Sex and the City 2 Movie Review + pics from DC premiere events

I’m back from my amazing birthday vacay in Cabo San Lucas Mexico!!!! After I rested, I went to check out Sex and the City 2 last night.  I know I am almost a week late with posting but I had to write something about the film. I purposely didn’t read any reviews or ask any girlfriends about the film because I wanted to be excited!

Well the jury is still out on my excitement for part 2. I had such high expectations based on part 1 and I don’t think part 2 lived up to its hype.  One thing that was undeniable are  the glamorous outfits the ladies were adorned with throughout the film. Usually Carrie does IT for me but this time Miranda gets my vote for Best Dressed.

I never try to be all “deep” when talking about movies so I’ll keep it short and to the point and highlight the things I liked about the film. Hands down the best part was Liza Minelli’s Single Ladies rendition. Pure comedy…I’m sure Beyonce is proud as she collects her checks!!!

I did like how the film showed the real emotions and insecurities that women face balancing their careers, motherhood, and relationships. Being a mommy is a full time job that can be overwhelming. Sometimes I don’t think men (or women) fully understand it.

I could have done without the gay wedding scenes. Its like they made a mockery out of marriage. And this was all before Carrie and BIG came up with their dumb idea for keeping the sparkle in their marriage. I guess the writer’s wanted to show what happens after the “I do’s” but it was a piss poor attempt in my opinion. Separating from your mate 2 days out of the week is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. Carrie’s fears of becoming an old married couple are true feelings that I suppose a wife could go through at some point during a marriage but perfect love, casts out all fear. I wont comment any further on that…its just a movie.

With all of the great eye candy, I wonder does the film place unnecessary pressure on women to think they have to live such an extravagant lifestyle?  There’s much more to life besides material things. Here at TotalLifeProsperityBlog I try to stress the importance that prosperity includes more than just money and material things…its a lifestyle! Wholeness in every area of life. In my opinion the producers portray an unrealistic, glamorous lifestyle, that is almost impossible for the average woman to acheive. I didn’t say it was impossible I said almost. But again I realize it’s just a movie…

Call me ignorant but am I the only one that didn’t know the words to that song they sang at Karaoke???

I definitely noticed there was a lack of color in part 1 and again in part 2 of the film. Jennifer Hudson’s role in part 1 really doesn’t count for much since she played the poor assistant, who was so happy to get her very own Louis Vuitton bag…Speaking of which, the only reason Jennifer Hudson was cast in that film was because she was coming off her Oscar buzz from her role as Effie White in Dreamgirls. Anyway, earlier today I came across an interesting blog article. Does Sex and the City Hate Brown people? The author makes some shockingly sad, but very valid points about the lack of color in the film and in the previous hit television series. She draws strong conclusions about the “black television reality”

 In our world, the options are to: (1)  ignore the fact that we are not adequately or realistically portrayed in Hollywood by Whites or Blacks (Thanks, Tyler Perry!);  or (2) turn off the T.V. unless Shonda Rhimes wrote it, and don’t watch movies unless Spike Lee made it. That’s just 21st Century America.

So, to answer the question posed by the title, I don’t know if Sex and the City hates us and our brown cousins.  What is obvious, however, is that the franchise is consistently insensitive to minorities and makes dismal attempts to understand our cultures — because we let them.  We still watched the show, copied the fashion, bought the DVDs, had SATC marathons before each movie, and spent hundreds going to the actual premieres, in spite of the fact that we have not been — and likely will never be — realistically portrayed and explored in-depth by this franchise.

Read the full article by DCDistrictDiva

Overall I give Sex and the City 2:B

Check out SATC2 Event Pics here in DC

SATC2 Screening hosted by theYBF.com

Talk of DC's Yodit, YBF.com's Chance, DC Fab's Joi-Marie

View more pics at DCFab of the exclusive SATC2 screening here in DC hosted by one of my favorite celebrity gossip sites theYBF.com

For even more of SATC2 fabulousness here in DC. Check out ChicChocolateDC’s pics from Georgetown’s Fresh Boutique’s premiere event that I posted awhile back.

What did you think of SATC2?

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