OT - Sex and the City 2: Women & Terrible Taste in Entertainment
My girlfriend has had yesterday's date circled on her mental calendar for over a year. Ever since the release date for Sex and the City 2 (SATC2) was announced she has brought up my obligation to see this movie with her. Random, out-of-the-blue reminders like "MAY 27th!" during the middle of a dinner last fall, or "You know what you're doing on May 27th!" as I shaved for work on a relatively cold January morning.
I have no way out of this. Too much build up to bail.
To give you and idea of how bad this will be (even worse than the show and the first movie)
From the James Berardinelli review from Reelviews:
"It's a three-ring circus of materialism, narcissism, and entitlement. These people are self-absorbed to the point where, unless you built a relationship with them during their television days, it's impossible to like them. The filmmakers not only sympathize with them, but laud their avarice and obsession with possessions. Sex and the City 2 is overloaded with product placements (all high-end, of course) and wallows in a cultural cesspool that some will find offensive."
Does this crap make anyone else physically ill? Really, I can't stand that some women actually model themselves after (or just wish they were like) the four despicable creatures from this show. These women are not role models they are soulless self-absorbed witches deluded into thinking themselves independent while they become more and more attached to the men in their lives, while spending $$$ on provactive clothing designed for women (at this point) 20 years younger and overpaying for fruity drinks in NY.
Board, I'm sorry, this won't be interesting to many of you but I'm dreading this afternoon (somehow, I was spared attending opening night) and I need to vent before my head explodes.
Finally, SJP is a horse.
So you can't tell HER this?
I have; I will again; the amount of difference this will make? Easily quantifiable: 0.
She is unsympathetic to my plight.
Sounds like you need to find your girlfriend more lady friends.
My wife has been doing the exact same thing except she's going w/ like 5 other hysterical women. What do I get to do? Golf and drink beer.
On May 27, 2010, my wife and six of her closest friends went to see this movie. I went to a sports bar with my buddy, drank beers and watched the Lakers beat the Suns in the last second of the game (yes I am from LA).
BTW, my wife, a lifetime fan of this series, was horrified at how immensely terrible the movie was.
I don't mean in some karmic way, I mean you must exact some non trivial concession from her in exchange for the hell she's about to put you through. What that concession might be I can't know, and (if you drive a hard bargain) I no doubt wouldn't want to know.
Now, when I say you must get something out of this, it's not for your sake but for mine and all of the other men out there. Every time a boyfriend gets pressganged iike this, the precedent is used against the girlfriend's friends' boyfriends like so: "Sally said Shalom saw Sex In The City with her. I guess you don't love me."
Give those poor guys the response: "I do, but did you know what Sally did to persuade him? She had to [redacted]."
maybe karma will reward you with a threesome. at least thats what the gf says
Even if the GF has an ass like MGoScott you can demand nothing less then anal for no other reason but to bask in the glorious expression of pain on her face.
Wait until you really need a nontrivial concession, and then play your Sex and the City card.
My gf says women are watching to see what outfits are worn on screen. Then I saw a SATC2 clothing guide at Borders. Women.
So it looks like SATC is going to set trends for the next year to come! Hopefully they're more promiscuous than ever. On a side note, that movie is the one movie that guys weren't obligated to attend. That's rubbish, sir.
Sorry sir, hope there's nudity in there for you to keep it interesting.
your avatar is hilarious
But does this mean that we're going to see "a Michael Jackson army"? Gawd... I hope not.
However, the rules change when it is GF or wife and this is Jack Nickleson territory "You can't handle the truth!" Just go to the movie, eat some popcorn and don't comment too much. I sit and watch TV shows with my wife that I loathe and have to work hard on the last part. I thought the show and movie one was plenty, I find it difficult to believe they will get enough money out of it, sadly they probably will.
I think as people we are interested in horrible/shallow/materialistic/dumb people. Why else did Jersey Shore take off? It's good for the self esteem.
I had to watch the first one because it was one month before my wedding. I got out of this one because I had prior commitments for the next month or so. So, my wife had a couple of girlfriends came over, watched the first one on Wednesday night, and proceeded to head out to the Thursday show. Thank god I didn't have to watch that one.
And, for anyone who cares:
www.sarahjessicaparkerlookslikeahorse.com
It's the female version of Entourage. Or, should I say that Entourage is the male version of SATC? I say you throw out some reminders throughout the day, like "You know what you're doing on the drive home from the theatre tonight, right?"
Good call on the road blowies though
I'd bet these women are saying the exact opposite. Just sayin'.
It's a few hours out of your life. Deal.
so was the horror. i'm still dealing
Theres definitiely nothing to look forward to in this movie.
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Do what you have to now so she shuts her fucking mouth on Saturdays in the fall.
It's become a bit of a short-term hobby of mine over the last few days to read all of the reviews absolutely assasinating this movie. There are so many that there's even an article/post about all of the articles/posts trashing it. See here.
