The highly anticipated, Sex and the City – film version was released ten years after its TV version first aired on HBO. In my 20s I loved watching SATC and would have heated discussion with my boyfriend at the time after each episode.
Time flies. I’m now in my 30s and no longer associated with the man who used to watch SATC with me.
This time around four fabulous ladies are in their 40s. Four best friends are in four different scenarios. Carrie is about to get married to Mr. Big and Miranda faces Steve’s infidelity while Charlotte is pregnant and Samantha is eyeing her sexy neighbor Dante. And their dilemmas are all very real and the elements are so |close to every woman’s life: COMMITMENT, CHILDREN AND CAREER.
Carrie says: the only label that never goes out of style is LOVE.
L-O-V-E…Ain’t that the truth? No high fashion is trendier than LOVE. Among the 94 episodes from the original HBO’s SATC we followed Carrie every step of the way as she searched for true love. Mr. Big had always been the love of Carrie’s life. But in the end Mr. Big didn’t become Carrie’s Mr. Right and we as the audience felt let down.
I was always very fond of Mr. Big because in my early 20s I had my own Mr. Big before Mr. Big was invented in SATC. And just like Mr. Big in SATC, he would always say, “Hey kiddo!” It was intimate, romantic and sexy. I couldn’t help but wonder if I fell for a father figure. After all he was 11 years older than me. So, could it be possible that Carrie was looking for a father figure all along on the road to true love?
Therefore, Michael Patrick King decided to please the audience by reuniting Carrie and Mr. Big in the film version. Mr. Big is a symbolic figure in SATC. He’s every woman’s fantasy. I wonder if he can exist in the real world. He stands for wealth, high society, Prince Charming and maybe Mr. Right???
Mr. Big says: I wouldn’t mind being married to you. Would you mind being married to me?
That’s gotta be the most un-romantic way to propose to any woman, let alone Carrie, our iconic heroine! And when Mr. Big becomes Mr. Cold Feet, it was like Déjà vu for me all over again. There is one thing I learned from Mr. Big and that is you need a diamond to seal the deal.
Throughout 135 minutes you’ll appreciate all the witty, funny and sarcastic conversations between these four New York ladies. I don’t think it’s a film for everyone. But if you enjoyed the TV series, then this film is for you. If you’ve spend years searching for the one, then you’re likely to appreciate what this film has to say about love. If you love labels, fashions, shoes and bags, then you’ll be treated to the best runway in the history of film. Nonetheless if you think you live in the real world version of SATC, then you must see it for yourself how your life is portrayed on the big screen!