Cynthia Cheng

It’s hard to believe that Sex and the City: The Movie will open in theatres two weeks from today. It’s been four years since we last saw “the girls.” The plot has pretty much been kept hush-hush since filming last fall, but blogs have been going crazy about the movie’s storylines since the trailers were released earlier this year. But we all know that trailers can be deceiving. I don’t know if I really buy that Steve is cheating on Miranda. “It was only once” could mean a whole lot of things. Maybe Steve did hard drugs when he was in his twenties. Maybe he stole a pack of gum in the third grade. Who knows? But we all know that everyone’s most interested in Carrie’s and Big’s relationship.

I was never really a Big girl. I always thought that Carrie was an idiot for giving up Aidan. I mean, why go out with a guy who calls you, “Kid?” Isn’t it insulting? I’d run as fast as I can if any guy dared to call ME kid. I’m a small woman, and being called anything child-related (except for “baby,” and that’s only when I’ve gone out with him for a very, very long time). The last thing a petite woman wants, is to be mistaken for a child. Even if one is perceived to be a little immature, like Carrie. In other words, Big never really saw Carrie as an equal (Natasha, Big’s (second) ex-wife, is the kind of woman that a man like Big would go out with. She is the anti-Carrie. She’s younger, taller, and yes, much, much more mature!) Aidan, on the other hand, did. However, Aidan wasn’t, at least in Carrie’s books (and many other women, I must point out), the “ideal man.” Ideal men to educated women like Carrie, do not go out, much less marry, guys who don’t have the “ideal accomplishments.” These accomplishments include looks (which Aidan has), a career (which Aidan has), an education (not sure about this….DOES Aidan have a post-secondary education?) and most importantly, money. Oops. Aidan doesn’t have that much, at least not compared to Big. That’s the biggie. Never mind that sweet, sweet Aidan treats Carrie well. He looked beyond Carrie’s perceived immaturity and sees her as an adult.

But what about the movie? We know that Big proposes. Maybe he’s come around? Maybe Carrie has matured, now that she has a “real job” with an assistant (played by Jennifer Hudson). In fact, it looks like Carrie becomes sort of a mentor for Jennifer’s character. Or maybe it’s all part of Carrie’s dream? Who knows? I guess I’ll find out on May 30.