
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Drying up? It will easily pass 300 mil. You want drying up look at MAC GRUBER!!!
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Our nation turns its lowly eyes to you.
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some asshole bitches and whines about people not liking a certain movie. Yet says they don't give a fuck what someone thinks about it. Kind of contradictory aint it jason?
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If this line is not in SATC 2, then I'm out.
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Thankfully, we've got Mania, Comics Alliance and other sites that actually want to report relevant info about the projects our demo cares about (and even in a timely fashion).
I'm not exactly sure when AICN jumped the proverbial shark, could be as early as Harry's Godzilla review or as recent as Capone's first SATC review. Anyway, the site now routinely posts reviews of chick flicks and goes days without reporting casting rumors about the movies we care about. AICN is now like the Leo DiCaprio era of Growing Pains. AICN is Coy and Vance Duke. AICN is...dare I say it...Batman & Robin? -
We'll let Midol Girl field that one :P
Good review from both Beaks & Sarah. I like a write-up that doesn't purposely ask a disguised "What the hell is wrong with women these days?" discussion. That way just leads to hurt feelings all around. -
My point was that people bitch about everything on this site. I think we can ALL agree that the "Sex" movies suck. If you hated IM2 thats great. I liked it. Who gives a rats ass.
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May 27, 2010 3:36:20 PM CDT
I can almost guarantee sarah is the most "snotty" reviewer
by bradleypitt
"Ironically, every critic thus far who has called abayas burqas comes off sounding as snotty and uneducated as they suppose our heroines to be."
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It's close to quitting time on Thursday and we all know AICN doesn't get updated from Friday through Sunday, so here's your Spider-Man 4 casting rumor story.
http://www.mania.com/spiderman-casting-down-to-5_article_122838.html
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Who could possibly think that this kind of wacky Hope/Crosby ugly Americans picture was gonna play in this day and age? Its a staggeringly ill-advised plan, regardless of how poorly executed it might be. Combine that with an emphasis on consumptive extravagance in a deep recession, and you've got to wonder if the joke is intentionally on the viewers. Glad to know the "four friends" angle still works, I guess, but come on, pitch this movie to anyone without the Sex/City brand and they'd gawk at you.
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…that don't get attention, because people are flocking to see SATC2. It's depressing.
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...in nursing homes yet?
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but I just can't take any of this seriously. When does football start?
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EPIC FAIL @ THE BOX OFFICEBUT IT WAS F U N !!!
Alice In Wonderland + ONE BILLION DOLLARS = GREATEST MOVIE EVER!! -
525 million and counting?
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Beaks might very well be the most intelligent reviewer on this site, but that sure doesn't equate to having good taste in movies. His top 100 was the most depressing collection of movies I have ever seen and now Sex and the City 2 better (or easier to sit through) than IM2. Beaks either you are trying to seem unique and sophisticated or you are the kind of person that would force someone like me to go on Zoloft after spending a week with you....WOW
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Please, you think Moon is good.
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May 27, 2010 4:40:22 PM CDT
I didn't bother reading the review, cuz fuck Sex and the City
by jackslater4
but is that what Beaks is saying? Better than Iron Man 2? Huh.
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You can never have too much of Horse Face and her ugly friends insulting other cultures. Best movie of the year!!!
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Out of all the films that have crossed $1bn only one - TDK - is actually good. The rest range from average to shit. And IM2 will level out at $600m. That's about $200m lower than expectations = moderate FAIL.
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Anyone elses random terrible opinion you want to post? My sister looooved it, mabye ill get her to do a writeup.
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and she's a bitch!∞
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Which is a terrible idea, because if a woman is at the movie theater she's not making my dinner!
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its a show about 3 hookers and their mom?
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He's had a rough month.
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There was a time when her ass was very special.
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Because man, those women are BUSTED looking.
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But why is a predominantly sci-fi site covering this to begin with? And, "save for a couple of decent seasons..." - you watched "seasons"? Plural? Come on.
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I am still stunned over how horrible Iron Man 2 was. The only thing about it I liked was also the only thing I anticipated hating: Scarlet Johansen as Black Widow. Downey, Rourke, Paltrow, Cheadle... all terrible. Rockwell imitating Tom Cruise? Lame! But the writing and direction are the real blame. I'd rather sit throught SATC2 twice, sight unseen, than sit through the travesty of IM2 again.
