Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
SATC movie backlash begins…
by Warren
….and not a moment too soon. Heather Mallick points out that the ultimate “girlie” movie is less about female liberation than about rampant consumerism and empty, shallow competition to secure a rich husband. I can’t possibly match Mallick’s lovely bile, so check out her article yourself. She also name-checks and quotes professional misanthrope Toby Young‘s post about the SATC movie, which is OK by me. Time Out New York also points to the movie as unleashing a new wave of douchification on unsuspecting NY neighbourhoods, and how the show created the creature known as Julia Allison.
I for one will probably never see the SATC movie, but my sympathies go out to all those dragged to the film by a significant other. That just ain’t fair, and I recommend dragging that significant other to as crappy a revenge flick as possible. One of the Saw movies should do the trick.
36 Responses to “ SATC movie backlash begins… ”
You know, it’s kinda sad; the show actually was among the better things on the tube at the time, at least for a couple seasons. Nothing good could ever come out of revisiting those characters though…. especially not with a bunch of name-checking product placement on the big screen; apparently Mercedes’ new baby-SUV debuted in the movie. If I want to see blatant product placement for car companies, I’ll just watch Iron Man a couple more times, thanks. 🙂
It’s not like “guy” movies are any better, what with the gratuitous explosions and stupidity, and at least SATC is cleverly written. Plus I love NY, and I can’t deny how good it looks in the series. I think the old saw “It’s not the show I hate, it’s the fans” was never more true than for this show.
I wish people would just GET OVER IT!! Its A MOVIE!!! The next time I see a bunch of guys at a sporting event enjoying themselves—I remember to write in to tell you how OFFENDED I am.
By-the-way, “Freyburg”, you make it embarrassing to be a Canadian.
Hey, I never said I was offended, just that it’s a movie I’m not particularly thrilled about and that the after-effects of the film (ridiculous consumer habits, superficiality, cackling droves of cosmo-sipping ninnies roaming the streets of urban centres) aren’t anything I’d like to be around. How, precisely, does that make me an embarrassment to Canada? If some guy making an offhand comment about a movie is what drives the pulse of your national pride, I’d say you have bigger problems than I do, Linda.
If I’m just as sick of the hype/press/social ‘phenomenon’ commentary of the SATC, does that make me an embarrassment to Canada as well?
Oh, I’m just grumbling because it would have been nice if they’d paid as much attention to a truly great TV Series and follow-on Movie, like say, Firefly/Serenity?
(Ah, my geek is showing)
What would have been really embarrassing for Canada would have been if Canadian TV networks, in their infinite creative wisdom, had come up with a SATC clone set in Toronto. I guess Godiva’s (http://www.bravo.ca/events/godivas/index.asp) comes close, though it was set in Vancouver. Yeesh.
Get a grip boys.Why don’t you quit your wining and go listen to Howard Stern somemore.
Uh, you’re the one who came on my site to take the time to complain about my pithy thoughts about the ladies of SATC and their moneyed nonsense. And you’re the one who decided to make the titanic leap that such thoughts make me an embarrassment to my nation. So if anyone needs to dial up the reality-o-meter, it’s you, Linda. And having an opinion that doesn’t agree with yours doesn’t make us knuckle-dragging sexists or Howard Stern listeners, no matter how much you want that to happen.
I can say with a lot of confidence that none of the guys commenting on this blog post listen to Howard Stern, Linda…
I’d be embarrassed by any guy my age saying he liked “Transformers”, which is basically the male equivalent of this movie, so what we’re really getting at here is that it’s disappointing that adults can get so into crap like this… 🙂
“Backlash”. “Male-equivalent”. Neanderthals.
As a female, Linda i must urge you to turn in your badge to the proper authorities.
You’re casting your pseudo feminist net a little wide here don’t you think?
I could tell you from a female perspective that this movie is a bunch of rich, vapid, sparkly, ever consuming vaginas flapping on screen about the fluffiest crap i could ever give a shit about.
