For those of you who haven't seen it yet, Do Not Panic, I will not be giving any details of the plot away. Promise.
Sex and the City - the movie starts four years after Big flew to Paris to find Carrie. At the end of the final series Miranda had moved to Brooklyn with Steve, Charlotte was happily married to Harry and about to adopt a little baby and Samantha, recovering from cancer, was having a fabulous relationship with Smith. It all ended in a brilliantly satisfying way and still brings tears to my eyes when I watch it with the song You Got the Love beating out with Carrie walking down the street in New York.
So. What has happened to the four women and their partners in four years? And how on earth is the film going to measure up to the series?
In answer to the first question...well, I'm not going to tell you. I will tell you that I loved the film and it certainly did measure up. Yes I am a fan, but the two friends I went with hadn't seen all the series and they still loved it. All the characters you want to see are in it. It is very much Carrie based, more so than the series, but just like when you adapt a film from a book, adapting a film from a series will mean some things in the formula and style are going to have to change slightly. On the whole I found it faithful to the series although I'm not going to say any more here because I would have to give examples.
There are some very funny laugh out loud moments and some very emotional moments. I happily blubbed away with the rest of them. What I found quite disconcerting though, wasn't just the fact there was a huge audience that laughed when I was used to watching it on my own on DVD, but also the graphic scenes that Sex and the City is so famous for. Sitting four rows from the front and on a huge screen was a lot different to watching it on my little TV at home.
I know people have complained that it was slightly too long, but to be fair, I didn't want it to end. When is the next one coming out?
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