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I am still stunned over how horrible Iron Man 2 was. The only thing about it I liked was also the only thing I anticipated hating: Scarlet Johansen as Black Widow. Downey, Rourke, Paltrow, Cheadle... all terrible. Rockwell imitating Tom Cruise? Lame! But the writing and direction are the real blame. I'd rather sit throught SATC2 twice, sight unseen, than sit through the travesty of IM2 again.
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DUDE, WHY ARE YOU REVIEWING THIS CR@P ON A (Top) GEEK SITE... IT'S LIKE A GARLIC ENEMA FOR VAMPIRES or REAL-SILVER DILDO FOR SHE-WEREWOLVES... POOF!
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Nah, Rockwell was a laugh! Otherwise, yes... not particularly a good film.
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When I first came to aicn about a decade ago it was the broad and fair (but -hopefully- not arbitrary) approach to conversations about movies that made me stay and appreciate this site and what most of the people who wrote for it had to say.... So thanks to MrBeaks and especially Sarah for her well written and fair review. I don't really need to see this film. And I wonder why some comments/commenters seem to indicate that there should only be reviews for good movies.... (Then again...what's a "good" movie...) Good night, folks.
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And the fact that reviewers are using the wrong term for a piece of headgear does nothing to salvage the film. It's not even the ethnocentrism that's particularly unsettling: It's the glib and thoroughly amoral idea that everyone is really as shallow and materialistic as the "heroes" of the franchise, and, far, far worse, that they should be.
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Because I won't watch it, ever. But in all honesty, I am glad that AICN covers things like this and those sparkly Vampire films. It's a movie and entertainment site, and a lot of people are entertained by these movies. I'm just not one of them.
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Like anybody that visits this site was going to see this movie anyway. Don't get me wrong, it was well written and not a bad review but I just don't think anybody here cares.
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...way more racist than dudes. Well known fact.
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May 27, 2010 6:22:08 PM CDT
Conspiracy theory #43: Beaks is a woman.
by the dolphins are in the jacuzzi
Seriously, just think about it for a minute. It would explain everything, wouldn't it? And "Sarah" is actually "Sari," his Middle-Eastern women's rights activist live-in lesbian lover. Why didn't we see it before?
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May 27, 2010 6:35:25 PM CDT
SATC ISN'T FEMINISM, IT'S LIFESTYLE PORN!!! I HAVE A VIDEO FOR A
by tehcreepythinman
It's from the TV show Screenwipe, hosted by the FUCKING BRILLIANT Charlie Brooker as he dissects the idiot box. One particular segment should be seen by every single person at least one. Here's that segment...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59OJ17raqWw
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Seriously. The only people who visit this site who will see this movie are those dragged there by their wives/girlfriends. That's it. Any female visitors to the site are probably not the kind to be into this type of crap and I seriously doubt any of the males here have it on their "to watch" list. Why?
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Yes they are too close together, but more importantly they are often glazed over and lifeless.
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went skydiving with her
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Nobody here fucking cares! Seriously, fuck off with reviews of this movie already. Never was going to see it in the first place and jumping on the snark bandwagon for a movie that people already hate is not going to give you guys any cred. Instead call out shit like Survival of the Dead and Get Him to the Greek instead of sucking those filmmaker's cocks.
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May 27, 2010 7:27:49 PM CDT
This girl "Sarah" lined for Star Wars Episode 1 for 2 months!!!!
by james4543
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But yeah, her eyes are pretty fucked up too.
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L word >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>s&tc.
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May 27, 2010 8:14:03 PM CDT
Cynthia Nixon better looking with age? The bar was set low.
by juansanchez
Awful low.
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Both civilian and Allied military. To convince them that Western freedom is an ideal worth fighting for, womens rights are worth fighting for. And then we give them Sex & The City... yeah, that will convince Iraqis. Fucking morons.
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Have you seen that thing she's with?
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There isn't a woman in the world who could p*ssy-whip me into watching this film. No amount of coochie is worth having my eyeballs raped and my soul turned into toilet paper.
