SATC 2 - An EWP Review

Some things are so big that they make an EWP come out of her leave of absence and blog. The Sex and the City 2 movie is one of those things.

First of all, like all big events, an outfit was necessary.

This is what I wore:

Badgley Mischka dress, belt stolen from other dress, black crinoline for some much needed pouf, David Yurman ring, Anthropologie flower clip (I was wearing a much bigger flower earlier but figured people sitting behind me wouldn't be able to see and switched), and black peeptoe Louboutins.

Not my best creation, but I found myself with only 15 minutes to get ready and threw this together. Not bad for only having 15 minutes.

Well, the movie, folks, was not good. It was all really stupid and didn't make much sense. And, well, it was pretty racist. I was pretty offended most of the movie. In all, the girls' problems all seemed contrived and stupid, as we thought they would be after they wrapped everything up so well in the first movie.
This is so sad to say, but it was definitely not worth seeing :(

For those of you who haven't seen it, that's about all I'll say here. I give you the good, the bad, and the ridiculous below:


SPOILER ALERT. If you have not seen SATC 2 and don't want to know some plot points, do not read ahead. SPOILER ALERT.








Okay, everyone gone who doesn't want to read? Good.

THE GOOD:

1. With the previews saying "we were stuck between wild sex and a baby" I was really afraid the movie would be about Big and Carrie having a baby, which is so not them. Luckily, the writers agreed and stuck true to the Carrie character and no babies for them. Phew!
2. I don't know if this is good, but I'll stick it here: I'm pretty sure I went to high school with one of the guys who sang at Stanford and Anthony's wedding.
3. Speaking of the wedding - Liza was fabulous. Seriously. Wonderful. Her doing "Single Ladies" was maybe the highlight of the entire movie.
4. The fashion. Not as ridiculous (or expensive) as the last movie, but still wonderful nonetheless. The desert landscape led to many flowy, dreamy maxis and jumpsuits. I loved them all.
5. The Indian butler made me cry when he talked about his wife. SO SWEET. And unexpected.

THE BAD:

1. I get motherhood is hard. I really do. But Charlotte complaining and crying about how being a mother is just so tough when she is a housewife with a full-time, live-in nanny was just utterly ridiculous. What's so tough, Char? You don't have to worry about a work-life balance, and you apparently don't even watch your kids. So please let me know what is so darn tough. Nothing? Okay, that's what I thought.
2. The entire braless nanny storyline was unnecessary and didn't do anything for the storyline except make Charlotte wholly unlikeable and crazy.
3. Abu Dhabi? Really? The ladies need to stay in New York. Stop sending them places. I don't like them in LA, don't like them in Mexico, and I don't like them in the UAE.
4. That said, I was excited to see the girls in all the glamour that is the UAE (that place is swank and cosmopolitan, folks), instead the movie portrayed it as backwards and awful. Did the producers think that blatant anti-Muslim xenophobia would make for clever humor? Because it didn't. I was offended the entire time. Especially when the movie had a group of angry men chasing the girls because Samantha was wearing shorts and had condoms in her purse. And then they donned burkas to get away. It was not funny. It was offensive. We don't need backwards Muslim stereotypes in the movies. I guess I should be happy they didn't add in a terrorist subplot.
5. Why are Stanford and Anthony in a marriage where Anthony gets to cheat? Wholly disappointing. Stanford deserves better than that. And while we're fighting for gay marriage to get legalized the last thing we need is this bad gay stereotype of promiscuity.
6. Aside from Big, the men don't have any part at all. Steve and Harry each have one line.
7. The "I am Woman" karaoke scene made me cringe. It was slow, it was boring, and there is no way those characters would have done that and not made fun of themselves for doing it. And, lord, it went on forever. It would. not. end. No more karaoke, please.
8. WHERE WAS GILLES MARINI??? I was convinced he'd be in the sequel.

THE RIDICULOUS:

1. I'm as big a proponent of high heels as anyone can be, but there is a time and a place for everything. And even I would draw the line at wearing 5 inch heels in the desert. The girls looked ridiculous sinking into the sand with every step they took. Couldn't they have been put in a sexy gladiator sandal? It would have made WAY more sense.
2. Carrie cheats on Big (yes, kissing your ex-fiance is cheating), and what does he do? No big fight. No expression of betrayal. They don't even talk about what was going on with them. No, Big gives her a giant black diamond ring. WHAT???? Since when does the cheater get gifts of giant jewelry?
3. More ridiculous? Carrie was driven to cheat by the fact that Big bought them a tv. To watch movies together. I'm sorry, you're in your 40s and 50s, every night can't be out on the town. Watching a movie together at home doesn't sound so bad. And, sure, tv wouldn't be my ideal anniversary gift, but I'm not going to go run off and cheat because of it!