Sex and the City

[ceebeegee]

I've been watching the last few episodes (ever) of Sex and the City this week. They showed the episode where Charlotte shows her dog and Alek doesn't want to meet Carrie's friends, and the one where Alek asks Carrie to go Paris with him, they have a dinner party, the girl falls out the window and Carrie says she'll go to Paris. Okay, so far I'm enjoying these episodes--I really liked Kim Cattrall's performance in the second one when she said "we're selfish bitches who want you in New York" (I generally vastly prefer it when terribly arch people finally drop the mask and just act like normal people). And I fucking died when Charlotte wailed her dog got gang-banged in the park and Samantha said "That's so '80s..."--man, she is goin' straight to hell for that one but it's hilarious. But is it just me or do Mikhail Barishnikov and Sarah Jessica Parker have no chemistry whatsoever? He seems so remote with her--she seems a little too American-ly needy for him. (I love SJP as Carrie, BTW, that's not a slam on her character.) They just don't seem to connect; he never seems to brighten up around her.

Loved the scene between Miranda and Carrie after the funeral. Cynthia Nixon is really good. She's another one who's given all this clever arch shit to play, but it's awesome when she gets to be direct. She has a very expressive face. Kristin Davis is amusing but not that great, but she also impressed me a few weeks ago when she'd had the sort-of miscarriage (if it's actually that when you've only been pregnant a few weeks) and she stayed on the couch all weekend. The look she gave Carrie when she came to talk to her--that was some acting.

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[mollyx.livejournal.com]

I LOVE those episodes.
When Kirsten Johnston fell out that window, I about had a heart attack. There was almost mno lead up. She was just gone.

But that episode with Charlotte's miscarriage is a great show of first her vulnerability and then her strength. And it's things like this that just make me love Harry more. He's so sweet.

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

I know! I jumped out of my chair! But that was a great scene--"When did New York stop being fun? Ya can't even smoke anymore!" And that conversation with Candace Bergen and SJP--the whole party scene was fantastic.

Yeah, Harry's great. I love the scene (like 10 eps ago) when he first tells her how great she is, when they're first getting together. And (in this week's eps again) I love it when Steve is telling Miranda "No offense but you never think anyone's good enough for your friends. You didn't think I was good enough." She starts to protest and he says, kind of laughing, "but it was okay, I knew you'd come around." That kind of confidence--see, that's the biggest aphrodisiac a man can have. Steve is short, cute but not necessarily hot, with no great job, no ambition--but he likes himself, he has a sense of humor, and he knows he has something to offer. That's why a man or a woman who doesn't seem to add up on paper can have their pick--because they believe in themselves. Confidence is the most potent aphrodisiac there is.

[mollyx.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love that episode. He's all passion. And Charlotte is so funny, trying to keep it on a sex-only basis. She doesn't stand a chance.

I loved the Steve/Miranda dynamic.

And I kept screaming, "Miranda, what the hell is wrong with you?! Love is staring you in the face and talking with a Brooklyn accent!!"

And he is cute. And he called her on her bull and brought down walls, it was great.