I thought the movie wasn't as awful as some reviews have painted it out to be. While the clothes were often over-the-top and hideously accessorized, the issues raised in the film were pretty realistic and relevant.
Candice Bergen was so puffed up - and so unlike a Vogue editrix, going by Anna Wintour's bangs, bob and collarbones example. It was fun playing spot the Vogue staffer, from Plum Sykes to André Leon-Talley to Patrick Demarchelier. I also liked the wedding dress fashion shoot montage with the oblique hommage to Irving Penn.
There were some really funny lines - mostly Samantha's. Like when she and Smith are making love and he says to her that he feels she's been distant lately and she says, "But you're still in me!"
One part that sort of struck a chord with me was right at the beginning when Big and Carrie are checking out a prospective apartment on Fifth Avenue and Carrie introduces Big to the real estate agents as "her boyfriend". Big later says he might be a bit too old to be introduced as such. And she says she could call him her "man-friend" instead. He says it makes him sound like a dog.
Big's right though. What do you call someone d'un certain age with whom you are involved in a relationship, especially when you are d'un certain age aussi? "Boyfriend" seems too coy, while "lover" casts a more sexual rather than emotional tone. And "man-friend" does sound like a dog.
So I just say "the man".
And oh, I still can't stand Miranda.
Hahahaha! What a way to dissect the movie! :) I'm pathetic, my eyes welled up with tears in some scenes-- like when Big stepped out of the car to say "Im sorry" and Carrie came charging forward, in VW gown with matching bird in hair, and smacks him with her beautiful bouquet. Carrie then came collapsing in Charlotte's arms, Charlotte hugs Carrie, and then gave Big a major tongue lashing (with matching "I- could- kill- you- now" look). Boy, I really teared up. The love of a girl friend for her girl friend remains unparalleled :) Boyfriends come and go, but girl friends are forever :) *or something to that effect haha*
Posted by: Mrs.T | June 01, 2008 at 01:43 PM
Mrs T I loved that part as well - while the movie touted the "BIG Love", the true love that endures, it seems, its that special love girlfriends have for each other... But it wasn't without its flaws...
Posted by: bambinawrites | June 01, 2008 at 04:59 PM