Sometimes there’s a fail that’s so spectacular, it needs double the action, double the fun, which is why we’re giving you a fly-on-the-newelty-wall approach with the messiness that is the Sex and the City 2 trailer.
Microwave yourself a 100-calorie popcorn pack, watch the insane trailer for Sex and the City: Because SJP’s Townhouses Don’t Come Cheap, and join us as we discuss.
What happens when the New Yorkiest of all pop-culture treats relocates…to the Middle East?
The ladies appear to have turned into Cathy cartoon cliches of themselves, and yet still we can’t decide if we’ll watch, Dhabi or no. The verdict? Most likely. Because it’s like watching a car wreck. Or licking a battery. But it’s definitely not likely to make the next edition of travel movies we love.
Lia: Just to begin: I will admit to being concerned about the appearance of Liza Minnelli. And that jacket with the horns makes me seriously angry.
Betty: Totally. But let’s focus on the location for a minute. Why are they going to Abu Dhabi? A vacation spot for the fabulous four? Thankfully, they don’t go to Dubai, but still. It’s bizarre. And don’t even get me started on Aidan.
Lia: What? Team Aidan! Mr. Big is totally 2006, pre-Goldman Sachs meltdown. You know he sold gillions of mortgage-backed securities. Aidan is all Indiana-Jones-at-the Ace Hotel hotness.
Betty: OMG SHUT UP.
Lia: There better be desert nookie.
Betty: WHY IS AIDEN IN ABU DHABI? Also, in case you missed it: WE HAVE RIDDEN THAT TRAIN.
Lia: Because Michael Patrick King saw Gwynnie in Morocco and was like, you know what? Sign us up for something just like that.
Betty: SHUT. UP.
Lia: I love it when you get shouty.
Betty: Carrie has no chemistry with Aiden.
Lia: Mr. Big can’t even bring himself to lose his belly for the roll role. Hello, lazy! Plus, I thought you were all grumpy because it left NYC. Is it just me, or does the whole going to Abu Dhabi seem a little like that Bradys episode when they went to Hawaii? Like, a little desperate?
Betty: I just don’t think those gals would EVER go there. They’d go to Paris. They’d go to London.
Lia: Except they did Paris for the all-expense-paid trip…I mean finale…remember?
Betty: Why Abu Dhabi? It’s so effing random. Also, the whole subplot of Charlotte and Miranda bonding over the kid thing? They have NOTHING in common. They’re tired…so let’s go to Abu Dhabi?
Lia: I’m sure they just got tax breaks out the wazoo and stayed in five-star resorts. Resorts with golf courses in the desert–your favorite.
Betty: Doesn’t it just seem totally silly that during the worst recession ever they’re staying at this dumb place in the desert that was backed by the craziness of the western financial system? Like, aren’t they maybe hurting a tad bit? Let’s do the math.
Sam works in PR. She has zero clients right now. Not going to Abu Dhabi.
Charlotte’s hubby is a divorce lawyer–pepes aren’t getting divorced because they can’t afford it. She best put her East Side coop up for sale.
Miranda is an attorney and most likely is hurting as well. And her hubby owns a bar. It’s most likely gone out of business.
Lia: OMG. You’re writing Sex and the Downer.
Betty: And the clincher is Carrie: HER NEWSPAPER NO LONGER EXISTS AND BIG HAS MOST LIKELY BEEN CANNED. NOT GOING TO ABU DHABI ON VACATION.
Lia: It’s not that I disagree. It’s just, hello, SATC kinda stopped being cool a while ago, and people don’t care about reality. Their audience wants Charlie’s Angel’s-style escapism. Have you seen Dancing with the Stars?
Betty: Touche.
Lia: We saw the first SATC together, right? Do you remember how depressing the audience was? They’re not thinking of New York as the fifth character–they’re watching The Bachelor, only with smutty parts. The audience is only in it for their feather boats and plastic, bedazzled champagne glasses…like the kind we saw opening weekend.
Betty: Uh yeah..while we were drinking actual champagne?
Lia: From a can, though, which is still a little sketch.
Betty: True. But ghetto fabulous.
so i saw the link for your review on the 3rd pg of the comments section in the NYT review of SAC2 so i HAD TO CLICK just to see if you were funny ..YES you ARE.
THAT SAID..here is my offer DUBAI?? wtf? dumb dumb dumb…a chic place to go would have been rio ,buenos aires, or perhaps one of the eastern block cities like budapest etc …why the weird sexual political confrontations you just know are going to pop up in muslum dubai???
sex is supposed to be fun fun fun and a little dangerously scampy fun. t
he four girls with the exception of tha narrow beauty brain dead charlotte have jumped the shark.
the metaphor of these women with samantha leading the way taking hormones to stave off menopause whilst trapsing around a desert is just to HARSH of a reality mirror.
where are the soft lights and the flowing waters of south america or the exotic masculinity of dark haired tall eastern european men who actually understand what a good tea is and the best place for it on a side walk cafe in old charming europe.
the shimmering lights of a star lit night with a south american stars in the heavens and carrie and big in a romantic bungalow deep in a moutainous setting with lush green views and endless blue skys
deadly moscow would have been a better setting and would have been a much more interesting story line.
Oh-I can’t agree with you more. Buenos Aires or Rio would have been PERFECT for the Fab 4.
Now they just seem washed up. Dubai was such a horrible choice for so many reasons.