REVIEW: "Sex and the City" film will satisfy the show's fans

I just want to start off by saying that Meredith (my wife) and I love "Sex and the City." We had a marathon viewing of the entire series, as soon as the last episode was available on DVD some four years ago. Then one night, in a darkened movie theater, we heard that familiar theme music play and saw the teaser for the movie. I thought Meredith was going to jump out of her seat. She even spilled her popcorn.

Going in, I was a little worried that I would not get back into the story or feel the same about these characters as I did when we finished our marathon all those years ago. I should not have worried at all. The writers of this film knew what they were doing.

The first five minutes of the film brought you up to speed in such a way that even if you had never seen a single episode of the series, you could watch the film and not be too lost. It was the perfect way to recap the entire TV series without giving anything away.

Before the premier, certain online sources tried to give information away. I read in several places that a major character would die. The entire movie I kept waiting for it to happen. I was a wreck.

Now, in case you read this news also, let me give you a BIG spoiler. Don't say I didn't warn you. No one dies in this movie. Things didn't turn out perfect for every character — they rarely do — but nobody dies in the film. There. I said it. I feel better and you will, too, when you are in the theater and you are enjoying the movie, instead of biting your fingernails with anticipation over who is going to bite the dust.

With that out of the way, I would like to tell you about the movie itself, I really would, but I can't. If you like the series, you will like the movie. It's basically a truncated seventh season of the show in movie form.

The story continues, each character has their own problems, and they all resolve themselves at the end. At least I think they do.

At the showing I went to, during the climax of the film a certain character is, I think, going to break up with another character, and well, I'm not sure what happened, because the sound went out. Twice. In the last 10 minutes of the movie.

Thank you, Mr. Projectionist.

Is it too much to ask to have the movie be in focus, framed correctly and not have the sound go out during the climax of the film? Not when we're paying $7.50 a ticket.