Sorry, but I'm female, and you'd have to strap me down Clockwork-Orange style to get me to see this film. Excitement? Not hardly. Give me Indy any day.

This may not be an indictment of men, but it is surely an indictment on the kind of people too many women of this generation have become. Promiscuous, foul-mouthed male bashing sexists. I am in my early thirties and I am thoroughly disgusted by the way many women who are ten years younger than me to around my age act. Where are the feminine women who know how to be a lady and respect men. I guess women could say the same thing about men. Masculine men are becoming less and less. There are so many Gay men nowadays and women seem to want their men feminine instead of true men. When did the line between the way men and women act become so blurred? It makes me SICK! Speaking of sick, the way women and Homosexuals idolize this show and these women also makes me sick. Women of this generation need to join us in reality!!!

Actually, the emphasis on differences between the genders is a relatively modern phenomenon. Past cultures had different ways of viewing the divide between the sexes, and thus had different views on homosexuality as well. The way that you think about "male" vs. "female" is a result of social construction. No line has been blurred, there really is no line at all, no definitive gender identity. (I realize that this is not going to get through to you, if you ever even see it, however your antiquated and abhorrent comment was irresistible).
By the way, all of these are points that I learned through attending university and reading books (things which your ignorance and lack of proper punctuation suggest to me you have not done yourself). I suppose that, as I am a woman, you would not have had me do either, so that I would have more time to make someone's dinner and mend their clothes (appropriately "ladylike" pursuits). I respect men as a whole just as much as I respect women, however I don't respect you (as an individual).

Johanna, for your information I have a Bachelor's degree. I am not being graded on my punctuation in a blog so get off of your high horse. I could care less if you respect me. You don't know anything about me. I don't care what your women's studies or any of your other classes taught you. There are definitive gender identities and that just shows your ignorance and your inability to have your own thoughts. Males and females have specific gender roles (and I am not talking about cooking and cleaning). Masculinity and femininity are gender identities. It's what attracts the opposite sexes to each other. It goes way back to the beginning of mankind. Some women of today, and I guess you are one of them, are guilty of trying to emasculate men and turn them into women.

Also, I am very pro-woman. Many of my closest friends are women, and I respect women very much, actually more than men. Women with class and dignity, not promiscuous, male-bashing, foul-mouthed women, which is far too many today. I have to say I don't respect men who act the same way. The women I know who idolize the women of Sex and the City, and try to emulate them, are the ones who disgust me. There are some women and very young teenage girls who can't figure out that these women are fictitious and they don't need to try and act just like them. Read the comments from some women in the blogs on this movie and you would swear they truly believe this movie is reality.

I challenge you to find many men my age who don't feel the same way about many women of today. I am clearly not saying women as a whole, I am saying too many women, many of whom idolize this show and the four female characters. I realize women are trying to gain equality and empower themselves, but becoming promiscuous and foul-mouthed is not the way to go about it. I use to believe women were the better gender. The more women try to act like these women the less I believe it.

'Sex' appeal: Why women can't get enough of 'Sex and the City'
By Jennifer Rung / SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Updated: 05/25/08 8:34 AM

The lives of the women on “Sex and the City� served as my alternate reality, the life I might have had if I never met my now-husband and moved back to Buffalo from Manhattan in the ’90s.

It’s possible I’d still be single and prowling the lipstick jungle in search of love, fashion and fun.

Women around the country and the world –single, married, twentysomething to sixtysomething –watched and talked about the show obsessively when it aired, and the interest preceding the premiere this Friday of the “Sex and the City� movie has been nothing short of frenzied. (Don’t believe us? Check out no less than 63 pages of “Sex and the City� material in last week’s Entertainment Weekly magazine.)

So why did we –and why do we still –care so much? What is it about this show that still amuses, titillates and breaks our hearts?

Perhaps it was how much we came to care about Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha.

“The characters are so real; they ARE my friends, and now they're back� said Mindy of Buffalo.

“Women connect with the show for the same reason many of them love soap operas –these women have a lot of relationships and a lot of power,� said Rapping, who teaches American Studies at UB.

Their whirlwind Manhattan lifestyles aside, Carrie, Charlotte, Samantha and Miranda are fabulous. They are flawed. They are sometimes vulnerable and insecure, but they are also survivors. And they live exciting lives.

“It was a realistic portrayal of how women want their lives to be in today’s world,� Rapping added

“They were the friends I don’t have,� said Kathryn Murray of Tonawanda, about the ladies of “SATC.� “I cried with them, hoped with them, experienced their ups and downs. I miss them".

