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Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Big (Chris Noth) get engaged, Samantha (Kim Cattrall) has moved to an LA beach house, Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Harry (Evan Handler) get pregnant, and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Steve (David Eigenberg) grapple with infidelity." -- from a solid, well-reported New York Post piece about New Line's Sex and the City movie.
The article says that a good deal of emphasis will be given to glamour, clothes, bling, glitter -- all the stuff that turns shallow women on. I hope it goes to Cannes so guys like myself can shred it with impugnity. Unless it's good, of course.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on April 15, 2008 at 3:47 PM
comment #1
Arran
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"Unless it's good, of course."
You crack me up, Jeff.
Posted by Arran
at April 15, 2008 4:08 PM
comment #2
calraigh
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''Shallow women''.The kind that go for 'galumphs'?And the women you'd rate as ''7's, 8's, 9's''?
I think you'll find, Mr.Jeffrey Wells, blogger extraordinaire, that plenty of women, ''shallow'' and otherwise will go and see this film precisely because it revels in all things shallow and fantastical and is as such, fantasy.Then they'll leave the cinema and go back to their non-fantastical lives with none of these things.But if I say you are fundamentally ill-equipped to comment on such a film, then I'd have to admit I am the same, regarding Iron Man. But of course that fantasy film is a profoundly deep, contemporary comment on today's society.And in no way shallow, facetious or reeking of Teutonic ideology.
Posted by calraigh
at April 15, 2008 4:29 PM
comment #3
Glenn Kenny
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I'd say that today's cinephiles have about as much reason to give a shit about this movie as the cinephiles of 1966 had to give a shit about "Munster, Go Home."
Unless it's good, or course. Ar ar ar.
Posted by Glenn Kenny
at April 15, 2008 4:32 PM
comment #4
The Winchester
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I rather prefer this take on the "solid, well-reported New York Post piece"
http://www.avclub.com/content/hater/sex_the_city_the_movie_is_like
Posted by The Winchester
at April 15, 2008 4:35 PM
comment #5
Jeremy Smith
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I bet Godard loves MUNSTER, GO HOME.
Posted by Jeremy Smith
at April 15, 2008 4:46 PM
comment #6
christian
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As long as they're eaten by the Cloverfield monster, I'll be there.
Posted by christian
at April 15, 2008 4:46 PM
comment #7
D.Z.
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http://www.sponkit.com/sarah-jessica-parker-leads-maxims-five-unsexiest-women-alive/
Posted by D.Z.
at April 15, 2008 4:47 PM
comment #8
Undercover Brother
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I think every man forced into watching this thing should be promised an act of oral sex after its over. And maybe during. And probably before.
Posted by Undercover Brother
at April 15, 2008 5:00 PM
comment #9
Doug
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What happened to Spoiler warnings?
Anyone who doesn't think SJP is sexy should check out a black and white shoot she did for W a few years ago.
Posted by Doug
at April 15, 2008 5:14 PM
comment #10
MAGGA
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Sex In The City was a pretty good show, and not as shallow as one might assume at first glance. It had an important impact on modern culture, being sexually liberating for women in a much different way than the bimbo-focus of "girl power" etc. Many men have benefitted from this show in a lot of situations and some of us don't even know it. I'll admit that the fact that they shoot wider than the drama warrants in order to show of the latest designer clothes is a bit off-puytting from a storytelling perspective, and making a film so long after the show is a bit odd. But it might just have something to offer, maybe some extra gravitas due to the years since the show ended. Don't rule it out as a quality afternoon just yet.
Posted by MAGGA
at April 15, 2008 5:19 PM
comment #11
bill
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welcome to the site wealthykiss.com!
Posted by bill
at April 15, 2008 11:27 PM
comment #12
Rich S.
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Wait a minute! How in hell did Jeffrey manage to NOT tie this into the election? I'm stunned!
"all the stuff that turns shallow women on. [You know, the types that are marching in lockstep to the Hillary drumbeat.]"
Posted by Rich S.
at April 16, 2008 6:01 AM
comment #13
Mgmax
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Okay, I'll tie it into politics.
You know what would have been jawdroppingly ballsy enough to actually justify this being a movie? Starting it as a typical Sex and the City episode, dirty talk and supposed wit, and then 15 minutes into it, the first jet hits the World Trade Center. And then play it serious from there, how 9/11 shakes up the lives of the most vain and vapid characters on TV.
The core audience would be throwing shit at the screen, but at least it would be more than an extended TV episode.
Posted by Mgmax
at April 16, 2008 7:10 AM
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Jay T.
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It appears Sarah Jessica Parker is being strangled to death by a giant flower...
Posted by Jay T.
at April 16, 2008 7:26 AM
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Bocephus
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Maybe they are being attacked by the angry plants from The Happening?
Posted by Bocephus
at April 16, 2008 8:01 AM
comment #16
Rich S.
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Speaking of which, the utter box office failure of The Ruins (which I understand was not half bad) cannot be sitting well with M. Night.
Posted by Rich S.
at April 16, 2008 8:28 AM
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christian
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Mgmax, believe it or not, your version of SATC was exactly the one I wanted to see. I even wrote an essay right after 9/11 and used that as a plot device to wake up those awful self-absorbed women. My editor cut out that portion. He liked the show. I do not. And it's a tad smarter as Magga says, but not that much.
Posted by christian
at April 16, 2008 10:45 AM
comment #18
cjKennedy
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I'm not going to read the Post piece an account of I don't give a shit, but everything Jeff quotes appears to be in the trailer. Is there more to the article than that or is this another fine example of investigative journalism?
Posted by cjKennedy
at April 16, 2008 2:30 PM
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