SEX & THE CITY 2, by TICKLEBEAR

last friday night,
it was for me the occasion to reunite
with my real friends and the fictive ones,
as i had cocktails with my friends
before we all went to see
SEX AND THE CITY 2,
the latest instalment in the adventures of
CARRIE, CHARLOTTE, MIRANDA and SAMANTHA,
these women we've come to love.
the presentation was sold out to a majority of fashionistas
who cheered often enough during the movie
to show their approval,
especially when AIDEN appeared...
as eager as i was to see this movie,
i was left a tad nonplussed.
we see MIRANDA living blissfully at home
while going through turmoils at work,
bringing her to the point of reconsidering her career choices.
CHARLOTTE's fairy tale life is more exhausting
than anticipated.
SAMANTHA deals pro-actively with menopause,
providing some good comedic moments.
and CARRIE, well... CARRIE.
now that she's finally become the missus of mister PRESTON...
she now misses her glam life
and wishes her husband hadn't become such a couch potato.
as the girls all come to a crisis point,
they decide to escape to a faraway land
to forget their problems
and leave the city behind.
while in the tv series,
when the girls ended up in hollywood,
it was a fun adventure for them and for us as well,
this escapade here is not so fortunate.
sure!
it's the opportunity for a fashion extravaganza
and some oddly funny situations,
but i feel it didn't do a thing for their respective storylines.
i might have prefered to see the girls remain in NYC,
where they belong...
and deal with their issues,
rather than having this whole "new middle-east" thing
that lasted forever...
(yes the movie is long and you feel it somewhat.)
only to see them return to NYC
and see all of their problems fixing themselves
in a precipitated fashion.
the moral of this story is:
"there's no place like home",
and much like DOROTHY,
the girls clicked their shoes to go home,
only too happy to find themselves again
on familiar grounds.
this will not be the best movie of 2010,
but certainly a success due to its fanbase,
and another chapter in their lives.
if there is a third movie,
i'll obviously go see it,
but i'd be hoping to find the girls on hometurf,
rather than abroad.
one thing that bothered me:
the make-up!!!
we are all aware the girls have aged,
but to see them,
especially CHARLOTTE and SAMANTHA,
all plastered up to the point of disfigurement,
was simply ridiculous.
aging is not a sin,
and to see them as if they'd just seen a mortician
was not the most appealing to me.
i'd rather see healthy looking middle aged women
than someone pretending to have the skin of a 16 years-old.
i'm just saying!!
lay off the heavy duty make-up.
on another note,
if i were to attend a gay wedding like the one in the movie,
i would think it was a riot,
but would never confess to being there.
i guess there is a limit to my gayness...
i now realise there is something like being "too gay".
just how much can one stomach?!?
to conclude:
not the best movie,
nor is it the worst.
it's something that'll be welcomed by the fanbase,
even if it is not the most memorable moment
we'll be sharing with the girls.
i guess we'll be seeing them again in a couple of years,
yes, but with cocktails!!!
:)~
HUGZ