Often, Kelly’s girlfriends would come join them to watch new episodes. For the finale they all had a Cosmo party, and they’ve got big plans for the movie premiere on Friday, which will include dinner and martinis beforehand and a trip for dessert afterward to discuss everything –just like the “SATC� girls would do.

Like Kathryn Murray, Bey Bohannon of Williamsville also felt a strong personal connection to these characters.“I was living vicariously through them,� she explained.

For Sandra Roland, it was the fifth essential character –New York City –that made the show so intriguing. She loved the glamorous restaurants, shops and nightlife depicted in the show, and dreamed of moving there someday to live that lifestyle.

Every week, viewers held their collective breath, waiting to see Samantha’s latest designer bag or, of course, Carrie’s newest pair of shoes.

Kathryn Murray agrees. “They’re like old friends. You want to make sure they’re OK.�

Will Big and Carrie finally cement their on-again, off-again love affair? Will Samantha give herself over to true intimacy? Will Charlotte have more children? Will Miranda be content in Brooklyn?

“It’s almost scary; maybe it won’t end the way we want it to!� said Roland.

A little fuel added to your fire Alex. Some of these quotes are kind of disturbing! I am a 22 year old female, and I have a hard time understanding why so many women can't distinguish fiction from reality. I will admit I watch the show in syndication on occasion, and I do find it funny at times, but it is not REAL, and these women aren't the type of women we should emulate. It is ENTERTAINMENT. If the women who love this show can understand that, I have no problem, but even some of my friends talk and act as if these people are TRULY REAL, and they try to act just like them.

Many argue this movie and I for one applaud it the movie shows women progressing and proving men that not only can they be sucessful in their professions but as well as in their sexual lifestyle.
All these characters show a vulnerablity that is endearing and meaningful and so many women can identify with these characters. Basically if you are in touch with your ideal image of how a women should act and interact with personal friends then this is not the movie for you.
The interaction with these characters show how now women have come to a more comfortable place in society by pleeling away the betty crocker image that not all women want the same things in life just a different kind of lifestyle no matter how crude the language seems and sexual epidoes that take place.
Basically society is not meant to degress but to evlove and if we were to have stayed in one place throughout the years as a nation we would be in a worse of place. So kuddos to this movie and the actresses and actors that portray the sexual evolution of women and men and issues about sex and that sex is not scary but fun and should be done safe and in adult way.
If you have not followed Sex and the City since airing on HBO then you should probably catch up by watching all the seasons. Very funny and charmning!

Alex wrote: I realize women are trying to gain equality and empower themselves, but becoming promiscuous and foul-mouthed is not the way to go about it. I use to believe women were the better gender. The more women try to act like these women the less I believe it

Alex what you fail to know or understand you just maybe had your fair share of bad dates or not so good luck in the dating pool. Men have always objectified women and now that their at a time where they can be more liberal and have more sexual exploration as men have done throughout the years you now want a more tame and betty crocker version of a woman. Women and men are evolving and you just need to accept that. Women by being promiscious by getting power well guess what some men do the exact same thing so I would not judge not even by a long shot. Remember at birth we came from a women so respect them and love them they go through so many other different experiences than men do!

James, if you read my post, I stated I do respect women, but being foul-mouthed and promiscuous should not be a goal women should try and achieve. That is not gaining equality or evolving. That is ignorant and vulgar; something I believe society is becoming far to accepting of. I also stated that I don't respect men who act the same way. However, I don't date men, and thank God, as men have many problems with their actions and I hear many complaints from women about them, and rightfully so. I certainly don't expect a "Betty Crocker" version of a woman, just one that acts respectful of herself and others. Having some decency seems to be looked down on nowadays, and that is pretty pathetic.

....uh....I agree wif alex

State it over and over again Alex maybe you have your ideal way of how a woman should act and how you were brought up and that is perfectly fine. Should you ever contradict yourself in a social setting or with interaction with your peers is fine. All I'm saying is woman are evolving either way in a way that you do not like which is perfectly fine. You might on ocassion let loose and go out on a night on the town with your friends. Observation of the human being in any social setting is always fun to see especially if your not part of the drama or as these characters try to convey from television to screen is that they are facing problems just like anyone else and are proud of verbalizing it however vulgar or tasteless it may be to you. I still don't think your a fan at all of this movie or the show itself. It is nice to see someone who respects the morals and boundaries of woman regardless of how they present themselves. I agree with your opinion about being respectful and knowing moral decency within society. No your not the only one who believes in decency I do to this movie is just about women and these characters having fun with life, sex and work. By all means I don't think your a true fan!!!! Remember you choose who you love and problems will always happen with both sexes men and women!

