Comments on: The epic abomination of “Sex and the City” http://globalcomment.com/2008/the-epic-abomination-of-sex-and-the-city/ where the world thinks out loud Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:38:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mark Farnsworth http://globalcomment.com/2008/the-epic-abomination-of-sex-and-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1243 Mark Farnsworth Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:58:40 +0000 http://globalcomment.com/?p=368#comment-1243 Thanks for the comment David and the compliment. I'm not adverse to the series at all and went to see it with my partner and six of her friends with a very open mind. I never set out to dislike any film but I do believe in a level of quality and entertainment that can be obtained by any piece of art be it a rom-com or an opera. Unfortunately Sex and the City missed on all levels-it wasn't funny, it wasn't sexy and the clothes were hideous beyond belief. Hollywood can't afford to just rely on attracting fans of the TV shows it turns into films-it has to cater for others or the numbers just don't fly. As for violence I would agree with you-there are some truly reprehensible films out there but a film like Sex and the City is dangerous in its own way. Do we really want our young women to aspire to be empty headed brand whores who are prejudiced against anything or anyone who hasn't got the money to buy the latest Manolo Blahnik's? Thanks for the comment David and the compliment. I’m not adverse to the series at all and went to see it with my partner and six of her friends with a very open mind. I never set out to dislike any film but I do believe in a level of quality and entertainment that can be obtained by any piece of art be it a rom-com or an opera. Unfortunately Sex and the City missed on all levels-it wasn’t funny, it wasn’t sexy and the clothes were hideous beyond belief.

Hollywood can’t afford to just rely on attracting fans of the TV shows it turns into films-it has to cater for others or the numbers just don’t fly.

As for violence I would agree with you-there are some truly reprehensible films out there but a film like Sex and the City is dangerous in its own way. Do we really want our young women to aspire to be empty headed brand whores who are prejudiced against anything or anyone who hasn’t got the money to buy the latest Manolo Blahnik’s?

]]> By: David Evans Bailey http://globalcomment.com/2008/the-epic-abomination-of-sex-and-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 David Evans Bailey Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:09:22 +0000 http://globalcomment.com/?p=368#comment-1237 I really liked this film but then I am fortunately or unfortunately a Sex in the City fan and a Desperate Housewives fan... I am a fan of great movies too like Apocalypse Now and the Graduate and Kagemusha to name but a few dozen. However my real question is why go to see this movie at all, unless you like Sex in the City... it is obvious to me that it won't rank amongst the greatest movies in the world or come even close. Save your machete for some more worthy opponent such as Star Wars 3 probably the worst film ever made for mass appeal. Sex in the City the movie was a film made for the fans of Sex in the City and not an attempt for an Oscar winning accolade or anything else and surely should be viewed in that light. However of the author's penmanship, I say bravo for a studied performance in the best traditions of Noel Coward or Oscar Wilde. I enjoyed the film because I like the characters and also because having just broken up from a relationship it gave me the feel good of escapism that things could come right after all, although in real life they often don't. Who cares about the flaws, or anything else. Billions of pounds are wasted every year in Hollywood films many of which should have outraged the public long ago and contain more gratuitous violence than the second world war ever did, save your ammunition for the real criminals of the movie industry and leave our beloved soaps alone I say... I really liked this film but then I am fortunately or unfortunately a Sex in the City fan and a Desperate Housewives fan… I am a fan of great movies too like Apocalypse Now and the Graduate and Kagemusha to name but a few dozen. However my real question is why go to see this movie at all, unless you like Sex in the City… it is obvious to me that it won’t rank amongst the greatest movies in the world or come even close. Save your machete for some more worthy opponent such as Star Wars 3 probably the worst film ever made for mass appeal. Sex in the City the movie was a film made for the fans of Sex in the City and not an attempt for an Oscar winning accolade or anything else and surely should be viewed in that light.

However of the author’s penmanship, I say bravo for a studied performance in the best traditions of Noel Coward or Oscar Wilde.

I enjoyed the film because I like the characters and also because having just broken up from a relationship it gave me the feel good of escapism that things could come right after all, although in real life they often don’t. Who cares about the flaws, or anything else. Billions of pounds are wasted every year in Hollywood films many of which should have outraged the public long ago and contain more gratuitous violence than the second world war ever did, save your ammunition for the real criminals of the movie industry and leave our beloved soaps alone I say…

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