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When I first heard there was going to be a Sex and the City movie I decided to borrow the series DVDs from a friend and watch the show in it’s entirety in preparation for the movie.  In doing so I found the first season or so to be a slightly unimpressive with several things to nitpick, but as the show progressed I believe it came into its own and started to become a strong show that fans have grown to love.  The four characters are intriguing and it’s nice to have four different strong women to admire.  Every woman can relate to at least one of the four main female characters or even a mixture of the four.

I was very excited about the film and saw it in theaters its opening weekend.  I wasn’t sure what to expect from the movie, I was glad to be getting more of Sex and the City, but I was a little skeptical because in the past plenty of movies based on television shows have been disappointing and there have been many that just flopped.  It’s hard to bring a television series to the movies because they are such different formats.  A television show gets so much more in-depth of it’s characters because it focuses on only a few days at a time in each episode and then lapses over years of this characters life.  Whereas a film can lapse over many years if need be but only shows the moments that are most key to this character’s life.

            After seeing the film I was very impressed with the outcome and I actually saw the movie two more times in the theater, not because it was that good, but because it was good enough and I was invited two more times by other friends.  The film was successful in its transition from television to the big screen.  I especially liked the tidy and entertaining way of recapping the series during the opening credits with actual clips of the show and a voice over narration by Carrie.  The focus of the movie being that Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker ) finally getting married was perfect for a Sex and the City film and we were also able to see the three other women Samantha (Kim Cattrall ), Charlotte (Kristin Davis ), and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon ) deal with difficult life obstacles and grow more into themselves.

Some people complained, or more so observantly commented on, the length of the film.  It is long for a movie now-a-days coming in at 148 minutes, but I didn’t find any section of the movie unneeded and therefore I believe it was at just the right length.  One negative critic I can make is the directing/editing of the scene in which Carrie throws her wedding bouquet at Big (Chris Noth ).  I believe the director was trying to add an artistically dramatic style to this pivotal moment of the film but for me it seemed a little too overdone and unfitting to the rest of the film.  But besides that one moment, which I can look past, the film is a must see especially for a girls bonding night or just a good flick for alone time on the couch.

The film was released on DVD a few days ago (September 23^rd).  If interested, there is a special 2 disc version of the film: Disc 1 contains an extended feature film version (12 additional minutes, 157 minutes total) with extended commentary with director Michael Patrick King. Disc 2 contains a digital copy of the movie plus extra content featuring “Conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael Patrick King”, “Fabulous Fashion of SATC”, Deleted Scenes and Fergie interview.

-Shavon Keller