You realize that "football" is a metaphor...right?

nakedpianoplayer said:

Exactly.

Genesia said:

For "Shut the fuck up."?...

Honey said:

If that's what it takes to give him some time for himself...yeah.

Genesia said:

JackieBlue said:

Seeeee??? Some mo' bullshit.

Mach said:

Bravo. Glad someone said it.

The series was an annoying joke masquerading as modern feminism -badly, at that -to begin with. I never understood the appeal of watching women spend too much money on shoes and whine about men.
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meow85 said:

Yeah, like I said everyone's reality is different and obviously millions of women DID identify with aspects of the show. So, whatevs . . .

BlueZebra said:

Uh, so why you ain't got nuthin' to say???

SCNDLS said:

I didn't like the series.
I never saw the movies.
Kim Cattrall is one hot mutha though

BlueZebra said:

I watched exactly one episode of SATC and never watched it again. I could not understand for the life of me why smart, beautiful women were acting so fucking stupid over men.

people keep asking me if I will go on the SATC NYC tour

and when I say "sorry, never once watched that show actually" I get a very curt "oh" kthnx

what is it? a tour of shoe shops?

It's a shame if people tune in to one ep and it happens to be a particularly bad one because the show can be really awesome at times. And Samantha is the first and last time you'll ever see a female portrayed like that (and loved for it) on national tv mark my words.

SCNDLS said:

...And obviously there's something wrong with me for not thinking that watching middle aged women fawning over thousand dollar shoes and fret over their relationships is quality entertainment.

I honestly don't get the appeal in that. Can a fan of the show explain it to me?

My biggest problem w/ the movie was the sappy ass looks on Steve & Miranda's faces when they met on the bridge

LOVED the shit outta the series, the movie was a letdown...

meow85 said:

I agree that sometimes the show does focus on those things too much but if you stay with the series there are a LOT of different themes and social issues they discuss and work through.

purplesweat said:

I only ever saw maybe three episodes. Maybe they weren't good ones, I don't know. But all they seemed to focus on was the Blahnik's and the men with odd nicknames. (Big? Really? Does that infer what I think it does?)

meow85 said:

No, she means "big" as in big business type, that unreachable kind of guy. Don't worry, I thought what you were thinking for ages, too, til I happened to catch the episode where she explained it. And his real name is John.

Carrie and probably Charlotte are the two non feminist, fashion obsessed characters. I mainly watch the episodes for Samantha (quite a legendary and groundbreaking character) and Miranda, although she can get irritating, too.

purplesweat said:

Have to say Samantha was my favorite character. Not sure if I liked how they portrayed her in the movie as unsatisfied and searching for something.
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meow85 said:

Did I say or infer that there's something wrong with you in my post? Um, no. But I guess it's okay for you to make judgments about a show that you only saw three times out of six years on tv and also make defacto judgments about people that enjoyed the show because of course they could ONLY be attracted to the shoes.

SCNDLS said:

The show was brutally honest and dealt with a lot of topics most TV shows wouldn't even acknowledge, let alone touch. I'll put seasons 3 and 4 up there as some truly great TV, classic, well-written, great acted episodes. The show wasn't just about shoes.

I'd also add that you really can't judge the show based on those castrated syndicated episodes. You have to watch the original unedited episodes.

Efan said:

And several fans have already explained their attraction to the show throughout this thread and mention the fashion in passing but some people just wanna focus on the frivolous aspects of it which were still fun and funny.

Like I always say, everything ain't for everybody and folks need to stop judging others simply because they don't agree with someone else's lifestyle.

Merely some of the things I really disliked about this movie:

-Opening song (and, actually, the entire soundtrack grated on my nerves (the version of Auld Lang Syne was somewhat interesting, if not annoying, but the soundtrack was sooo loud and obnoxious)!
-Carrie while she's seeing the apartment for the first time. Ugh.
-Charlotte walking funny in pretty much every scene she's in.
-Charlotte yelling. Stop yelling! And walk normally.
-Carrie's hair change. And then the change back.
-Carrie and Louise. SOME of their dialogue was decent, and even though SJP is an okay actress, I didn't believe for one second that these two had formed a friendship. It was so forced and phony. And since when does someone like Carrie hire somebody to set up a website, open her mail, etc. The entire thing just stunk.
-The poop scene. The worst scene in the movie.
-Lily saying "sex" into the phone, and the ridiculous guffaws that followed. Preposterous.
-Mexico.
-New Year's Eve - Carrie scampering around every corner and then pausing to look around as though she'd just arrived on Earth for the first time. I was very happy to see Carrie put her self-involvement on hold long enough to see Miranda, but her outfit and her running around town sucked the joy right out of the scene.
-Carrie sleeping in a long pearl necklace. Stupid.
-Big telling Carrie she needed glasses and her saying she had his.
-Carrie's hair in the final scene.
-Samantha's wardrobe.
-Carrie's bird veil.
-Samantha's dog.
-Dante.
-Miranda forgetting her child and going to Mexico. Miranda forgetting her child and attending fashion week. Etc.
-Carrie's flip-out on Valentine's Day. She is soooo self-centered. Miranda's worng because she didn't forgive Steve immediately? Whatever. Sure, Carrie was selfish on the show too, but it does get old.
-Carrie and Big in general.

Forgot to mention the, um, pubic scene.
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I LOVED the TV series but the movie was a huge disappointment

SCNDLS said:

Touchy much?

I asked someone to explain the appeal to me, didn't I? And who's making judgments about the fans? I said I fail to see the entertainment value in what I have seen of the show. If there's more to it, it certainly does not come across in any of the ads or media hype surrounding the series or the movie. And if that's the case I can tell you right now that's a poor marketing scheme.

So, explain it, please.

But if, as I'm told, there is more to the show, wouldn't it make sense to advertise that instead of having to rely on fans to explain it to people who've only ever been exposed to the fluffier, well-known aspects?

In reply to your other post, people have brought up on this thread vague references to "serious topics" and "issues" without saying what that entails. How am I supposed to guess if that actually means anything if no one elaborates? The only in-detail discussion on here is complaints about specific aspects of relationships in the movie.
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Because of this thread, I went back lastnight and pulled this movie off of my shelf.
It is like visting old friends, friends you have not seen in 5 years, they won't be the same, you are not the same, but there is still some comfort in visiting with them. I have never been able to relate to any part of the series. I have been married for 25 years to my high school sweetheart. I have never had sex with a different man each night, I never bar hopped or went clubbing. I would never in a million years spent hundreds of dollars at a time on shoes, never cheated on my husband or had the urge to. But there is something about this certain group of ladies that pulled me in. The guys, Smith, Harry, Stanford, Anthony and yes even Big...nice to see again. There are many flaws in the movie, but I still enjoy going back and re-visiting these characters. And all the nay-sayers of the world will not change that.

i love sex in the city, and i liked the movie too, looking forward to the next one!