A bad movie

Every time a successful TV show ends, there is a big discussion whether they should adapt it on the big screen or not. For ‘Sex and the City’, it seemed to be a no-brainer but still, it took them a while to get the first installment made and many wonder if actually anyone would care for it. Eventually, it was a smash hit and, suddenly, a whole new market seemed to be discovered by the Hollywood producers. Of course, since it was a success, they rapidly made a sequel. Honestly, the first installment was not bad at all. It was nothing amazing but it remained a decent romantic-comedy with a few interesting ideas. However, they totally blew it on this sequel. My God…. It was boring, obnoxious and lasted forever (around 150 mins!). Basically, there is no real plot but a succession of tedious events and, apparently, you are supposed to care for these annoying rich white middle-aged women. At first, you have a wedding with some terrible gay jokes. Then, you have Carrie Bradshaw who goes to her luxurious apartment with her husband and, suddenly, there is this conflict because, for once, he just wants to spend some quality time with her by watching some movie together on the sofa. Apparently, she’d rather party all night with some random strangers. I mean, which one sounds more romantic to you? Furthermore, they are not 20 anymore. But, above all, does it sound to you like a major conflict? Don’t you think that many couples face some greater challenges such as sickness, unemployment, financial issues, child care, adultery and so on? So, it goes on and on for hours with the terrible drama those women have to face. And then, you have another misguided episode when they go to Abu Dhabi. I mean, in this time of economic crisis, do you think it is really wise to send them to an insanely luxurious hotel when many people struggle to make ends meet? If at least, it had been funny but, no, you just end up with some really misguided jokes about their clash with the Muslim culture. To conclude, they couldn’t have done a worse job, it is pretty bad and not worth a look whatsoever.

4/10