June 2, 2008
Sex-Crazed Boston Weekend
Are you looking for a way to tell that special Sex and the City-crazed woman in your life that you care? Treat her to a foot massage sometime this week. She's going to need it.
If Bostonist had a dollar for each time we heard "my feet are killing me" on Friday night, we'd be able to afford a new pair of Jimmy Choo Edalene Textured patent platforms. We, like seemingly half of the greater Boston metro area, were dressed in our finery and down a couple of fruit-infused cocktails when we strolled into the AMC Lowes Boston Common 19 for the 10:30 p.m. viewing of the brand-new SATC film and encountered the closest thing we have ever witnessed to the Filene's Basement Running of the Brides.
Imagine, if you will, the large lobby of the theater. Cram in several hundred women, similarly donned in their Friday night best after splurging on nice dinners and drinks. Now put absolutely gorgeous footwear on these women - shoes that could serve as deadly weapons. And make them wait in line.
It was a recipe for disaster, but let's give a hand to the ladies of our fair city. We are an excitable bunch when it comes to Carrie Bradshaw and friends, but a blessedly patient bunch. There were shrieks and laughter as all waited for the opportunity to flood into the theater; although there was some pushing as lines began to surge past the tickettakers and into the theater, we believe everyone made it in unscathed.
We had our Bostonist review of the film ready for you on Friday, but given the manner in which moviegoers are flocking to the theaters (to the tune of $55.7 million during opening weekend), we advise that anyone currently on the fence about viewing the film give it a shot. While it is clearly a movie intended for the fans of the show, even those who aren't wise in the way of Bradshaw could find the people-watching more than worth the price of admission.
If the crowds in the coming week are anything like what we witnessed on Opening Night, this might the season's boldest showing of Boston fashion - served with a side of movie popcorn.
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they had a show about the running of the brides on TLC last night following a special wedding belles edition of what not to wear! ah, marriage.
"Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam..."
One thing I find irksome is how locked up the theatres are with this movie, and it's not in response to demand -- theatres are having to agree to run it on multiple screens in order to get it at all. That's why there are only 11 movies showing right now at the 19-screen Boston Common cinema, and it's why the Somerville Theatre has it on four of their five screens -- theatres are contractually obligated to do this if they want to show movie.
let's talk for a minute about that ass-garbage fergie song in the begining and end of the movie.. what an atrocity. ugh.