Anti-climax for Sex and the City 2

1 Jun 2010

After setting the trend with the debut of Sex and the City: The Movie, it was a disappointment to find that its sequel was nothing more than a lavish expense of landscape and fashion frilled with issues from four girlfriends who jet-set to Abu Dhabi and dig their heads in the sand.

Some two years on from the first movie, the characters have moved on from where they last left off with Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) getting married and now living with 'Mr Big' (Chris Noth) earning her the surname 'Preston', Charlotte's baby girl 'Rose' is two and the rest are like the paint on the walls, the same, just older.

The only characters that give this movie life are the lead Carrie, with her whimsical nature and classic voice-over narration and Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall) the now menopausal still nymphomaniac 50-something. Let's face it, Miranda 's (Cynthia Nixon) husband Steve already cheated in the first part and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) is just too wholesome for her life to crumble so we're kind of left with the only two mad-hatters that we can count on for some excitement in part two.

While this movie will satisfy the eye with its glitz and glamour it was definitely a Louis Vuitton-clutch short of a knock-out outfit, but anyway that's my own analogy. While some guffawed at what was its 'wise-cracks', others just kind of murmured on to what we hoped were going to be the more entertaining parts.

Mr 'Big', Carrie's husband featured more than the other male counterparts and truly he is boring. Thank goodness it really was all about the four girlfriends than the four couples because they just made a boring table in the opening scene at a friend's wedding. Don't worry I didn't give away anything that was worth being a surprise.

And don't get me wrong, I am a fan, just a disappointed one. The film had its interesting moments and the fact that most of it was set in Abu-Dhabi brings a new element to the otherwise 'Big Apple' scenario. There is a play at the Arab traditions but for the most part I'm going to write it down as pure entertainment at the expense of ignorance.

So anyway, I just about made it not even two minutes before the movie started and there was hope that this was going to be the magical experience that everyone was hoping for. But it was an anti-climax that just drowned out the edge and anticipation that the first movie gave us.