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Sex AND the City

Sunday, June 01, 2008

Richard and I spent yesterday in London as we had booked to see the Sex and the City Movie.

We had a wander around the capital before heading to our favourite branch of Paul for a cake and a coffee. On our walk we made our way to the South Bank via the Millennium Bridge and the Tate Modern - I finally managed to capture some images from the exterior of the gallery following the current Street Art exhibition. We have watched these pieces of work take shape from the office and it's been intriguing.

Another recent addition to London is the Electroscope which enables you to stand in front of it and see people in live in New York who are looking back at London. A novel twist on the web cam me thinks (especially at a tenner a pop!). I love the Jules Verne style of the Electroscope though. As you can see it was certainly drawing a crowd.

Of course the main event of the day was Sex and the City. For the majority of the female viewers at the Odeon in Leicester Square it certainly was turned into an event. The cinema was completely sold out and I'd say 90% of the women were all dressed up in their best frocks and come along with their girlfriends. I don't think I have ever known such an atmosphere for a film - there was applause when the film started, gasps during the film and a huge round of applause at the end.

To say it was an emotional viewing would be an understatement - then to be fair it was an audience that consisted of girlfriends and gay couples!

That aside the film was brilliant, funnier and wittier than I had ever imagined. The writing was spot on and there were enough plot twists to keep you guessing. It truly was a great film and it didn't feel like an extended episode of the show. There were some truly laugh out loud moments which had us in stitches.

I had heard rumours that a sequel is being discussed as this film has been so successful (it's already outsold the likes of the new Indy movie). Personally I think the SatC movie rounded all of the stories off perfectly and I wouldn't want to see the story continued for the sake of another movie.

New York didn't appear to play such a big part in the movie as it had in the TV shows but it was still great to be able to spot all the locations throughout the film.

Of course the fashion was stunning and you can see where every effort was made to make the film as up to date and as relevant as possible (right down to magazines which featured headlines about the housing problems and Hillary Clinton's campaign).

This truly is a relevant film set in this time period and the studio have to be given credit for achieving such timely content.

Now I would love to talk about the ups and downs of the movie but I feel that most of my audience will be going to see the film so I won't spoil it - I shall just say it's well worth it. Even if you're not a fan of the show it's probably the best romcom ever brought to the big screen.

Labels: Art, London


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