Posted on 05/31/2008 9:24:57 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
I’ll never see the movie, but your review was more entertaining than I recall the original series being.
It's past time for the cast to admit to middle age. I like them, but they're not exactly girls anymore. Kind of the "ladies who do lunch" idea.
If there's a sequel, they better get it done before botox season.
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Looking over it again, I can see that "plot description" is my weak point when it comes to movie reviews. I think it's because I don't want to give it away to those who haven't seen it yet.
Probably a venereal wart that migrated to her face.
I commend your courage in admitting here you watched it.
“Oh yes! The Diane Keaton movie...geez, I don’t even remember the name of it, only that I hated it... HATED it.”
Family Stone..the only good part was when she died. The most detestable family ever portrayed on film.
Because I had trouble deciding who was the bigger whore, Diane or Mandy.
Thanks, your writing is hysterical. Some of the thirty-something women in my office made a huge occasion of seeing this yesterday, complete with dressing to kill, pre-movie cosmos and pedicures, post-movie cosmos, etc., etc. I regretfully declined their invitation.....other plans, you know. I’ll dutifully smile and nod tomorrow when they give the blow by blow descriptions. Seriously, nothing wrong with occasional vacuous entertainment but I knew this one wasn’t for me.
Well the thing is, I've actually READ that "He's just not that into you" book, and it's pretty good. Short, blunt... pretty good. And having read that, I can't help but look at the relationship Carrie and Big have and think, "He's not that into her." What he's into is good food. She makes for a nice companion because she's desperate to please him and let's face it: she doesn't seem to eat so he doesn't have to share the gourmet food with her.
I've never seen a more lackadaisical lover being portrayed on the silver screen as a desirable catch. He seems content to have her around, mildly lonely without her, but little else. Especially when you figure in what my friend told me of their on-again off-again relationship throughout the series. I just can't imagine it takes a man six years to figure out that You Are The One. It looks more like I Guess You're the One Because No One Else is Coming Along and I'm Not Getting Any Younger.
Yeah. Charlotte still looks pretty fresh, but the rest of them need to lay off the bright colors and spiky heels and red lipstick, because acting girlish after a certain point stirs more pity than admiration.
Thank you. That's enough to keep me from seeing this movie, even when it's on TV. Spoiler indeed. I can't imagine what kind of sicko writer thought that would be funny.
From your description this show is everything I thought it was and therefore am basking in a blissfully ignorant glow of having never seen the show.
I like to contemplate the bigger issues of life, such as, is a show like this even worthy of the attention of a perfect lady? ;)
Great review! I wouldn’t see the movie if you held me at gunpoint ... well, maybe I would, because I like to see clothes ... but now I know enough to nod wisely when the women waiting at gymnastics class talk about it.
I’m sad to hear that Chris Noth is getting fat. I loved him in the early years of “Law & Order.” Never thought he’d age well, though. My unFReeped spouse, on the other hand, improves every year!
But this sentence of yours is hilarious...
"I'm no expert, but I have observed over the years that men usually know their One way early in the game. They don't have to tie her to the bumper car of life and drag her behind it for a year or ten."
If that sentence were true in TV land, the show would have run for one season and not six.
Noth seems slow in a lot of regards. He still hasn’t married his girlfriend who gave him a child this year.
Typical of actors, unfortunately. Obviously he doesn't have to marry her, like so many others.
Dang, I just googled his bio ... he's 54! Holding up ok for that age, I guess.
It's not. But one of my two best friends LOVES it, and was talking sadly of having to go see it alone, because we other two probably wouldn't want to.... and I said, "Okay. I'll go."
I'm on vacation and getting a little bored, so... what the heck.
Well, he's not in Alec Baldwin land yet, but he's definitely gotten thick in the waist and neck, and his lips are getting that slack look... yeah, he's gettin' kind of sloppy. But then, he is 53.
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