Apparently, Mr. Big is coming back for more Sex and the City in the planned sequel, and there’s a certain comfort in that: It was tough not to root for Carrie and Big to finally tie the knot in the last movie, if for no other reason than that they’d worked so hard, for so long, to get to that satisfying "I Do." (Plus, you know, he got her that closet!) And it’s hard to imagine they would’ve pulled off a sequel without him — either Carrie and Big would’ve had to split by the time the movie picks up, which would be a pretty bleak beginning for a girls-night-out funfest, or Big would have to be conspicuously off on some prolonged business trip or similar. (New Line confirms that Noth will be in the film, but declines to comment on any details.)
On the other hand, Big still causes me all kinds of angst. I didn’t love the TV finale because I never bought that this conflicted man-boy mogul would follow anyone to Paris for a Grand Gesture moment. I didn’t like the feeling that this show had actually been about nailing down the impossible man — who rarely, in real life, chases his true love down to declare his undying ardor. I knew Carrie returned to New York at least partly because she missed her friends, but I wanted to feel like it was 100-percent about them. And to this day, even after tearing up with joy to see Carrie and Big tie the knot at the end of Sex and the City: The Movie, I still wonder if they truly belong together, or if they each would’ve been better off with someone more centered and sane and realistic. (Oh, Aidan.) Then again, maybe I’m just bringing my own Mr. Big issues to the situation (most of us single girls have them) — and maybe that’s just the point, that we all take Sex and the City personally…and we love it all the more for it.
What do you think, PopWatchers? Will you be happy to see Mr. Big back? Do you think this means Carrie could be pregnant with a little Mr. Big?
they should bring back Aiden AND Burger too!!!
Eew! No to Aiden and Burger! Burger’s just annoying and insecure. And Aiden was just a wet blanket! As much as I disliked Carrie with Aleksandr Petrovsky, Aiden takes the cake as the dullest, most irritating and definitely most incompatible guy Carrie was with.
Adrian! Adrian was the worst. He never accepted Carrie for who she was always making her change for him. She couldn’t smoke, had to endure his dog, his stupid log cabin in the wilderness and his need to be married with kids. Adian was everything Carrie wasn’t. So happy they broke up. Now I could care less about Big in the next movie. I care about seeing Samantha old wrinkled behind grow the heck up and stop being a ho. If she broke up with Smith Jerrod because she wanted to be a 50 year old ho, at least have her end up with Richard, her true soulmate. Also I want to see Stanford’s boyfriend! We watched them get together and fall in love and they don’t even show the former hustler in the movie with Stanford. Also they better not show Carrie without makeup again. I do want to eat popcorn while watching the movie. And don’t show Big without his shirt on again. That little taco meat he had on his chest in the first movie was nasty.
Yes because I LOVE Chris Noth. Have I said I love Chris Noth? Loved him in a Tales from the Darkside ep to the ultimate NYorker Mike Logan on L&O. Even when he got bigger, he was gorgeous. Then he came back to L&O: CI.
Oh sorry, the movie…yeah I’ll be glad to see him in the movie. No, I don’t think either one of them want kids, they want that NY lifestyle of eating out, being in the scene, coming home to a big quiet apartment. If she gets pregnant and tries to do the baby thing, THAT would ring untrue to Carrie and Big.
I just hope that Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha are able to get their own slaves, the way Carrie did in the first movie. Maybe Big can get his own Filipino houseboy? Great job on diversifying, Michael Patrick King!
LOVE Chris Noth, but the Big-Carrie romance is the worst story line, ever. The guy who acted like a jerk is going to see the error of his ways, and become the world’s best husband? At least the other characters are REAL.
I think the more interesting story (instead of kids) would be to have the recession hit Big and see how they have to downscale and shop at Wal-Mart!
I like Big. I always felt they belonged together. They may have had their issues, but he finally realized how much he wanted to be with Carrie. I am glad to see him back!
The whole “Sex and the City” thing is geared toward single women, and married women with regrets or sympathetic memories. Getting married would be “the end” of the audience. And let’s hope so. Let’s grow up ladies.
I think that the vapid, shallow, it’s-all-about-me characters & lifestyle portrayed in this depressing excuse for a show are truly sad. I would hope that women would aspire to more.
Poor Mr. Big. This character, Carrie, only had eyes for shoes. Dior and Schouler were great dates, but Manolo Blahnik made her wet. The only long term relationship for Carrie is Steven Dann.
I was disappointed w/ the series finale too cuz it sent out a message all these independent women needed a man to be happy. At least, Samantha was single at the end of the movie. However, I can’t believe Carrie took Big back in the end after the way he treated her. I guess I don’t have any Mr. Big issues.
I don’t get why people wanted Carrie to “be alone” at the end of the series. Being an “independent” woman, doesn’t mean that you have to be alone. You can be independent, and still have someone that you love. Love…its what life is all about. Its sounds corny, but its true. You don’t necessarily have to love a man…it could be love for your friends, your parents, or your children, or a passion for your career, but the point of life is definitely to love. And, Carrie found love in her friends, and she found a man to love as well. That doesn’t make her any less independent.
ah, so you’re an Aiden fan too, huh? yeah, Big was always second best to me…
also, how is this really news? of course he’s gonna be back for the new movie. he married Carrie. it’d be kind of weird if there was another and he just wasn’t there. now who i wish would come back would be Jason Lewis, but he has no reason to be there. (darn it, Samantha…)
The movie never worked for me. Mr Big canceling the wedding at the altar b/c he didn’t like that Carrie was making a fuss w the wedding. Um, excuse me? First of all, the movie opens with Mr Big gifting Carrie with a ridiculously humongous and expensive CLOSET — okay, so he knows the lady like shoes and designer clothing. So knowing this — that Carrie is all about fashion and a fab lifestyle — why would he be so put off by the exorbitant wedding? It’s part of her CHARACTER! And if he truly knew Carrie — knew and loved her — there’s no way that he would have left her on her wedding day w such a flimsy excuse. Notice how, in the movie, we don’t ever see the wedding guests? So the severity of what Mr Big did went down a lot easier. Great writing trick! And it worked — I guess — for the audience. Not for me though. They should have brought on female writers for the movie. Why can’t women write their own stories in movies today?
gotta have Big! but how about less Carrie? you could tell whose name was above the credits – Charlotte was pregnant and that story was barely touched when we all know that the biggest moment in her life — the other gals (and guys) did fare very well either — it was Carrie Carrie Carrie!!