Sex & The City

The fabled day finally arrived when on 28th May Sex & The City – The Movie opened in the UK. I dragged my poor unsuspecting date along to watch it at a very late showing in Leicester Square. Now let me say I am a fan of the series. I do not consider myself an unquestioning fan. I avoided much of Series 1 as I found the characters hard and decidedly un-likable. I have just revisited Series 2 & 3 on my new BT Vision service and it was nice to be reminded how great it became. It was not because of the shoes, and not because of the sex. It was simply because of the great writing. With this in mind, the movie could have been a stinker but the writing holds up and my date seemed to enjoy himself almost as much as I did. I shall not spoil the plot for those who have not seen it yet but fans will LOVE it and it manages to appeal to any newbies too.

I has just occurred to me however, that the movie may get a frozen welcome from those who work in the wedding industry. The average wedding now costs upwards of £20,000 and as Big cowered in the back of his limousine and watched Carrie scuttle to her humiliation in her gorgeous Vivienne Westwood frock I asked myself, are outlandish weddings guaranteed to frighten off the Groom?