To call Freyburg an embarrassment to Canada for making an objective commentary about a shitty movie is probably the dummest thing i’ve heard all day. (and i watch reality tv)
I’m am so sick of people making an issue out of a hollywood movie. It’s meaningless–and don’t worry…we are all well aware that women are not friends to other women. That’s why I LIKED THE MOVIE.
Who said I was a Feminist?
There is no issue here. There was a critical commentary made about the movie. You walked in all GUNS A BLAZIN’ trying to shake your finger at anything with a penis in this room.
You cannot bring your Spice Girls brand of “girl power” into this forum…it will be sniffed out and swept aside.
Neanderthal.
Hey, if not being able to sit through a movie about shoes makes me less evolved…then let the knuckles drag!
go for it.
LAST WORD
Go make an issue out of Indiana Jones now.
Mel…get back in the kitchen and bake somemore apple pies.
Wow, you really are hostile, aren’t you, Linda? Mel is just about the last person to defer to a male or anyone else. She just a) doesn’t feel a need to bond with “her girls” onscreen, and b) if the movie is so meaningless (and believe you me, it is…), why are you getting so wound up about it?
FWIW Indy looks pretty meh too… I may not bother seeing it. I loved Star Wars when I was a kid but seeing the sequels as an adult wasn’t the most rewarding experience so I’m not ready to repeat that…
BTW, Mel, if you are baking pies, let me know and I’ll bake one too… we can have an old fashioned pie-bakin’ party.
Get real…I’ve been laughing my head off at all of these stupid comments everyone (including myself) have made.
I didn’t mean to offend. Enjoy the cinema all!
now lets all shut up and have some pie.
I’d just like to say , take care all…your opinions I value..very cool to hear…and it was a fun ride. All the best.
LAST WORD!
(srsly)
Oh…so much for arm chair socialism. Stop being petty mel and say something else offensive.
“The Dark Knight”. Any comments. Didn’t think so.
*yawn
mel,
“Devil wears Prada”… if you could market your brand of petty…you’d be a bloody millionaire.
Wow, there were posts in July on this (I thought) dead thread? Crazy!
Since we have another month to stir the pot until the comments go dead (unless Warren decides to keep this one open), there must be some kind of inflammatory comment I can make. I was actually just thinking about this movie as it just (finally) opened in Japan and I was reading about the reaction there… I kinda feel sad for women who have to cling to this “Disney Princesses with botoxed wrinkles” fairytale garbage as part of their self-image.
I always liked to think of women as generally being smart enough (ie. smarter than movie hero-worshipping men) to think that identifying with shallow fictional characters on screen is childish (maybe because I remember a time when the cool characters for women to look up to were Thelma and Louise), but I guess there’s $150 million dollars in revenue to prove me wrong…
It was just a silly movie…and really meant nothing more. I don’t know if the character “Samantha” would show up in a disney flick. Anyway, I found it funny and fun. That’s all. I just wish that that could be cool without being critized about enjoying a movie without it being a big political issue. Funny though how it was woman-centered and your backs go up.
If you would like to comment on the rights of women around the world, then I would welcome that…very much. This whole dialogue about the film is about as superficaial as the film was. Who needs to grow up now? If this movie sparked this kind of controversy–then I think it did it job.
Peace friends.
Did you notice how much “Tropic Thunder” made.
Come on…this is just gettting wierd.
I’ll likely not comment again…but I just can’t believe this was an issue to being with.
Hey, it’s not “an issue”; to be honest, Warren and I have noticed a disturbing trend where some of our otherwise intelligent female friends actually seem to almost believe that they’re characters in that show/movie… I mean, I stopped wishing I was Luke Skywalker somewhere around 1984… 🙂
Oh, and by the way, Samantha is nearly textbook Disney, and not just because she looks like what Cruella Deville might have pre-botched plastic surgery…
Then why watch it? Just forget about it if you hate it so much. Get a life.
Linda…it’s been what, 3 months since I posted this thread? I keep forgetting it exists until you pop in and start insulting us yet again. If anyone needs to let go and get a life..