ceebeegee | Sex and the City and Twilight (Reply)

Oh, on the way back I watched the Sex and the City sequel. I don't get at all the clutching of pearls over how terrible this movie supposedly was. It's a comedy, guys. Yes, it's over the top. Yes, there are lame puns. Did any of the reviewers ever even watch the show? At its heart the movie is about being a woman--working, mothering, partnering--and more importantly, female friendship. I mean, some of these reviews are...unbelievable. Really, openly misogynistic--the Salon review actually muses that it would be "kinder" for SJP et al. to be "shot in the head or skinned alive by Arkansas rednecks," complete with a graphic of SJP being stabbed. The posters responding to the reviews just slamming, savaging the appearances of these women. They're not just "ugly," they're an offense to human eyesight everywhere. They're all too old, too hideous. One poster actually quoted her 15 year old son saying "false advertising--not in the city and not sexy." (Oh, well, if some 15 year old BOY doesn't think four women 40 years and old and over isn't sexy, hand me the razor blades now!) They're "degenerate," "bitches" (they're called this a lot), "desperate," "frantic." Another poster "forsees" a murder-suicide pact between SJP & Matthew Broderick. Really pretty creepy. Disturbing. I see some of this over-the-top hatred for the Twilight series as well--(I'm not talking legit criticism--I am the last person to defend Twilight's actual literary merit--they're not well-written, but they are FUN. I'm talking about non-stop ranting). If you don't like it, DON'T WATCH IT. See how easy that is? Do you think spend my time watching and trashing Transformers or whatever fanboy franchise there is out there? I could care less what someone else watches, if it's just mindless fun--which both Twilight and SATC are. Oh, but wait, there's another element in here--as one poster on Salon put it:

And for many of the commenters here, piss off, you sexist, misogynistic pricks who can't stand that after 60 plus years of television there's FINALLY a show in which you are NOT the center of attention.

And that is really the crux of the overreaction to Twilight and SATC, IMO.