Special Guest Review by Angela Benton
Publisher of BlackWeb2.0 and Young Black Professional Guide
Last night I was one of a theater full of privileged people here in Charlotte to go to a private screening of Sex & the City 2. Being the girl that I am I jumped at the opportunity.
The movie, while great, had both some surprises and disappointments. The first Sex in the City movie took it’s loyal fans past the 30 minutes the series allotted and into life after the series. It answered the questions that we had about the four main characters: Will Carrie and Big ever get married? Will Charlotte have kids? Will Miranda let Steve gain some control over their relationship? Will Samantha… Well, I think we all know Samantha will never change.
The sequel to that movie allowed us to go deeper into their lives and answered the biggest question of all, Will Carrie and Big live happily ever after? (I’ll get back to this in a minute.)
First, I want to talk about the surprising evolution of possibly the least sexiest character, Miranda Hobbs. If you think she’d play the intellectual, type A, wallflower of the franchise that we are use to seeing, you’re only partially correct. While Miranda will always be Miranda, both smart and type A, she definitely was no wallflower in the sequel. The clothes we have typically seen her in and glance over receive an upgrade in part 2 of the movie, and it’s noticeable. Her character also evolves into a woman who is self-confident and is aware of the love that she has for her family AND her work.
Charlotte, on the other hand, realizes how fortunate she is to have the full-time help of a nanny though she also realizes how her nanny (a twenty-something, braless, Irish girl) could surface insecurities in her marriage a la Jude Law.
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