poised take.

Film While we await Mark Kermode's verdict on Sex and the City 2 tomorrow (last time -- "It has a handbag where its heart should be"), here's Roger Ebert's poised take:

"The movie's visual style is arthritic. Director Michael Patrick King covers the sitcom dialogue by dutifully cutting back and forth to whoever is speaking. A sample of Carrie's realistic dialogue in a marital argument: "You knew when I married you I was more Coco Chanel than coq au vin." Carrie also narrates the film, providing useful guidelines for those challenged by its intricacies. Sample: "Later that day, Big and I arrived home."

His final point is something I wonder about women's magazine all of the time.