'Sex and the City' movie is $100 million hit...
The other day, one of my straight male co-workers came into the newsroom complaining about the "Sex and the City" movie his wife took him to. I wanted to just pummel him and realized there are now three things you should never discuss in order to preserve harmony: politics, religion and "Sex and the City."
Anyway, some people don't like the flick apparently, even fans of the series. I loved it and can't wait for the DVD to come out with all the deleted scenes and other extras. As the movie heads into its third weekend, it has earned a solid $107 million (as of Wednesday) at the box office and should add at least $10 million in the next three days. I think a domestic total of around $140 million is in store when all is said and done. I hope this is a big enough gross to mean there will be a sequel. Maybe Carrie has a baby, Miranda turns into a lesbian, Samantha flies out to the coast for a tryst with naked guy.
the ppssibilities are endless!
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I think the movie could have been much more creative...a witty creative unconventional TV series (award winning) deserved a movie equally as creative. The movie went way conventional. Miranda's reaction didn't make sense given her history with Steve. Carrie pummeling Mr. Big with her wedding bouquet equally weird. Why didn't she just stuff herself into the car, big dress and all, slam the door and say, what the hell is going on? No need for the stupid flower pummel. And Samantha slinging food at Smith because he was working late? Samantha knows about working late. Is this Samantha or some new character? Too much traditional afternoon soap opera junk in the movie. (This wasn't the case in the series at all.) So, yes, the writers, etc., have painted themselves into a corner...what can happen interesting in a sequel without it becoming even more soapy and sappy? The whole problem seems to be that the movie was written to "make the audience happy." How uncreative. The series never aimed to do this. The characters weren't allowed to do their own thing in the movie--the writer(s) had a tight rein on them. Too bad.