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Msbullwnkl
Member
08-16-2005
| Friday, February 22, 2008 - 1:16 pm
I have seen the extended trailer, and am ready to see this one! Extended Trailer
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Friday, May 30, 2008 - 6:33 pm
I saw this today! FABULOUS! I think that there should be a drinking game (Cosmo) for everytime a boom mic gets caught in the scene. We would have to wait for the DVD for this! It is NOT at all how I thought it would be. Take a box of Kleenex. I need to see it again!
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Friday, May 30, 2008 - 8:33 pm
Schoolmarm, if you kept seeing boom mics then your theater's projectionist messed up big time and didn't frame the film properly. I saw the movie today too and I can't even tell you how many times I was in tears. I really, really enjoyed it.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 10:09 am
I really enjoyed it too, and I will admit I was a bit skeptical. They captured the heart of it well. There was a lot of reaction from the people in the theatre, which makes it more fun in my opinion. Gee....didn't notice the boom mics, but I will when I watch the DVD...lol! The clothes and shoes alone were worth watching it for...from great to horrendously bad. The costume people deserve an award.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 12:49 pm
Movie Answer Man From the expert: Roger Ebert / April 28, 1996 Q. Please tell me why in big budget movies you can often see the boom microphone in the picture. I have seen it frequently in many big budget pictures. The cinematographer must be incompetent to not notice this, along with the editors. Why do they leave it in? (Paul M. Nowak, Farmington Hills, Mich.) A. The Answer Man gets this question about once a week, and answers it about every six months. When you can see the sound boom in a movie, it is usually not the fault of the filmmakers, but of the theater projectionist, who has framed the movie incorrectly. All movies contain more picture area than you are ever intended to see, in order to allow the picture to "bleed" over the sides of the screen. Sometimes a boom strays into the "head room," but if the projectionist has done his framing correctly you will never see it.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 3:43 pm
no boom in my movie today. it was FANTASTIC!!! OMG, i am worn out. i cried, laughed, worred that it was going end 'too soon'. they did us SATC fans proud!
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 10:25 pm
I wasn't a huge fan of the show. I'd watch it on HBO but it wasn't appointment tv. I totally missed the last set of episodes. My bff had to fill me in on what happened before we got into the movie theatre. I think they did a great job with the story, with the costumes (even bringing back some outfits from the original series in a little show inside Carrie's closet). I had no idea where the movie was going until the end (good job writer/director/editor). Good chick flick!

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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 11:00 pm
Kona, may I borrow your BFF so I can get a last bunch of eps recap too pls? LOL. I missed the end of the tv show too, so I don't know how it ended. And I'm leery of seeing the film without knowing what just preceded it. (I watched the show as sporadically as you did.)
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 6:15 am
I missed most of the last season of the show (I don't get HBO, so always watched with friends and we couldn't get it together last season), and it didn't impact my enjoyment in the least. If you watched any of the show, there were a lot of little references you will pick up on, but I think that even if you didn't watch any of it and you like a good chick flick you would enjoy it. And incidently, we took my friend's husband, who often got roped into watching it because we watched it at his house. We hadn't intended to take him....he decided he wanted to go, with a bit of trepidation since he thought it may emasculate him (he drank beer to our cosmos beforehand, lol.) But he was not the only man in the theater by far and I think he enjoyed it. (Though he made his wife leave quickly when it was over, before anyone could see him.) For every chick flick preview they showed (and there were a bunch), I would point to him and say "We're going to see that, too."
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 2:27 pm
Loved.It.!!!
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Msbullwnkl
Member
08-16-2005
| Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 3:42 pm
It was great. Definitely will see it again in the theaters (hopefully with a girlfriend in tow!) I never did see a boom microphone in the picture, so I guess they "framed" it right.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 11:17 pm
I didn't love it nor did I dislike it, however, I was disappointed at how predictable it was. It really took an old "movie of the week" or "afterschool special" sort of story and I had hoped for something better.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 02, 2008 - 4:53 am
how funny, Sugar. I was so afraid during most of the movie that they wouldn't 'go there' with the ending because they were afraid of being labeled predictable.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 6:52 pm
Three friends and I celebrated one's birthday today, having lunch first followed by a tiramisu cake to die for. Stuffed, we took a walk for an hour waiting for the mid-afternoon showing of this movie. Don't remember if I've ever laughed out loud until I cried at a movie and on a full stomach before, but this took the cake! (pun intended) I will be buying the dvd.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 9:35 am
I wasn't that impressed with the movie. It really came across more as a TV movie of the week.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 3:29 pm
Texannie don't get me wrong, I was glad with the ending regarding the "main issue", I think people would have been frustrated and furious if it had ended differently. I'm tired of movies and books that are so formulaic. 4 women mean 1 with a disease, usually breast cancer, 1 with marital problems, 1 infertile and usually 1 with career but no man to complete or compliment her happy ever after. Do you know what I mean?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 4:12 pm
unfortunately, statistically that's not all that uncommon. when my dh and i were first married (in our late 20's early 30's) we were friends with 6 couples. 3 we met at work and 3 that were neighbors. of those 6, 5 had fertility problems, 4 of which ended up adopting. out of this same group a few years later (now late 30's early 40's), two divorced, one got cancer, one comitted suicide and one went bankrupt.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 4:39 pm
I guess that I'm the one with the career and no man....SIGH!
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 7:57 pm
Texannie, I know there are statistics that fit. I guess I have known more people that don't fall into those categories so neatly. Or perhaps it is that most of the people I know suffering similar problems are a bit distanced from myself. A friend of a friend, a work acquaintance, not immediate family, etc. Hey Schoolmarm, I had up & down jobs before I married in October 2006 and I am well over 21. I was even twice 21+ a wee bit. My husband is a bit younger, but we were both in our 40's. And I am currently not working. No matter where we are in our lives, there are times that the grass in some other yard looks greener. Sometimes it is, sometimes it only appears to be. Sometimes it is just weeds and rocks or too dang much mowing 
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 09, 2008 - 4:57 am
LOL..it doesn't seem so formulatic when you live it. But, we have often joked that our group is a really bad ABC After School Special! LOL
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, June 23, 2008 - 11:00 am
You know, I realize that this was formulaic, but when you deal with life every day...in all its ups and downs and twists and turns...a movie that makes you feel good at the end isn't such a bad thing. Saw it this weekend...loved it!
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Carlpsmom
Member
01-03-2004
| Monday, June 23, 2008 - 6:12 pm
Can't wait for the DVD! lol I do not go to the movies unless it is at the theater where they serve food and stuff. I hate movie snacks and the seats. BUT, I went to see this one. The seats were comfy but it would have been the perfect one to get served drinks while watching. lol
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Monday, June 23, 2008 - 8:19 pm
We have theaters by us that have a full menu and drinks! It's fun to go there, but expensive (I can't resist the brownie/ice cream dessert). We also have a theater that has the regular popcorn, candy and a full bar! Wait, then we have another one that's more independent and they have healthy sandwiches, teas and another full bar. It's wonderful. But I still prefer popcorn and a coke.
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