I just finished...may contain Sex and the City spoilers for those who've not seen it.

DrummerDeanna · #1 09-10-2006, 11:02 PM

So I have finished watching all of Sex and the City, which means that last night was bawl-fest 2006.

Good God. I cried my eyes out over that last episode....SO good - So perfect....and I am officially in love with that damn show. It's a bittersweet thing - I've spent the last three weeks or so watching the series - now I'm done

You get so attached to the characters - and I just found the writing, the character development - all of it to be very good. sigh.

Oh and Big...how I love him. Berger? Asshole. Russian...nice concept - but I never liked him for Carrie.....

Ok - so just thought I'd let y'all know that I am officially through all the episoded - lets discuss away

carrie721 · #2 09-10-2006, 11:13 PM

that would be weird, to watch the whole thing in 3 weeks. it took me, like, uh ... 7 years? or however long it was on.

i love/hate big. he's SUCH an asshole sometimes, but they really work together, big and carrie.

i was happy for miranda, even though it seemed oddly domestic for the miranda we met at the beginning of the series. i mean, a town house in brooklyn? i never would've seen that coming. but i guess it just goes to show how much life can change in 6 or 7 years for all of us. siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh.

gldstwmn · #3 09-10-2006, 11:20 PM

I hated Berger and Carrie together. I loved that actor in Band Of Brothers though. I still want to get the box set so I can see the alternate endings that were shot for the show. I love Baryshnikov. Sexy older man.

I'm pissed that Kim Catrall was the lone hold out in the deal to do the movie. I wondered if it was because they were going to have her character die of cancer.

DrummerDeanna · #4 09-10-2006, 11:37 PM

Yeah - Berger was a complete jerk - I didn't like his character, and I didn't like him and Carrie. I do love Ron Livingston - although he'll always be the guy from Office Space for me.

I thought it was awesome that Baryshnikov was "the Russian," he was sexy but I had my mind set on Carrie and Big. I previously had a love/hate thing with Big - but that ended during the Carrie/Aidan run - when you start seeing more of Big's character - and well, he's a really really sexy character and I adored the way they ended

The Miranda thing - I actually liked what they did with her. She definitely grew through the series, from someone who really wouldn't let anyone in to well - taking care of her family - the Steve mom's thing broke my heart...but was so touching.

Oh and I cried like a baby when Harry came home with the picture of Charlotte and his baby....omg...so sweet - I LOVED the Charlotte/Harry thing....

Lets see...Samantha and Smith

I enjoyed that too - though I really did like Richard

Smith is a sweetie though.

sparky · #5 09-10-2006, 11:39 PM

Isn't it a great show ? I resisted it for the first three seasons because I thought SJP was so ugly.

What a fool I was.
No joke - sobbing wreck at the end. They handled the ending so well though. I will never agree with anyone about Big. I still can't stand him. Whenever he calls Carrie "kid" it just makes my skin crawl. There's this gross power thing in their relationship that gives me the willies. It's so out of a 40's romance. He's such a daddy to her.
Loved the Russian, but the relationship was clearly doomed. It made for some great location shooting, and illuminated a lot about Carrie. My favorite is still Aidan. What I was dying to mention earlier about Aidan was why they created the character. MPK, the creator, said they wanted to make the perfect guy for Carrie, just to show how screwed up and absolutely incapable she was of handling the perfect relationship. When he got on his knee in the street and proposed to her, my stomach knotted up so hard in emotion I almost barfed. It was so unbelievably moving. He was so friggin perfect and sweet. And I knew she would screw it up. It was my major relating to Carrie moment. Which is ironic, because I never related to Carrie - if I am anyone it is about a 50/50 split of Miranda and Samantha.
It seemed like Charlotte got the short end of the stick in the plot department at the end, but it didn't bother me, as she was always my least favorite character. It is a sign of the brilliant writing though that I nevertheless understood her eventually and saw the humanity in her character. I ended up being fond of her in spite of myself. The whole baby thing she went through at first struck me as shallow and stupid, and ended up being completely heartbreaking to watch. She went on a big journey in that show.

It's also interesting to note that they basically wrote much of the show like it was about 4 gay guys. So much of the dialogue and situations were colored by that. I would love to own the box set. Just to go back and watch it all from time to time. Even though I don't even watch TV anymore I will always have a soft spot for this show. TV at it's very best.

