Rhonda Freed – Google

So disappointed,! My girlfriend & I would watch SATC religiously, taking each episode as a jump off point to talk about our own relationships--- but this? AJLT- WHY?? Why makeMiranda an idiot. Why do I need to see Carrie need a hip replacement, Steve with a hearing aid? I have enough of that in real life,! Why can't we remember Carrie& Big going off together into the sunset, Charlotte finally getting the family she longed for-and the foursome still thick as thieves? What does this series teach us? Every cringable stereotype in the modern world makes an appearance- so what? Where is the insight? The girls cope with age the way we are all doing. So what? AJLT loads in every conceivable contemporary issue from COVID to gender ID-pile it on, show--& to what end? The original was groundbreaking-- sometimes enough is too much, & you just have to let sleeping dogs lie----let me remember the characters as I last saw them, and just smile.

I thought Rocketman was awful. OK, I got that Elton John was a young, hot mess- but the point was made early on. Having the characters burst into song and dance- i.e. in the restaurant, was just ridiculous. The movie could not make up its mind if it was a musical or biopic. I love Elton John and cannot believed he read and sanctioned this really terrible script. I wish there was more time spent on how Elton's music, on his relationship with Bernie- and his marriage? 2 quick scenes? Wha happened? Very disappointing. I cannot understand the positive reviews-the Rolling Stone? Really, guys.

I thought it was mostly awful except for the actress who played Emma-though the message was obviously important, the film was so overdone, it bordered on ridiculous. It didn't need the weight of Streep or Kidman-what a waste of star power ( though they tried). The songs were eminently forgettable - unfortunately. It could have been a classic-the story is great on so many levels. If only homophobia could be defeated by a song & dance number at the mall! I love musical theatre, but in this case, the glitz was so overdone it eclipsed the more significant messages of the story!