Inside the mind of a woman

The Sex and the City tv series takes you through the lives of four not so young but still desirable New York City bachelorettes. The show though focuses mostly on Carrie Bradshaw, columnist and writer about sex, love and relationships. She is hopeful and ever-searching for Mr. Right but always seem to go back to Mr. Big.

Her other friends are Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte. All equally independent, gorgeous and demanding. Together with Carrie, they too go through their ups and downs and insides before finding that place and that man they want to settle down with.

The movie starts out with their settled lives. Carrie with Mr. Big, Miranda and Steve with their baby, Charlotte and Harry with adopted Lily, and Samantha and gorgeous hunk Smith in Hollywood. Then watch as conflicts occur in each of their lives and watch them fall back into each other’s comforting arms.

Many people think SATC is all about fashion, sex and selfish women but this movie will prove them wrong. There are a lot of heart-wrenching scenes that make you want to shout – Life is not fair!. And that is what captures me about the movie. I expected more labels, designers, frivolity, sex and more sex. But what I got are passion, family, reality, and most of all friendship. It was so fun to see how her three friends equally gave dagger looks to another woman at the auction who outbid Samantha for a ring she was dying to have. Talk about standing by your girlfriends in any and every way possible.

My favorite scene is the one at the Library where Carrie was getting married to Mr. Big. She was told that he still wasn’t there so she called him and then listened to him in shock realizing he was not coming to their wedding… she is being jilted! The phone slips from her hand and she hyperventilates and screams take me out of here. Her friends rush to her side and take her away to the waiting limo. They encounter Big’s car on the street and Carrie jumps out of the car and runs towards Big in her flowing designer gown and raises her bouquet and hits Mr. Big over and over again until all the petals fall away. Her face is distraught. Her emotions raw. And I felt my heart constrict as I watched her scream and curse and cry all at the same time. My head ached from having to swallow my tears and I could not even attempt to laugh when the camera zoomed in on Charlotte’s face as she stared darkly at Big and walked like a penguin to the car.

So maybe that is why my hubby wasn’t impressed with the movie. Because he was expecting the same kind of light, sexy banter he watched for years on TV. What he got was real life and more meaning than he really cared for.

Sex And The City the movie is enchanting and surprising at the same time. Fall in love, get hurt and be comforted. Its the perfect end to the delightful TV series.