Once upon a time, there were four fabulous ladies from New York City who charms the world with fashion, love and sex. Thus, Sex and the City was born.
In 2008, the girls had a reunion on the big screen, and it puts to an perfect ending to the series.
However, in 2010, another reunion on the big screen was created, which this time round, the reunion does not seems to be enjoyable compared to the previous reunion, which brings love, trust, faith, hope and ever lasting friendship together.
Welcome to Sex and the City 2, which brings fails to deliver the high expectation from fans of the popular HBO series. Love and sex remains, together with more exaggerating comical sequences, posh nosh and time consuming plot, which not only bores and sometimes frustrates audience, but also, a disappointment to the fans of Sex and the City.
Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Samantha (Kim Cattral) are back together on the sequel, which begins with a list of problems they are facing in their daily life: Carrie is in doubt with Big (Chris Noth) on their marriage; Miranda faces the pressure of a chauvinistic boss; Charlotte unable to handle her two daughters growing up together, and Samantha is tackling menopause. An unexpected invitation to a holiday at Abu Dhabi for th girls allows them to enjoy themselves, and at the same time, clearing about their thoughts on their love life and marriage.
Sex and the City 2 promises to be another fashion parade. However, girls don themselves with clothing unsuitable for the weather and environment in Abu Dhabi pulls the movie down, since it makes the girls looks lavish and filthy rich, rather than stylish and chic. While the latest fashion fits in perfectly in New York City, the crew has failed to consider creating clothing that fits into the environment and culture of Abu Dhabi. Thus, it does not bring out the charm the girls ought to get from wearing them, which has been displayed in the previous series.
The plot seems like a typical episode of Sex and the City, but such typical plot are good for the drama series rather than the movie. The paper thin plot can be seen as a form of extension from one of the episodes, which looks rather dull and draggy. Sub plots were added in to keep the movie going, which fails to point out some of the points that can be discussed further in the movie. Instead of keeping the spirit of Sex and the City going strong, the second half of the Sex and the City 2 seems to be a farce.
Discussion of culture and religion in Abu Dhabi has also diverted the spirit of the series away, which at some point, could be offensive and uncomfortable to some audience who are not prepared for it. For fans, this might be seen as a sequence that has no relation to the girl's usual talk over the coffee table.
The strong support for each other and the friendship is the only saving grace for the movie, which not only ends haphazardly, but also fails to end with a big bang.
In summary, director Michael Patrick King and Parker can do more to salvage Sex and the City 2. Remedy must be done to save this broken pieces of anticipated reunion in order to keep the spirits alive.
In 2008, the girls had a reunion on the big screen, and it puts to an perfect ending to the series.
However, in 2010, another reunion on the big screen was created, which this time round, the reunion does not seems to be enjoyable compared to the previous reunion, which brings love, trust, faith, hope and ever lasting friendship together.
Welcome to Sex and the City 2, which brings fails to deliver the high expectation from fans of the popular HBO series. Love and sex remains, together with more exaggerating comical sequences, posh nosh and time consuming plot, which not only bores and sometimes frustrates audience, but also, a disappointment to the fans of Sex and the City.
Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Samantha (Kim Cattral) are back together on the sequel, which begins with a list of problems they are facing in their daily life: Carrie is in doubt with Big (Chris Noth) on their marriage; Miranda faces the pressure of a chauvinistic boss; Charlotte unable to handle her two daughters growing up together, and Samantha is tackling menopause. An unexpected invitation to a holiday at Abu Dhabi for th girls allows them to enjoy themselves, and at the same time, clearing about their thoughts on their love life and marriage.
Sex and the City 2 promises to be another fashion parade. However, girls don themselves with clothing unsuitable for the weather and environment in Abu Dhabi pulls the movie down, since it makes the girls looks lavish and filthy rich, rather than stylish and chic. While the latest fashion fits in perfectly in New York City, the crew has failed to consider creating clothing that fits into the environment and culture of Abu Dhabi. Thus, it does not bring out the charm the girls ought to get from wearing them, which has been displayed in the previous series.
The plot seems like a typical episode of Sex and the City, but such typical plot are good for the drama series rather than the movie. The paper thin plot can be seen as a form of extension from one of the episodes, which looks rather dull and draggy. Sub plots were added in to keep the movie going, which fails to point out some of the points that can be discussed further in the movie. Instead of keeping the spirit of Sex and the City going strong, the second half of the Sex and the City 2 seems to be a farce.
Discussion of culture and religion in Abu Dhabi has also diverted the spirit of the series away, which at some point, could be offensive and uncomfortable to some audience who are not prepared for it. For fans, this might be seen as a sequence that has no relation to the girl's usual talk over the coffee table.
The strong support for each other and the friendship is the only saving grace for the movie, which not only ends haphazardly, but also fails to end with a big bang.
In summary, director Michael Patrick King and Parker can do more to salvage Sex and the City 2. Remedy must be done to save this broken pieces of anticipated reunion in order to keep the spirits alive.