I think my favorite so far might be Rex Reed's from the New York Observer:
The only thing memorable about Sex and the City 2 is the number two part, which describes it totally, if you get my drift. Everything else in this deadly, brainless exercise in pointless tedium is dedicated to the screeching audacity of delusional self-importance that convinces these people the whole world is waiting desperately to watch two hours and 25 minutes of platform heels, fake orgasms and preposterous clothes. It is to movies what fried dough is to nutrition.
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Dragging its deplorable carcass into infinity, Sex and the City 2 is so bad you can't even watch the trailer.
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The insipid screenplay and catatonic direction seem chloroformed. Both are by Michael Patrick King.
Roger Ebert's review is great as well.
Even though I'm catholic, would you allow the me to listen to more of your sermons?
To the guy who posted this: tell your wife/girlfriend you're not going. Seriously, men, set the boundaries. My husband would never see this movie, and I would never expect him to. Likewise, I don't watch The Wire. I like action, drama, etc, but The Wire doesn't interest me. It is what it is.
I'm supposed to see SATC2 tonight with a bunch of women, but it's not because I want to see the movie. I don't like these characters at all, especially SJP (who's even more annoying in person), but they're serving Cosmopolitans and apps at the theater, so I thought, Cocktails and finger food? Why not? My husband is staying home to presumably watch baseball, drink beer, and celebrate the fact that I would never ask him to see this.
+1 to you. I wish I knew more women like you and less women like the aforementioned girlfriend of shalom.
Wendy-The optimal term being "men".
I had the same situation as the OP with the first release of Twilight. After some discussion I simply asked my wife to sit with me and watch an epsiode of Deadwood. My point was made when Trixie the prostitute spoke the line,
"Will you be paying for that in cash or cunt?"
Point made, wife calls girlfriend and the line is drawn.
My point exactly. Although I think that same line may have been in the first SATC movie, uttered by Miranda.
I have absolutely no expectation that my husband will see this movie...and I won't make plans to, unless a friend asks me to go. I will probably watch it at 2 in the morning on HBO when it finally leaves the theaters. But, that's just me. I really wanted to see the last "Harry Potter" in the theater, so I went to the first Sunday matinee by myself. Much more enjoyable when the husband isn't making snide comments or asking when it will be over. And, I don't have to give him a blow job! Double bonus.
I will take married for $100 Alex.
Here's how my Uncle Murph summed up women for us, "You see gentleman, the problem is women have 51% of the power because they have 100% of the pussy, and if they didn't have 100% of the pussy they would have absolutely zero power"
For the record, not all chicks like SATC. I was in Birmingham, MI for a dinner last night and we noticed groups of women/girls dressed up in "SATC-inspired outfits" (super tall stilettos, large designer bags, full makeup, etc) to go to the theater and presumably see SATC2.
I find the television show, the movies and the entire premise completely repulsive. It equates materialism to happiness and at least through one storyline encourages women to stick it out for a guy she's "destined to be with" even though he treats her like crap.
Never seen the show, but it seems I've been under the wrong impression.
I somehow thought the show equated a woman's happiness to how big Mr. Big's bigness is.
She watched it for a while, though, in the beginning. Somehow, (I may have been recovering from a frontal labotomy) I was watching an episode with her, and it started with Samantha blowing a guy. Sam takes him "to completion", and the look of obvious nausea on her face made my wife laugh hysterically.
Wife turns to me and says, "See? I told you." My thought was, "Well, I guess I'm not getting to do that, ever."
Hilarious!
remind yourself how wonderful it is that a group of mentally deranged comedy writers, who think all that's been mentioned (plus spending the day watching men's butts while sitting in open-air restaurants on Manhatten) makes great schtick for their show, are actually driving women's value systems (including, maybe your GF's).
I wish I knew what to tell you, man.
You let me down Chris.....you were my third favorite Law and Order detective of all time and now you subject yourself to this garbage. Ugh.
Stabler. Hands Down. Dude's a badass, and he would never subject himself to something this awful.
Just the absurd glory that is Wet Hot American Summer
Stabler is #2, but Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe is easily the best L&O detective of all time. RIP.
FWIW, worst was Dennis Farina as Joe Fontana. Lol...rhymes with Joe Montana....even the name sucked.
Orbach was the best, no argument there.
Pretty much any excuse to reference Wet Hot is enough for me, and Stabler is awesome anyway.
But yeah, old school L&O with Orbach was awesome
OP is being such a Charlotte...
I flat-out told my gf I would not see it. She saw the first one with her mother (awkward, given all the sex scenes).
She has a group of girls going to see it.
... she doesn't ask me to see absurd movies such as this and Twilight. Doesn't your girl have, you know, girlfriends?
They should put that shit on a nonstop rotation and use it to torture terrorists. Everytime I see that commercial I throw up in my mouth a litte.
Flat out the best stand-up of all time.
Dad is great! Give us the chocolate cake!
...but it's:
"Dad is great. He gives us chocolate cake!"