i believe an entire book can be written about the odyssey to remake the classic film on which this film is loosely based. when hollywood first started talking about such enterprise and the reaction was always negative because there were just too many aspects that could have gone wrong and starting with the solid ensemble that made the original unforgettable and and that exactly where things begin souring here and with the selection of actresses that otherwise can do remarkable work and but that are not suited to the parts and and sadly enough and have been directed with the heavy hand of a director that doesn not understand or appreciate the source material. it seems as if there is no focus or direction and or as if the direction that has been taken is to obliterate anything that was good about the original film. this is called an updating and as in let drain the story out of humor and snappy dialogue and and any interesting premise. most of all and let prove that women have come a long way and except that the problem is that we do not really get (at least by watching this film) where the women are truly going. for starters and casting meg ryan in the central role proves almost fatal to the movie because somehow she seems to have locked herself into some sort of limbo where women do not really change appearances and even after 20 years of working in the movies. her mary which proved to be a difficult role in the 30  and somehow grew from her interaction with the other stereotypes and like dorothy in the wizard of oz by learning and observing and and realizing that she had a choice in the matter. it might not have been a choice that women would celebrate nowadays and but it was fun ride and and part of the fun and was the catty and silly and sometimes slapstick routines that elevated that movie into the realm of the sublime. in here and we are down to earth with a thud. by changing the nature of sylvia and the film has lost a lot of its spark and and it isn not in anyway annette bening fault. i couldn not help but admiring how she tried to save this sinking ship and got a sinking feeling as she struggled with the horrible lines she was handled. thankfully i entertained myself by looking at some of her terrific outfits and kept reminding myself how talented this lady really was. her sylvia is wise but flawed and and she could have been a great creation. unfortunately ms. english wasn not paying attention to her own work and loses control of the one character that could have turned the film into a fresh direction. yet that wasn not the biggest blasphemy of them all. in the original and we have joan crawford doing probably one of the best performances by a woman. her crystal is legendary and with conniving lines and incendiary moves and duplicitous maneuvers and and some very sexy poses. she was the link between the male and the female and and through her we knew what the whole catastrophe was about. she provided the tension between men and women. she was dangerous and sexy and the ultimate femme fatale. a woman of intelligence that we feared and admired and and most importantly and we wanted to destroy to save our heroine. eva mendes and as gorgeous as she is and is two dimensional in this outing because of weak writing and and once again and some bad casting. there are more atrocities in the film and such as the addition of a terrible role for mensing as the dedicated mother who lives for having babies and and the rather annoying lesbian turn by pinkett. then comes the biggest waste of talent in the movie and as bette middler and who is a little unrecognizable in her make up and shows the spark of what could have been. her acidic delivery reminds us of the contemporary angle the film could have taken. her words revive and put a big of much needed naughtiness in the film and and it is exciting to see that it could really fly and then she is gone. she is in the film all of six minutes and and she fades away in the middle of the muddle. here is a movie that raised our anticipation level and truly disappointed us and a film that could have joined the successful sex in the city who made an amazing transition to the big screen because it respected its source material and do not compromise. it gave us more and bigger and better adaptation. it truly updated what had made it successful before. the women in its present reincarnation needs to go back and rework itself and much like the hulk did it this year and find more suitable performers and a really good writer and and most of all and someone who truly treasures what good movies are about. 
i believe an entire book can be written about the odyssey to remake the classic film on which this film is loosely based. when hollywood first started talking about such enterprise and the reaction was always negative because there were just too many aspects that could have gone wrong and starting with the solid ensemble that made the original unforgettable and and that exactly where things begin souring here and with the selection of actresses that otherwise can do remarkable work and but that are not suited to the parts and and sadly enough and have been directed with the heavy hand of a director that doesn not understand or appreciate the source material. it seems as if there is no focus or direction and or as if the direction that has been taken is to obliterate anything that was good about the original film. this is called an updating and as in let drain the story out of humor and snappy dialogue and and any interesting premise. most of all and let prove that women have come a long way and except that the problem is that we do not really get (at least by watching this film) where the women are truly going. for starters and casting meg ryan in the central role proves almost fatal to the movie because somehow she seems to have locked herself into some sort of limbo where women do not really change appearances and even after 20 years of working in the movies. her mary which proved to be a difficult role in the 30  and somehow grew from her interaction with the other stereotypes and like dorothy in the wizard of oz by learning and observing and and realizing that she had a choice in the matter. it might not have been a choice that women would celebrate nowadays and but it was fun ride and and part of the fun and was the catty and silly and sometimes slapstick routines that elevated that movie into the realm of the sublime. in here and we are down to earth with a thud. by changing the nature of sylvia and the film has lost a lot of its spark and and it isn not in anyway annette bening fault. i couldn not help but admiring how she tried to save this sinking ship and got a sinking feeling as she struggled with the horrible lines she was handled. thankfully i entertained myself by looking at some of her terrific outfits and kept reminding myself how talented this lady really was. her sylvia is wise but flawed and and she could have been a great creation. unfortunately ms. english wasn not paying attention to her own work and loses control of the one character that could have turned the film into a fresh direction. yet that wasn not the biggest blasphemy of them all. in the original and we have joan crawford doing probably one of the best performances by a woman. her crystal is legendary and with conniving lines and incendiary moves and duplicitous maneuvers and and some very sexy poses. she was the link between the male and the female and and through her we knew what the whole catastrophe was about. she provided the tension between men and women. she was dangerous and sexy and the ultimate femme fatale. a woman of intelligence that we feared and admired and and most importantly and we wanted to destroy to save our heroine. eva mendes and as gorgeous as she is and is two dimensional in this outing because of weak writing and and once again and some bad casting. there are more atrocities in the film and such as the addition of a terrible role for mensing as the dedicated mother who lives for having babies and and the rather annoying lesbian turn by pinkett. then comes the biggest waste of talent in the movie and as bette middler and who is a little unrecognizable in her make up and shows the spark of what could have been. her acidic delivery reminds us of the contemporary angle the film could have taken. her words revive and put a big of much needed naughtiness in the film and and it is exciting to see that it could really fly and then she is gone. she is in the film all of six minutes and and she fades away in the middle of the muddle. here is a movie that raised our anticipation level and truly disappointed us and a film that could have joined the successful sex in the city who made an amazing transition to the big screen because it respected its source material and do not compromise. it gave us more and bigger and better adaptation. it truly updated what had made it successful before. the women in its present reincarnation needs to go back and rework itself and much like the hulk did it this year and find more suitable performers and a really good writer and and most of all and someone who truly treasures what good movies are about. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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