DrummerDeanna · #6 09-10-2006, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by sparky

Isn't it a great show ? I resisted it for the first three seasons because I thought SJP was so ugly.

What a fool I was.
No joke - sobbing wreck at the end. They handled the ending so well though. I will never agree with anyone about Big. I still can't stand him. Whenever he calls Carrie "kid" it just makes my skin crawl. There's this gross power thing in their relationship that gives me the willies. It's so out of a 40's romance. He's such a daddy to her.

OOh that's interesting about Aidan - yet I can totally see that! Wow. Brilliant. Truly.

I still think SJP and Cynthia Nixon are quite unattractive - but I managed to get through it to completely fall in love with the show.

Ok - actually the Big calling Carrie "kid" thing did bug me....but gawd I love him still

sparky · #7 09-10-2006, 11:44 PM

How about a killer of an episode - the one where Miranda's mother dies !

OMG. That enormous flower arrangement. And when Samantha finally mouthed "I'm sorry" to Miranda as she is walking away from the podium...Ripped. My. Guts. Out.

What a scene.

There was more said about those characters and the human condition in that one half hour than most shows can manage to reveal in an entire season.

sparky · #8 09-10-2006, 11:47 PM

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I still think SJP and Cynthia Nixon are quite unattractive - but I managed to get through it to completely fall in love with the show.

I still think SJP is a dog. But she can be charming. CN on the other hand...I think she is a knockout. She looked unbelievable at some awards show last year - Emmy's or GG, I can't remember which.

DrummerDeanna · #9 09-10-2006, 11:49 PM

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I still think SJP is a dog. But she can be charming. CN on the other hand...I think she is a knockout. She looked unbelievable at some awards show last year - Emmy's or GG, I can't remember which.

REALLY!?! I can't get behind the CN...I find her to be pretty much repulsive - yet I did love her character - but never found her attractive...

The Miranda mother dying episode was a doozy - one of many that had me in tears.

DrummerDeanna · #10 09-10-2006, 11:52 PM

I seriously feel like I should have taken notes through my viewing - there was so much that made me think, laugh or cry and now I'm overwhelmed and can't think of much of it

Sigh. By the way, I LOVE how they finally "reveal" Big's name at the end..very cute.

GardenStateGirlie · #11 09-10-2006, 11:58 PM

even though they're incredibly edited, i still watch the reruns on tbs.

i purchased the first four seasons for my mother christmas two years ago [we used to watch the show every week]. i feel like a bit of a jerk because i confiscated them and i don't think she's seen them since. whoops.

sparky · #12 09-11-2006, 12:00 AM

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REALLY!?! I can't get behind the CN...I find her to be pretty much repulsive - yet I did love her character - but never found her attractive...

Here are my favorite shots of her. It was the Golden Globes. I love the internet !

I think she is stunning.

And how did I not hear she came out ?

close up

sparky · #13 09-11-2006, 12:01 AM

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By the way, I LOVE how they finally "reveal" Big's name at the end..very cute.

I totally forgot about that !
And I couldn't tell you his name with a gun to my head.

DrummerDeanna · #14 09-11-2006, 12:10 AM

^^
You didn't know she came out? I remember when it was revealed that Cynthia Nixon had been in a long-time relationship with a woman - I thought for sure that would be the end of my sister loving that show - but she made it through that, the abortion episode and Charlotte giving up Christ...guess the show is even more powerful that "morals"

Anyway - I do like CN better with the longer hair - I just still don't find her attractive - SJP sort of grew on me, but at best I find her cute...definitely not a knock-out.

Kristen Davis on the other hand? I find her so beautiful - and Kim Catrall to me has always just oozed sex - so that role was perfect for her.

Big's name...it feels wrong to just type it out here....

DrummerDeanna · #15 09-11-2006, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

even though they're incredibly edited, i still watch the reruns on tbs.

i purchased the first four seasons for my mother christmas two years ago [we used to watch the show every week]. i feel like a bit of a jerk because i confiscated them and i don't think she's seen them since. whoops.

I borrowed the first four seasons from my sister - accidently tore the cover off of season one and bought her a new one - so I now own season1. The others - I'm too po' to buy - but I know what's going on my Christmas list!!! In the meantime I'm saving them to my hard drive