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If you took a group of over 40 guys and had them get together to resolve life issues, what do you call it? Grown Ups with Adam Sandler. This is a slapstick comedy poking fun at people acting like asses. Instead Sex In The City has you watching asses and over-the-hill cheerleaders comparing make-up and clothes with all the depth of a Sarah Palin interview.
During a time when people are pointing at the US as being insensitive to Muslims (and I sometimes agree, though I don't want to), setting this film in a Muslim country seems like a major thumbing of the nose to people's feelings. I don't take people seriously who believe showing boobies will cause earthquakes (and I live in California). I certainly don't approve of how women are abused in the Middle East. I realize many people there hate us for many of the wrong reasons. Having said that, this film clearly is the worst way to address that. -
Because most of America isn't that knowledgeable about the middle east beyond stereotypes.
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Whatever you call it, it's 13th Century Islamic desert tribal clothing and has no place in the modern worldThe sooner we all leave our various sky-pixies behind, the brighter our future as a race.
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May 27, 2010 11:33:55 PM CDT
Oh, and Sarah Jessica Parker looks like a boiled horse.
by biggusdickus
The story is her character deciding not to have kids? Like that'd be an option for her, the post-menopausal self-absorbed harpy...
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May 27, 2010 11:45:05 PM CDT
WATCH THIS NOW!!! EFFECTS REEL FROM GASPAR NOE'S ENTER THE VOID!
by tehcreepythinman
Keep in mind that Enter the Void only cost 13 million Euro's - 16 million Dollars. http://www.buf.com/visual_effects.php?display=movie&id=882
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....it's the women who are too old to truly lose themselves in twilight. to each his own, i say. we all like fluff movies.
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The HBO series was pretty decent from what I've seen. Clever writing for sure. It never was all about "older woman trying to fuck younger guys" or whatever you people think, it seemed like a rather realistic take on fashion and love obsessed 40-year old New York women - which there is plenty of those. Never saw the movies though and never plan to.
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While Sarah Jessica Parker has always been extremely hit or miss - and nowadays completely miss - there are moments on the show where she looked quite good. I know, it shocked me too.
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SATC2 was actually pretty enjoyable. Funny, clever, a little dopey sometimes, but fun.
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SEX IN THE CITY, is about female empowerment as it’s currently defined by the kind of jaded, 40-something divorcees who wash ashore at day spas with their grizzled girlfriends and pollute the Quiet Room with their ceaseless cackling about the uselessness of men. They are women who have learned certain of life’s lessons the hard way and think it kind to let young girls understand that the sooner they grasp the key to a happy life (which essentially boils down to a distaff version of “Bros before hos”), the better. In SEX, four close friends might scatter for adulthood - encountering everything from marriage, parenthood, work, and menopause - but the most important thing, the only really important thing, is that the four reunite and that the friendships endure the vicissitudes of boys and romance. Someday, after all, they will be in their 50s, and who will be there for them - really there for them - then? The boy who long ago kissed their bare shoulders, or the raspy-voiced best friend, bleating out hilarious comments about her puckered fanny from the next dressing room over at Eileen Fisher? SEX IN THE CITY replaces girls’ old-fashioned need for male love and tenderness - these chippies could make a crack whore look like Clara Barton - with that for shopping and brand names. It gives us a cast of girls whose desire for luxury goods is so nakedly hollow that the displacement of their true needs is pathetic. Now, you may ask "But, how's this different from the movies that star men?" Only one thing; we call out men for their shallowness and ignorance. Especially when it pertains to women. Obviously, when women show the same flaws (Especially when it pertains to men) we let them slip by unscathed. THAT is why this movie gets all the critique. If this were four male friends dispensing the same "life knowledge" and observations of women, they wouldn't get the old "Its escapist" excuse. In the very least, they'd get a roundtable discussion on Charlie Rose and a Congressional hearing sitting next to BP executives. But, if The Starter Wife says so...
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And will AICN call it great like they usually do?
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May 28, 2010 1:42:22 AM CDT
You know what's a great movie? Total Recall.
by crispin_glovers_acid_flashback
What a mind fuck.
