Even though most of the people in the box office prediction business had come around to believing Sex and the City would be a huge hit this weekend, the movie still managed to blow away everyone's expectations. Bringing in $56 million over the weekend, it's the best opening for a romantic comedy of any kind, as well as the fifth-best opening ever for an R-rated movie.
Now, as the dust settles and the movie's fans recover from their Cosmo-hangovers, the evil, evil geniuses at Warner Bros. are rubbing their hands together with glee, and--God help us-- talking about a sequel. "Now, I’m waiting for the sequel. And I think everyone else is too,” Warner Bros. president of domestic distribution, Dan Fellman, told Variety.
Pardon me, I'm about to be very unladylike, and threaten to kick Fellman in the face if he keeps up that crazy talk. Those of us who were skeptical about a Sex and the City movie improving on the series' ending held our noses when they announced the plan for the movie. We were simply grateful that Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker had wrapped up their feud, and hoped signs of strain wouldn't show on the screen. And we were rewarded for our faith. The movie worked out pretty well, despite a little too much focus on product placement and designer labels and not on the friendships of the four women.
But now, after you barely got away with that, a sequel? Is there anyone, even someone who loved the movie, who wants this to happen? The movie ended on a happy note that left us with no questions about the fate of these characters. Hell, it had a hard enough time coming up with enough drama to give the characters in this installment. Why can't we just leave them alone to enjoy the happy endings the writers keeps giving them?
I know business in Hollywood is all about sequels right now, but there are really some stories that stand better individually. You know, stories about real people, rather than superheroes or hobbits. Let the ladies of Sex and the City finish up their cocktails, stroll down the street in their expensive shoes, and close the door on their story forever. I know it's hard, Warner Bros., but I promise afterward you'll feel less like money-grubbing demons.
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I agree. I have seen every episode from start to finish at least 5 times. I loved, loved, loved the series. I was thrilled at the prospect of a movie. I liked that Miranda & Steve got real-life problems and that Samantha moved back to NYC. Not a single wink to the series was lost on me, for example - the restaurant where the rehearsal dinner is held is the very same restaurant where Carrie was afraid to tell her friends that Big was not going to show until... he did.
However, fans like me have been waiting 10 years for one thing: to see Big and Carrie FINALLY get it together. They gave us that and it was well worth the drama. In my opinion, there is absolutley nothing else that can be done with these characters. Everything is wrapped up nicely. I would rather see them bring back the series "Sex and the City: The Mid-life Years" then make another movie.
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June 3, 2008 at 20:02