Sex and the City 2 had its premiere in London last night, not that the world at large needs to be told that unless you’ve been on Pluto for the last 24 hours. Film premiere’s are tricky and then very tricky beasts to guess who will turn up let alone whether the event is going ahead. There is an equation with film premiere’s , the bigger the film and stars the bigger the disappointment………..but not always!

American actresses Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristen Davis, Kim Cattrall and Cynthia Nixon attend the premiere of Sex And The City 2 at Odeon, Leicester Square in London on May 27, 2010. UPI/Rune Hellestad Photo via Newscom

Not so with the Sex and the City 2 Premiere. Full house turn up from all 4 actresses as in Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon. An even bigger turn up from a barrage of other female celebrities means this  film premiere post has had to be split into 2 parts something we do with major film awards.

First part will focus on the lead actresses and the film plus some sample reviews. Second part (post) will try to cover the photo highlights of the red carpet as in the huge guest list and we mean huge. Massive girly turnout celeb guest wise on this one as is too be expected, they got the clobber on big time, you can almost hear them fighting to get on that red carpet and see the fur flying, as this is a 100% girly film. More on that in Part 2.

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American actress Sarah Jessica Parker attends the premiere of Sex And The City 2 at Odeon, Leicester Square in London on May 27, 2010. UPI/Rune Hellestad Photo via Newscom

In our opinion the red carpet award goes to Sarah Jessica Parker for the outrageous and pomp and glory touch but for the quiet and sexually smouldering slick “I’ve got IT and I don’t have to try too hard” look we preferred Kim Cattrall (below) but it’s all a matter of taste.

May 27 2010 American actress Kim Cattrall attends the premiere of Sex And The City 2 at Odeon, Leicester Square in London on May 27, 2010. UPI/Rune Hellestad Photo via Newscom

Onto the film. SATC 2 is a bit of a departure from the first being a film of two halves firstly set in the normal NYC as in Manhattan as was the first outing but then they head off to the Middle East causing all sorts of chaos with their rampant hormones.

So is this film worth going to see? There’s loads of film review sites out there, and there are film critics galore in the press, we have taken two that FJ takes notice of most of the time for their differing views to see whether they arrive at the same verdict. Cue Larushka Ivan-Zadeh of the free paper Metro and Alex Zane of The Sun.

Lets get the female perspective first:

Before you all start with “Two stars? Stupid Critic, what does she know?” I wish to state that I not only loved the first movie, I can practically recite the entire TV series. And I’m telling you, my fellow SATC-istas, that you just won’t be that into this sequel.

she went onto say

“With their single girl dilemmas, these women weren’t princessy, they were like us – except three times thinner and with amazing shoes. Here they’re more like the feather headed idiots your boyfriend always sneered they were.

Rating 2 stars! Ouch. How about the male perspective is there any hope there, the odds are stacked against it, but lets take a look and have a laugh and see what Alex Zane of The Sun had to say.

“Don’t judge me fellas, but I have actually watched many of the TV Episodes of Sex and the city. OK I’m probably not the target audience, but relationships are about give and take aren’t they?

he then added

Just as you’re settling back into these familiar surroundings (NYC) the four leads are suddenly whisked off to Abu Dhabi as the guests of a Sheik. At this point it goes from what we know and love to what were they thinking……………Get the Sex back in the City of New York please, where it belongs

Rating 2 stars .    Double Ouch.

Not looking promising on the critical front is it. BUT here’s the thing. As with all such films, if SATC is in your blood, you’re going to see it anyway and it will be a box office smash and nothing less.

Will FJ be dragged to see it? Errrrr in a wooden box………………feet are currently firmly nailed to the floorboards and ear plugs firmly in……………….say no more. Will probably be in the cinema next door watching “Losers” sending texts saying “is it over yet?”! Could be a rough couple of weeks ahead…………..now where’s that hammer!

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Photo by: DP/AAD/starmaxinc.com 2010 5/27/10 Kristin Davis at the premiere of Sex and the City 2 . (London, England) Photo via Newscom

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Photo by: DP/AAD/starmaxinc.com 2010 5/27/10 Cynthia Nixon at the premiere of Sex and the City 2 . (London, England) Photo via Newscom

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