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May 28, 2010 1:43:04 AM CDT
SATC porno title = "Sex in Her Shitty"
by crispin_glovers_acid_flashback
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It's because it's fucking hilarious to read about a movie like this one or Twilight or The Squeakquel getting ripped to shreads by reviewers or talkbackers.The SATC 1 movie TB's are classic, gut-busting funny shit.Stuff that doesn't belong here being posted anyway makes for great hilarity. I still shed tears of laughter whenever I think of the "GONE" debacle that happened some time ago. So many Lost TB's also need to be here. The amount of nerd rage and venom spewed is of biblical proportions, it's hilarious to read. Simple as that.
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Can I have an EDIT button for Christmas 2010, Santa?
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I don't know if you were just kidding or not, but they don't use stoning in Abu Dhabi (or any city in Emirates for that matter).
Emirates is the most developed Arab country in the Middle East. Just go to Dubai and you'll see I'm talking about. -
Sure, she goes a little too far in over-thinking a dumb piece of Hollywood garbage, but this kind of idiotic, ignorant and not to mention inaccurate representation of the middle-east needs to stop.
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This reviewer attempts to discredit every reviewer who criticizes the depiction of the middle east in this film by claiming that all those reviewers mistakenly refer to burkas as abayas, but that's bullshit. You can make a point about the portrayal, and just because your terminology isn't 100% accurate, doesn't invalidate that. I'm sure the American readership didn't know they were called abayas, either, so referring to them as burkas helps them make their point. It's like trying to discredit someone's argument because they didn't properly use commas and had flawed sentence structure.
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...that every reviewer that mistakenly calls an abayas a burka ends up sounding snotty, but she's got it twisted. She's the one sounding like that snotty nerd in the classroom who raises her hand to interrupt the teacher and says, "Excuse me, Mr. Bingham, but it's not a burka. It's called an abayas," and everyone in the class, including the teacher, wants that snotty little nerd to just shut the fuck up because it has no relevance to the larger points being discussed. Sarah takes a paragraph to discuss this terminology and says this will be important later on in the review, as if it is somehow integrated into the movie....but it isn't. She just later says that most reviewers don't use the proper terminology. She could have just said that up front, but she was trying to use this as her knock out punch at the end to the film's detractors....you failed, nerdy Sarah....you failed.
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This is an excuse made up by a woman as to why S&TC isn't that bad. I heard similar stories for the Twilight movies. Face it, chick flicks are shit because most women don't care to think too much.
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anyway, I gotta agree with the consensus, this shite has no place here, much less three fucking times
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...is a disease keeping hundreds of thousands, if not millions, from obtaining any kind of self-actualization and perpetuating miserable, malicious behavior. SEX AND THE CITY will eventually be replaced by a program with similarly vapid notions; 'lifestyle porn', indeed.
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reviewer, people are ill-educated for not being able to tell apart two slightly different items of clothing used to cover up the female form, further labelling women as 2nd class in comparison to men, even if said item is worn with other accessories which cover up the same areas? And she has the cheek to call them snobby?
Congratulations dipshit, that is the most irrelevant defence for a movie in history. Oh, and I'd rather appear ill-educated than be the type of up-their-own-arse fashion bore than can tell the difference between a shawl, a wrap and a poncho. They all perform the same basic function. The abaya (or however it's spelled, I can't be fucked checking) and the bhurka perform the same fucking function, so you'll have to pardon me if I see a woman covered up and immediately think bhurka...I'm not from that culture and I may not have a chance to look that shit up on Google in order to appear superior to others. I'm sorry, but this lady is an asshole, and FAR more pretentious than those she seeks to belittle for having the sheer gall not to recognize a slightly different item of clothing that performs the same fucking function of the famous and well-publicised one.
Sex and the City is not for me, it just isn't, and I see no reason for the 3 separate reviews on a site which doesn't cater for that demographic. Fuck, at least Twilight has werewolves and vampires in it so there's a slight justification beyond the "it's fun to read about movies being eviscerated" factor.
So, to summarise, Beaks is trying to get laid by being all "right on", and his guest reviewer is a snobby cunt who looks down their nose at people for not knowing the most pointless details about a culture we are not a part of. Phew. -
She's a pretty pimp with this review, yo.
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The more hatred is spewed about it, the more we look with dead eyes towards the horizon and ask the great spirit in the sky that we scream to even though we know it isn't there about it, the more we bitch, the more thought waves are wasted about this... 'movie.' Just ignore it, it will go away.
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End of story.
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