Sex and the City 2 (Spoilers throughout)

Let me start by saying I'm a huge fan of the television series.  I'm the girl that's seen all the episodes at least twice, read the book, was desperate to see the first film.

The book was ok but it didn't match the tv series it spawned.  To me the tv series was clever, amusing and fun for women to watch.  It looked fabulous, made great use of fashion and even better use of New York. It seems a lot of that was lost in the first film.  I enjoyed the film in the cinema but on reflection it dropped very far down the scale.  I was pleased to see the four characters again but kinda wished they'd left it at the tv series.  The film lost the cleverness of the tv show and became a lot more 'chick flick'.  Still, it was worth the ticket price.

I hate to say that the 2nd film followed the downward curve.  There were some parts I enjoyed.  Mostly because it brought SaTC back for a couple of hours.  Hearing Carrie's voice-overs made me smile.  After that it was pretty hollow.

It had the fashion.  As with all fashion there were some wonders and also some disasters.  If Carrie wants to shop the souk in a ballgown great.  Just don't pretend that it would look as great upon her return.

This was watching characters I was fond of being dumped in a Chick Flick.  I'm not a lover of chick flicks.  Maybe it explored a little further than the usual chick flick.  But never with any depth.  This was a shiny film looking at serious points and looking away rather than take them on.

The script was predictable to say the least.  My biggest problem was the constant shoving in my face of 'sisterhood'.  They didn't give us enough to believe in any of these characters.  Therefore the sisterhood felt fake and forced.  The more it was brought up, the sicker I felt.

If you're going to tackle issues such as female oppression do it seriously.  Oppressed women wear this season's collection under their burkas, squeee!  Give me a break.  This is a sugar-coated insult to serious issues.

Another issue done to death was Samantha's ageing.  This was handled so much better in the tv series.  If I never see another yam it will be too soon.

Please Mr Star.  The point of this seemed to be that Carrie couldn't go back to who she was in the tv show and finally realised she didn't want to any more.  Well. I've realised that we can't get back the quality of the tv show and I want you to stop trying.

I had an enjoyable evening but this was due to the company rather than the film.  

2.5 out of 5 pawprints.  That's generosity of someone who's grateful that she's got her box-set.  A box-set which is about to get another watch.