I PROMISE YOU THAT I'M NOT GOING TO BE AN ASSHOLE AND SPOIL THE MOVIE FOR THE LOYAL FANS OF SEX AND THE CITY. THESE ARE JUST GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE CHARACTERS AND THE WHOLE SATC PHENOMENON...
So a good friend of mine emailed me yesterday to tell me that he had tickets to a private screening of the SATC movie. I never watched the show, but I knew about the premise and was familiar with all the characters. Every other woman I know has already bought pre-sale tickets and are setting up parties to go see the movie so I figured that even though I didn't care about the movie, I could rub the fact that I got to see it before it was released to the masses in my overly excited girlfriends faces(yeah, I'm that bitch. lol)
The movie was entertaining enough. It didn't leave me wanting to run out and buy the DVD box-sets, but I wasn't falling asleep and laughed out loud more than once. I was also happy to support writer/director Michael Patrick King. Up until a year ago (when he left for NY to film the movie) he had a suite in a West Hollywood office building. My suite was next door to his and he is a very sweet and classy man. Not at all pretentious or snobby. I like him very much so for him alone I hope the movie makes a trillion dollars. OK, I'm done name dropping.
Now on to my observations:
1. Sarah Jessica Parker is a ridiculously skinny bitch! So skinny that it's painfully unattractive. They say that the camera adds 10 pounds, but SJP needed about 30 pounds added. You can see every vein, organ and rogue fat cell in that woman's body. Somebody please feed her!
2. What's up with the way Kim Catrall speaks? Her affect is such that I can't tell if she's trying for upper-crust posh socialite or sex kitten??? I was confused and annoyed at the same time.
3. Kristin Davis is the prettiest one of the group and looks damn good in high fashion as well. Why wasn't she the lead on this show?
4. I don't get the appeal of Jason Lewis(Smith). I honestly don't find this guy attractive. He has an enormous head and he needs to stay out of the sun because he's getting some deep folds in his face. I know I'm in the minority, but I was bothered by his massive dome and sun-damaged skin.
5. I found Chris Noth attractive. I never have before, but I could see some Cary Grant-esque quality about him that was appealing.
6. SATC fans are insane. I had a woman sitting behind me who felt compelled to comment on EVERYTHING. She had to critique the clothes and the shoes. She sang along to the soundtrack. She had to give Carrie advice (I shit you not). She had to blurt out what she thought a character was about to say. I swear I thought I was at a screening of Soul Plane with all the talking to the screen that was going on! Someone needs to sit her down and explain that these are not real people or situations and that they can't hear her talking to them. I was over her ass about 15 minutes into the film.
7. The soundtrack was really good even with a crazy woman behind me singing along.
Overall, it was a good experience. I wouldn't see it again, but I wouldn't tell anyone not to check it out either. I think the true fans of the show will be happy with it. I just hope they start a letter writing campaign to SJP to get on a program of regular eating. I'm worried about that chick.
