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?
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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!!
carrie is a DAWG! they shoulda named it dawg and the city! She did NOT grow up to be a pretty woman for sure! i watched the show only to see what off the wall ridiculous outfits she picked out. i do like Sam tho must be a true ho at heart
will look forward to new flick too!
This fan is pro-Big. I actually love his carefree, mellow, man-boy attitude. I actually married a guy kind of like him and I wouldn’t change a thing.
Carrie (and her buds) don’t seem to be in hurry to “grow up” and live a staid suburban life – so Big seems like the perfect guy to spend the rest of one’s life in “arrested development”. And he’s never really been a “dog” – just a little ADD.
part 2 has to be bigger and better than the first. Bring Big AND Aiden back for the second chapter. Can Trey visit Charlotte? and Gille!!!!!!
I only watched the show for Chris Noth in the end so I am all for him being in the sequel!
I love Big! Sex and the City would not be the same without him.
i liked Big – i honestly did. his character amused me. But i *HATED* (HATEHATEHATE) the ending of the SATC movie. to me, it rang completely false. why would anyone go back to him after he pulled that stunt? WHY??? i’m not saying i wanted her to be alone – i just didn’t want her to be with HIM. it made me want to throw a shoe through the television when i finally watched the movie. i wish they’d stop with the movies already. when a show ends…end it. FRIENDS doesn’t need a movie. SEINFELD doesn’t need a movie (altho, to be honest, that could be hilarious if done correctly…a movie about nothing. sounds like every seth rogen movie out there. hey-o!)…why insist on beating SATC to death. it’s done. let’s move on…
Can’t they leave this one alone??
ok just stopped by here to read other people’s posts, but some guy actually wrote that JACK BURGER should come back!!! No. I love Big, I love Carrie and the whole gang. Jennifer Hudson did not play a freaking slave, she played the girl who showed Carrie that love is still alive and I won’t let these two comments go. Micheal Patrick King does no wrong and HELLO Carrie and Big are the central characters. I am watching Adian be a complete ass to Carrie,ya know the second time around where she has to diaper his dog HEEHEE,and everyone knows that Adian got his happy ending. The excuse Big used at the wedding was b.s. and I think “we” all deserved the wedding after watching all these years. Please haters, leave my beautiful fun little 30 min. escape alone. It is perfect. I will be there the first day the movie comes out. SJP is and always will be a beautiful person so that guy can sure “suck it”. SATC 4ever! maybe even the New Golden Girls in about 20 years..YAY
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I just want to see Samantha get some. She is the BEST! Hands down! She is the reason everyone and anyone watched the show and the movie. It would not be SEX and the city without Samantha.
I love Big! I didnt really like Aidan though, he was just too simple for Carrie, she needs someone like Big who’s out there and is all that. I hated Big after he did that to Carrie in the movie though, i hated him but i just love him with Carrie! I cant imagine Carrie having kids though, and im glad that smantha is out of the relationship thing.
I had a similiar situation as a young woman. I had an Aidan and a Big. I loved the Aidan, but Big was always the stronger force so I ended up marrying him. He is more complicated and sometimes infuriating. The Aidan was very laid back and more like me. But even if someone is perfect, you connect with who you connect with. I always understood why she kept going back to Big, even in the movie. I do wonder if he screws up and fools around or something in this sequel. He is definitely flawed.
I love Mr. Big, but if we are going to have another SATC film where he effs up and she takes him back at the end, I’m going to be pissed! I’m starting to question why Carrie would bother staying with him if he keeps disappointing her?!?!? Can we at least in this film have Mr. Big not be a jacka** for once? If he truly loved her, he wouldn’t keep putting her through so much EVERY TIME.
And can Michael Patrick King consult some women writers this time around? His screenplay for the the first film was AWFUL and BORING. I bet that if he had had someone femal add to it, the film would have been better.
I am a fan of Big, and it made sense they ended up together.
What will make absolutely no sense is if Carrie is pregnant. That’s where I draw the line. Children are for Charlotte and Miranda; Carrie is the cool aunt, fun lady. It’s just not Carrie if she’s a mom.
Thank you for saying this. As much as I adore Chris Noth, I’ve never been a Big fan. He was an @$$hat to Carrie for so long and I never understood why she didn’t chuck him for good. He chucked her again in the movie and she took him back still! WTH! No wonder some women continue to stay with their sad sack bfs who treat them like garbage, they see crap like this on TV and in the movies.