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SATC2

A bit of a late comment seeing how everyone and their mother has now seen this, but I finally got the chance last weekend while celebrating lil sis' birthday.

*Spoiler alert*

The first movie felt like an entire series condensed and edited down to movie length with some token efforts to keep an executive happy.They managed to fit in some humour and touches from the TV show while ignoring the glaring plot holes and making room for an X-factor winner and some far too obvious product placement. Nothing that would have won an oscar but nothing truly offensive to fans of the TV show.

The second movie had the feeling that someone gave the executive total power....

The actors, costumes and scenery all played their part against some truly dreadful ideas (Karoke style woman power? Really? Glee gets away with singing. SATC doesn't- and the scene with woman of all nationalities joining in and standing proud still make me cringe.)The Actors know their charcters well enough to slip back into them, It would be harder to play the desinger name drop shot game this time round. (Not counting the scene with the obvios Dior outfit) and the travelling to another city wasn't quite as bad as I was expecting once you get past the stereotyping. (Although would have been nice to have seen a better mix of muslim woman style..they weren't supposed to have been in Saudi after all).



I admit I may have started from a disadvantage after catching some of the better episodes on late night tv but the cynical humour and witty one liners seemed to be replaced by trite observations and predictable scenes. The charcters have become confined by the script to one word personalities defined by their dress sense. I didn't hate the movie (the goodwill generated from the series is still pretty strong), but I really hope they let this rest now.

The studio should be commended to their commitment to the flogging dead equine industry.

2 Pasties: Still beats hot tub time machine.

 


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