Take 2

As promised, Kellie's take on the film. Thanks for being my first guest blogger girl! (Warning...Kellie's review does contain some spoilers if you have not seen the film yet.)

Final Fantasy?

If you haven't seen it yet... you're late. I like to think of Sex and the City - The Motion Picture, as one possible version. All the glamour, humor, fashion, music, and witty repartee were there, however I was left wanting a little more. And with Sex.... that's never good. So I'm giving it three and a half stars. I'm a purest by nature and some of it didn't ring true.

There is no doubt in my mind that Michael Patrick King had much input from many sources. I would love to have been in the editing room to see what made it and especially what didn't make the cut. It felt 'movie' like, but I feel it had lost the city grit I love the television series for. It felt glossy, as it should - it's a movie, it's Hollywood, it's fantasy. Not good, not bad... just different.

And while on the subject of gone Hollywood... Samantha... it was in the back of my mind throughout the movie if they moved her character to California because of the off-set rumored upsets? Like character punishment. She came back to NYC for all the major events, but that seemed disjointed. "Yeeeay, Samantha's here!" they'd exclaim, as if it was a surprise... I was thinking 'yeah, she'd better be there!' I was proud that Charlotte finally grew a couple and wasn't a total Pollyanna. Now that's character development! Charlotte's character matured the most and finally let go...and let go she did, in many different ways. Miranda was Miranda... her character was always strong, solid and very human. I believe Cynthia Nixon is a great actress and she has stayed true to Miranda. The male counterparts were weak. They dressed Steve like an undeserving dork and I barely saw or heard from Harry, whom I love. And I could have used A LOT more gay! Anthony and Stanford were present, but the television series incorporated gay story lines more frequently, it made the show what it was and that aspect seemed absent. I adored Jennifer Hudson's' role, she seemed to fit in just perfectly and I had wished she was in the movie from the start.

Now for the meat... Carrie and Big. What happened? (I say that in a lot of my past relationships too) But, seriously, what happened? I don't believe this version, I'll say it this way... It's unbelievable! It was nice to see them; they were great; Carrie was mostly true to character, but Big was a Big Wimp.A fifteen year relationship and 3 years of living together and I'm asked to believe this scenario? That being said...I'd like to ask- please go back, re write and give me something better! Then I could see more NYC, more clothes, more glamour, more laughs. That would be fine with me. It'd be like "Sex and the City - The Other Version". Not a sequel, but perhaps what happens to them in a parallel universe.

The one thing I have learned from my own writing class is that writers make the rules in the world in which you are writing about and in that world anything is possible. So, it's okay that an entire walk in closet was created out of thin air... or a really large crawl space. Some of my favorites: Carrie's gray sweater with the feathers. Charlotte's black dress at the wedding. Samantha's big sun hat. The resort they stayed at in Mexico, Leon Andre Talley's cameo. The lesson on forgiveness. Carrie's cell phone with duct tape on it. Plum Skyes cameo. Steve's butt. The rendition of Auld Lang Syne. The movie was total fantasy, but it was an inspiration to appreciate your friends, look good when you leave the house, enjoy your life and don't ever forget to laugh a little.

My Sex and the City day was a wonderful day and it was entertainment at its best! We were one of the first to see it on opening day because we went to the matinee, Thanks A Million to my number one gay (a Mark of all times good). The movie allowed me to reflect on my own life, my dear friends, sex and the 'other' city (SF), my own Mr. Big and my wardrobe. I feel very fortunate to be living the life I have; even though, like the girls, I complain and try to figure it out all too often. I couldn't do it without my friends, whom I consider my family, and their great sense of humor. The only thing missing right now? A great pair of shoes... who wants to go shopping?