Random details and rumors have been circling the upcoming Sex And The City sequel. According to the New York Daily News, these include an elaborate wedding ceremony, with possible appearances from Liza Minnelli and Miley Cyrus and marital problems for Carrie and Big because of money issues (which will probably have something to do with the tanking economy, just to be topical).
This sequel's gonna suck, and I say that as an avid fan of the television series. The first movie was decent at best, with some pros (demonizing the loveable Steve was pretty bold and Charlotte being a bad-ass at some point) and cons (Carrie having the same problems with Big, Miranda still being an intense cynic, Samantha always being unable to commit to just one good man, Charlotte's continuous inability to be a normal functioning adult, and well, just the entire lack of character development altogether). Also, the first film had Carrie's dreadfully unbearable lines, "Will I ever laugh again?" and comparing her wedding disaster to a funeral.
The series was well-written, the storylines were well-structured and the characters had were able to develop as people but able to fall back on habits and vices. But the movie wasn't made to do any of this. It was made for money and curiosity. The movie had all of the misinformed flaws and misguided assumptions that non-viewers of the series made the show. To keep the integrity of the series (which wrapped up so perfectly with every character), the movies don't need to be made and now the sequel just sounds like one long, inane string of pop culture gimmicks.
This movie series has the possibility of lapsing into the Land Before Time trap, where everyone just gives up and makes one after another with more specifics. Look for the 2012 film Sex And The City: Should We Reelect Obama? In it:
- Carrie and Big fight over party lines (she's a wacky liberal and he's a staunch conservative),
- Miranda cynical evaluates Obama's presidency as a failure (at one point or another going on a long-winded rant)
- Samantha sleeps with pundits while offering up throwaway one-liners and culturally inept opinions (such as "I always vote for the president who I think has the biggest dick, and he's black, so I, going along with stereotypes, say yes, he should be reelected")
- Charlotte won't know who to vote for in 2012 and will have a mental breakdown inside the voting booth where she will ultimately poop herself.
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