Sex and The City Movie–Should Carrie Have Married BIG?
Should Carrie have married BIG?
Saw the new SEX AND THE CITY movie and loved it, LOVED IT! The storyline was (mostly) wonderful. The clothes were so fabulous they nearly upstaged the characters. (What percentage of our population pays $550 for a single pair of shoes? Wears nothing but couture?) I’m thrilled to see over-forty women featured in a film, all looking fantastic, and taking charge of their (successful) lives.
But I ask — Would YOU have forgiven BIG? I’ve been thinking about whether or not I would have since I saw the film. Considering he broke up with Carrie “15 times” (as they stated in the movie) I’m having a hard time with this plot point. Forgiveness was the story theme, but what he did to Carrie in the movie is HUGE! (a la BIG) Let’s face it, BIG is an unreliable guy.
What do you think? Should Carrie have forgiven BIG and married him?
What would YOU have done?
June 4th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Personally I’ve given up on there being any connection between romance and marriage. If people are happy, do the smart thing and leave things well enough alone.
I haven’t seen the movie yet (and didn’t realize Carrie went through with it; spoiler alert!) but I can’t say, if I were in her Manolo Blahnik’s, that I’d be all that forgiving after 15 times. The best indicator of future behavior is past behavior. Once there’s a commitment in place, is that REALLY going to change him?
Don’t get me wrong, I love Big, but “fool me once” and all that is so true. How many times do you need to learn a lesson before it sinks in? Of course, if she kicked him to the curb the first time he broke her heart, we wouldn’t be talking about a successful series and movie now, would we?
Thanks, Adele!! Great blog!
June 4th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
BIG put Carrie through hell for TEN YEARS. I wouldn’t want to walk in her Manolo Blahnick’s, though I’d love to have her career success.
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Best–Adele Dubois
June 5th, 2008 at 1:28 am
I’ve always been a fan of SATC. I saw the movie twice and both times I was disappointed. Not because of Carrie but Samantha. Yes Big broke Carrie’s heart many times but it brings to mind about soul mates. No matter how many times they broken up they always found each other.
Not the disappointment in the series they make Samantha as well a horny, sexual active person yet in this movie all we saw her is naked but covered. What I hated was seeing Miranda. I mean I’ve never been a fan of her just Carrie, Sam and Charlotte. Another thing is this movie showed how far they have grown up. I mean for Sam to not jump in with Dante (holy moly he was one hot guy http://www.gillesmarini.com/), Charlotte showing her true anger side which we never saw in the series and Carrie showing her real look without make up all well ugly.
I have followed this tv series from the beginning and seeing the movie was like a final closure to the series. I loved it and yes Forgiveness was a whole big topic in the movie but also about love conquering anything.
Melinda
June 5th, 2008 at 1:46 am
I was glad to see Charlotte’s fiery side, too. I loved that she had such poise and confidence, and was happy with her life. I agree with you that the characters had grown since the series. I LOVED the movie, though some of the plot points were difficult to like.
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Best–Adele Dubois
June 6th, 2008 at 1:23 am
I saw the movie this weekend and enjoyed it. (Although some parts I found kind of cheesy) I think the problem with Big is that throughout the movie we never saw him change/grow or make amends. He copied some love poems and wrote “he will always love her.” It wasn’t enough to convince me he’d changed. You really do have to go through that growth with the character to believe it. Anyway, that’s my two cents.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Thanks for your two cents, Teresa! IMHO BIG should have let Carrie have her fantasy wedding. In the end he still got to have everything his way, which was consistent with his self-centeredness. In their TEN YEAR tumultous relationship, he called the shots all the way to the alter. I agree with you that he had zero character growth. He was a BIG jerk to the end.
Best–Adele Dubois