Sex and the City 2 (Two-Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [2010]

Love Sex and the city

5 Stars. Thank You.

I don't think I can give a review better than the one by "Concerned Citizen" as I believe it was right-on. I really enjoyed this movie both times I watched it. The fashion was fun and beautiful, the hotel and scenery in Abu Dhabi was amazing and the wedding was just so funny.I can't believe some of the things people are saying in their critical reviews. Geez, where do I begin? I've lived in 5 different areas in the U.S. and traveled all over it and think this movie hits the mark on so many aspects. Yes, it was possible for Carrie to run into an ex in a random place. I was once on a 3 day trip to Montreal years ago and ran into a guy I had just dated the year before. And yes, it is possible for a woman to struggle adapting to a new marriage and have some confusion over an ex. Some woman commented on Big getting Carrie a ring. I've seen guys do all sorts of things when they thought they might lose their wife or girlfriend. And yes, Samantha is struggling with getting older - Hello! - I know MANY women that are in their 50's doing similar things. As for how they portrayed Abu Dhabi, or the women that live there - it was a movie, not a documentary. Women do wear the abaya there. And come on, the bra-less nanny was a hoot. It was a more theatrical way of showing how it can be so challenging and exhausting to be a mother and you want that nanny so badly you ignore something like that. That's what movies do, they exaggerate sometimes to make a point or for entertainment purposes.Come on women (or men) - does "Sex and the City" have to be an accurate portrayal of real women's lives for you to enjoy and appreciate the movie? Some people reviewed this movie like these characters are real people that need to set an example for women and they are disappointed by their actions or like it was supposed to be an accurate adaptation of some classic or something. Lighten up people, it is entertainment. Were a few parts of the movie a bit uncomfortable or maybe "been there, done that," of course. I can realistically see ratings from 3 to 5. The ratings of ones and twos and the harsh reviews most likely come from people that either have less contact and experience with a wide variety of people or seem to be the ramblings from those who are frustrated or somewhat unhappy. The reality is happy, easy-going people are less critical. "Critical people are unhappy people. They are always looking for what is wrong, for the fly in the soup, for someone to blame, they never enjoy the good things." (quote from some psychology article I read). And the statistics of women in this country that are unhappy with their bodies, lives, marriages, etc, etc. seem correlate in some ways to the ratings for this movie. The fashion, scenery, song they sang and all the funny scenes should more than balance out some of the weaker areas that some couldn't overlook.The girls tackle their new issues in their fabulously glitzy way while having a fun adventure out of the city. Loved it.

Great. Just great.

EXCELLENT MOVIE 🎥

I've been avoiding this thing since it came out, based on a slew of negative reviews. It's supposedly offensive, they said. It's insulting. It's insensitive.It's **GET OVER YOURSELVES**! Please!These are the same four good-time, sleep around like you're a man, careerist girls we knew from the series. Here they're having a bit of trouble adapting to married life and their careers during the recession, and when Samantha bags herself and her pals an all-expense paid luxury trip to the Middle East, the foursome goes for it. With predictably hilarious - and occasionally revealing - results.Yes, two of the four (Carrie, Samantha) aren't exactly a good cultural match for the Middle East and yeah, Carrie is kind of a neurotic brat. This is surprising how? And yeah it's terribly offensive to traditional values. Good! As the film rightly highlights, the "new" Middle East means more freedom for men, but not any more freedom for women - in that way it's not entirely different from the situation Miranda found herself in at the office.The film also highlights the awesome power gap between the haves and the have nots in the Middle East (many of them exploited guest workers), something which obviously makes Carrie uncomfortable (and which she does something about, near the end).So far from being this entirely vapid glitz fest, the movie actually has quite a lot to say about the state of the world. It's also reasonably funny - funnier than the first film, in fact - if not as consistently amusing as the average episode of the series.There are a few nits to pick. Liza Minnelli is almost painful to watch, poor thing. It's awkward. And after spending a good chunk of the start of the film with Stanford and Anthony, they bizarrely vanish apart from a tiny appearance near the end. We do catch up briefly with Magda - and Harry - but they barely have any lines. We do get a brief cameo from the tedious Aiden - I'd rather she ran into Berger in Abu Dhabi. He was messed up, but at least he didn't make my skin crawl.There's plenty of fashion on display, and as usual it's a mixed bag, especially where Carrie's outfits are concerned. There are hits and misses, but it's funny to see her still trying. Some of the hair and makeup choices for the gals are downright questionable, though. Kim Cattrall has certainly looked better in the hair department. Much better. Did she piss off the hairdresser or something? And Sarah Jessica Parker's hair and makeup are seriously off throughout most of the film. The movie jokes about a particular dress being "too young" for Samantha, but Parker's hairstyle is the real offender in that department, and it seems as though they're slapping pounds of makeup on her to compensate for it. In a couple of scenes she actually looks bruised.Kristin Davis is a natural beauty as always, and in spite of being in her mid-40's when the film was made, she can comfortably pass for late 30's, which is good because Charlotte is still rendered as pretty immature (although she can be more of an adult when push comes to shove than Carrie . . . or Samantha, for that matter). Cynthia Nixon looks the same as ever, which is impressive given that she'd just gone thru treatment for breast cancer. In fact Miranda has gone from angry and morose in the first film to kind of sweet and geeky here. It's actually one of the more heartening themes of the film. And where did they get the kid to play Brady? He's the perfect combo of Miranda and Steve - I busted up laughing when I saw him. One of the funniest gags in the film!Anyhow, one English critic said he couldn't think of anything civilization had made that was "more poisonous, more repugnant, more repulsive, more retrograde, more depressing than Sex and the City 2." Well, I can think of one thing right off the bat - his idiotic review. He needs to get out more often, or maybe just turn on the news from the comfort of his own couch. A sane individual could find about a hundred things more retrograde and depressing, in about an hour.Fans of the original show should find plenty to enjoy here. First world pearl clutchers should find some more worthy target for their offense, like female genital mutilation.

Good movie and rental

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