Hypocrisy!

I'm not in the habit of getting into arguments over the Internet, because as you say, I don't know you. I was incited to argue with you because of two elements of your post. One was the sentence, "Where are the feminine women who know how to be a lady and respect men" and the other was your apparent intolerance for homosexuality. I don't have much tolerance for intolerance. As for the statement that I have quoted, if you can't see what is wrong with that then I rest my case. Perhaps it was the heat of the moment, perhaps you didn't mean it to come out that way, but it sounds pretty damn archaic and it pissed me off (I must have been in a chatty mood because I generally just ignore these things). I'm not sure what your definition of "lady" or "feminine" are, and in order to have a real conversation those would have to be made clear (that is not an invitation, I don't want a conversation because as I said, not into the back and forth blog thing). However to me it sounded like you were saying, well exactly what you were saying: women have lost "respect" for men. Which sounds a lot like "women are second-class citizens and men are the dominant sex." Which I am sure is not precisely what you meant, but your wording left something to be desired. I actually agree with you that there is a problem with anyone becoming too attached to a television show, and attempting to imitate fictional characters. There is nothing wrong with enjoying a show, there isn't even anything wrong with taking comfort in a show, and identifying with characters (because we all identify with someone onscreen, there is no helping that). However, of course it is important to keep reality and fiction seperate (which I honestly believe most rational people can, and I think that the news article cited in an above post is a collection of quotes designed to prove a particular argument. Question those women further and they may not be as obsessed as their one line makes them sound, they might be just excited about a show that they are fans of, which is pretty ok). Unfortunately some people do fall into the trap of superficiality, however (as someone who has generally, believe it or not, been capable of original thought) I was offended by your assumptions about the modern woman. There will always be people whose choices you don't agree with, but I think that there are plenty of pretty cool people around too, I dunno who you've been hanging out with.

P.S. "Some women of today, and I guess you are one of them, are guilty of trying to emasculate men and turn them into women". Whaat?? I feel like I should be offended by this, but I actually just found it funny. I've never been much for women-men hybrids, generally I like my men straight up. I suggest that you watch the South Park episode "South Park is Gay", if you haven't already seen it. I think that you might get a kick out of it.

ok, im a guy and i absolutly loved the series! it was amazing, how they bring love and drama into a comedy!! i watched the movie last night, with my best friend, and i got pissed off at some parts, laughed my ass of on some, and got sad for the character in others. and before the rude people out here scream im gay, save yourself the trouble, i am! but i loved the all 6 Seasons, the season finale, and the movie!!!

So whats your point. Women and gay men make up 95% of the people who like the show and the movie. IT ALL SUCKS! The people who like this are so one dimensional in their lives. Many women have few hobbies or other interests other than shopping, complaining about men, Drinking, and talking about sex. There isn't a woman around who could meet the fulfilling life many men lead. We have sports, politics, business, hunting, camping, riding four-wheelers, golf, and boating, among many other interests.

Why do you think women were so obsessed over this show and movie. It is make believe, not real! Women were like animals this weekend. Some women I know went to see the movie up to four times already. FOUR TIMES! Get a life and some new interests. I understand perfectly that they may be interested in this, but to be so obsessed with all the crying and fighting in lines for tickets is kind of sickening.

A girlfriend and I went to see this film on opening night and we were completely satisfied with this movie. It certainly finished telling the story of our Sex girls and it was absolutely fabulous! I have certainly recommended this movie to everyone I know and they have all gone and seen it. I haven't been able to drag this husband to see it yet but when it comes to our local drive in, he's mine!
Five Stars absolutely loved the film!
Could there be a sequel?
I LOVE NY!!
And SATC!

I saw a marked contrast in the writing, the complexity, and the originality between the series and the movie (the series being far better.) I think the answer sadly lies in the main writer himself saying that he was under a lot of pressure and that he didn't want to disappoint anyone. So how does he, as a writer, let his characters do their thing? He can't let them. He might disappoint his audience. I thought the movie was boring; I almost left. And I think the series is great. There was a major disconnect re: writing style. Could have been much much better...maybe not fairy tale (as it was) but why is that so "needed"? A good story is better any day.

This movie was great!

I loved all the episodes and the movie was great! for all the haters on this page stop over analyzing admit it was great entertainment!!! get a life alex u suck!!!