Sex and the City 2 ... waste of time & money

I took a deep breath and started to watch "Sex and the City 2". I was a sucker for SATC series when it started in 1998 and I have probably seen some of the episodes more than ten times. I was quite disappointed in the first movie, but it was worth seeing mainly because of the clothes and some witty dialogue. After reading reviews about SATC 2 (and I mean reviews from people whose opinion really matters and who have made similar film-related choices as me in the past) I decided not to see it unless it comes to telly. But somehow I came across that really cheap DVD today and I couldn't resist.
Needless to say that if I am able to blog while watching a film then it really has to be a bad one.

00:20:00 So - twenty minutes in and nothing interesting has happened. The "girls" look old, even Kristen Davis (Charlotte) has lost her youthful preppy looks. And Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie) is definitely pushing it too far. All her Carrie-gestures, eye-rolling and giggling just feels like a bad remake of an original. The only things keeping me even remotely interested are Samantha's lines.
00:24:00 The braless nanny ... don't even know what to say about that.
00:25:00 A glimpse of Carrie's wardrobe and apartment. So that's how the chosen ones live in Manhattan? Definitely not my style or taste, looks a bit like furniture shop.
00:26:00 What's with the dialogue between Big and Carrie? Boring.
00:28:00 Miranda is still cool and delivers her scene well.
00:29:00 The braless nanny again. In slow motion. Again. I see where this is heading.
00:30:55 offtopic It brakes my heart to see the babies crying.
00:32:00 Ok, first the nanny braless, now Samantha pantless ... and ding-ding-ding! We have Smith Jerrod shirtless.
00:60:00 An hour! An hour and almost nothing has happened worth mentioning. Except some really bad dialogue and constant eye-rolling. It all just seems so fake and clinically constructed. When does the film start?
00:64:30 It looks more like a program on a travel channel. "Beautiful hotel interiors of Abu Dhabi"
Not to mention Miranda's occasional comments about Middle-East culture.
00:68:45 Sarah Jessica Parker in sleeveless top is scary. The woman should really cover up her arms.
00:71:40 And some word of wisdom while warming the milk.
00:74:00 Yawn. If something doesn't happen in few minutes I will stop watching this.
00:76:48 And there he is, approaching Carrie in slow motion. Aidan. Of course.
My DVD player just stopped working. Even the machine understands a bad product. Have to switch to the computer.
00:81:50 The miraculous arrival of Aidan seemed like a promising turning point, but no! The ladies have to conquer the desert first. Just to show off some clothes in a "Book a camel-ride for four" commercial.
00:86:00 Danish architect just passed by at the desert to say he is not going back to the hotel yet.
00:88:30 Now what? Karaoke? Are you kidding me? The SATC first movie really starts to look like a piece of jewelry next to that catastrophe. I feel like literally throwing up now. They should have at least picked some cool and funky song and presented it totally wrong.
00:91:00 At least the danish architect is hot
00:93:00 The first scene I actually like. Carrie's reaction to the bad book review seems accurate
00:95:20 Ok, it finally starts to develop something here. Although we know what will happen, it still beats the travelchannelesque rubbish shown us so far.
00:97:45 Charlotte and Miranda have it heart to heart discussing the ups and downs of motherhood. Not so bad. "Take a sip!"
00:101:30 The scene with Aidan & Carrie at the dinner has tension in it. Feels real.
00:104:00 The girls process the news of Carrie and Aidan kissing. Love Charlotte in that scene. Hate Carrie, so overacted once again.
00:107:00 The danish architect is still hot. And Samantha is Samantha.
00:108:00 The contrast between Carrie's looks and her acting like a 20 year old is just so fake.
00:111:00 Sex On The Beach and its consequences. Didn't we all know that a condom will drop on the table?
00:113:00 Carrie doing the fake-sobbing routine again. Waiting for the film to end. Just discovered it will continue for another 30 minutes. Yawn. Double-yawn.
00:118:00 Carrie has left her passport at the market table. And of course it is still there.
00:121:30 Samantha's little "Bite me!" show seems really tacky. Not funny as it was probably meant to be.
00:122:00 Yeah right, follow some strange women to some "secret room"to be praised for being brave americans. I expected to see the muslim women to drop their burkas and show "the spring collection". And they did! --- Carrie showing her leg under a burka to get a taxi .... yikes!
00:128:00 Another minute of bad dialogue between Big and Carrie, but the ring was a nice twist.
00:130:00 And another corny piece of dialogue.
And a corny end.

How did they managed to pull off 146' film without almost anything happening during that time? I mean, seriously. There is no relevant story-line in that, no character growth or clever twist at the end. Everything is either so predictable or absolutely meaningless. Take the gay-wedding for a start - what was the point of that considering the following (non)events?

To wrap this experience up. Crap.
See, it even rhymes.