sex and snow - total opposites

sex and the city
written & directed by michael patrick king
characters from the book by candace bushnell

carrie bradshaw - sarah jessica parker
miranda hobbs - cynthia nixon
charlotte york - kristin davis
samantha jones - kim catrall

big - chris noth
steve brady - david eigenberger (chicago native!)
harry goldenblatt - evan handler
smith jerrod - jason lewis

louise - jennifer hudson

hello gorgeous! fashion like crazy! i think sarah jessica parker had 70+ wardrobe changes. totally impractical, but i even love that she wore pearls to bed. oh yeah, sex too (ridiculous mancandy - giles marini). i had forgotten how racy the show was. charlotte, samantha and miranda were true to form and so were the fellas, and "big" too, in all but one respect. since when did "big" become domesticated? i want to dish more, but i encourage you to see it. so forgive the vagueness. there are no real spoilers here. we can debate offline.

satc was great fun. i laughed and got teary eyed several times. the core of friendship between the girls was what i really loved most. there were some turns of the plot that i would have done differently. because of the predicability of the movie, i enjoyed the series finale more in some respects. i know, i know, how dare i?! don't forget that this blog is called "a matter of opinion." so for all of you satc die hards, please don't send hate mail ;0p in fact, new york magazine described the opposite, "the movie was what series finale should have been." if you haven't seen it yet, where have you been darling? go already!

snow angels
written by david gordon green & novel by steward onan
directed by david gordon green
starring sam rockwell, kate beckinsale, amy sedaris, michael angarano, olivia thirlby

i see the intent in the tagline, "some will fly. some will fall." to me, the two interesting story lines did not really mesh or layer well: depression/a stark life in the middle of winter & suburbia and teen coming of age story that was really sweet. there were some funny moments weaved in. i think they were meant as comic relief for the darkness and confusion of sam rockwell's character. sam rockwell gave an outstanding performance. whereas, i just could not buy kate beckinsale as a suburban mom. another actress could have made the character more believable or could be more on par with sam rockwell. i don't know if this is still playing in theatres, but you could wait until dvd. rather than try to superimpose the two story lines, the writer should have made two separate movies. i wonder if the novel was better at making the two stories blend.

fino alla prossima volta (until next time?) feel free to correct the idiom. ciao ciao.