Sex and the City 2

[Little32]

The movie started out with conflicts that would have been interesting for the SATC characters, had the movie actually followed through on exploring them.

Miranda: the whole figuring out how to pursue her career differently in a way that was both more satisfying and more conducive to the kind of family life that she wanted to have.

Charlotte: has the family that she always wanted, but now is feeling like she can not deal with it.

Samantha: What are the lengths that she will go through to try to stay young; is there a tipping point.

Carrie: trying to figure out how it will be "Just Us Two" for the next 35 years. What will that look like and will it be satisfying.

All of these conflicts were introduced in the first 30 minutes, and they made sense for where these characters are in their lives. But instead of dealing with them, the women ran to the other side of the world. How unsatisfying. In Abu Dhabi, the only story line that was really picked up was Carrie's conflict and that was done so in an unsatisfactory way. Then they turn around and wrap it up in a neat little bow at the end, as though they did anything at all with these issues.

The women did look haggard, and I couldn't figure out why. There are ways, technical ways, to fix those flaws (to soften and stuff) but for some reason they weren't. I didn't get it.