tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post926359841278000603..comments2024-03-10T07:42:17.071-04:00Comments on The Film Doctor: "Don't leave me hanging here": notes and an interview exploring the appeal of Sex and the City 2The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-70909540052739387142010-12-01T18:40:40.351-05:002010-12-01T18:40:40.351-05:00I liked that this is one of the few pieces I'v...I liked that this is one of the few pieces I've come across that acknowledges SATC2 is a "bad" movie but attempts to take it seriously. It did, after all, satisfy fans of the show. <br /><br />However, as a "bad" movie fan, I am also a massive fan of it. (Although not of SATC in general.)<br /><br />There's a high-budget, bombast to it - that certain satisfaction of watching those who really think they're making something, not great, but at least pretty good fall flat on their faces. A lot of money thrown at the screen and the script, followed only by the mocking laughter of those who you only wanted to entertain. <br /><br />To me this film is pretty much a follow-up to "Showgirls". The high-budget, comedic/dramatic badness of both of them is so wonderfully abysmal that it can only be replicated once every 15 years. Before "Showgirls" there was "Mommie Dearest". (Keep in mind that although they have achieved "camp" status, they were never intended to be.)Smirkdirknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-963433665747351372010-06-01T08:10:39.719-04:002010-06-01T08:10:39.719-04:00Thanks, Kevin,
I think the difference is that SAT...Thanks, Kevin,<br /><br />I think the difference is that <i>SATC</i> used to be something decent, whereas <i>MacGruber</i> had for me no connotations beyond the unholy existential pain of watching it. I decided to write my post about the appeal of <i>SATC2</i> because just about everyone else slammed it, and I thought my critical notes would just be redundant. I still have about 3 pages of mockery of the movie's humorously hyped climax, the Abu Dhabi trip (where the movie appears to fall off a cliff), Carrie's superficial nods toward writing (although we never see her actual type anything on her computer. Now she just admires the jacket of her new book), and so on.The Film Doctor https://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-16460788356246944692010-05-31T12:42:38.705-04:002010-05-31T12:42:38.705-04:00I know I'm not the target audience for this on...I know I'm not the target audience for this one, but something about the critical backlash almost makes me want to rent all of the DVD's and watch the show. There seems to be a general consensus that this film -- and it's ludicrous 150 minute run-time -- nearly erases all of the goodwill the show built up from the late 90's through the mid-2000's. I'm almost curious enough to see what all the fuss is about with these characters (even though I have caught a few episodes on TBS when I've been sitting on the couch with my wife...I hated the show whenever I was paying attention to it, but that was without any kind of context for the characters, so I give it a pass there).<br /><br />I hate to bring up <i>MacGruber</i> again since I know you hated it so much, but I tend to find comedies like <i>Sex and the City 2</i> with their bloated budgets and run-times, and themes of consumerism, to be more insulting to the comedy genre than something like <i>MacGruber</i>...which almost seems harmless in the sense that it definitely isn't trying to be taken seriously like <i>Sex and the City 2</i>.<br /><br />Like I said, though, I am not the target audience for this thing. Good thoughts from you and your significant other, though.Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.com