Guys React to ‘Sex’: ‘Whatever dude.’

By Tess Brinkerhoff

Even guys can enjoy a night out with the girls.

The “Sex and the City” movie opened May 29, and women weren’t the only ones sitting in theater seats.

“Yes, I watch the “Sex and the City” episodes, with my mom and sisters because they control the TV,” said Ethan Williams, 21, of Page, Ariz. “I was skeptical about it at first but it was really funny.”

The movie is based on the popular TV show. It might be a girly show, but guys watch it, too. In “Sex and the City” best friends — Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte — come together for Carrie’s wedding with Mr. Big and experience so much more.

If Williams could be any of the characters, he said he would be Samantha because he could be promiscuous without feeling guilty about it.

“My favorite part of the movie is when Charlotte poops her pants because she was so paranoid about Mexico, then she accidentally drinks some water,” Williams said.

Williams saw the movie with his mom and two sisters and said there were other guys in the theater, too.

“I can’t recommend it to my friends. My friends already give me crap for watching it,” Williams said. “They are like, ‘whatever dude, you watch ‘Sex and the City’ and I am like yeah …. Whatever.”

Not everyone is cut out for movies like “Sex and the City.”

“All the girls bug me. I would rather watch a ninja panda any day than watch girls shop and talk about sex,” said Krista Leman, 19 and of Ninilchik, Alaska.

Todd Mechling, 47, instructor in the Contemporary Media and Journalism Department at the University of South Dakota, has not seen the movie but has seen bits and pieces of the television show when flipping through channels.

“I read a review that said it was mainly a chick flick, for better lack of term, and that most women that go into it wouldn’t want a man with them,” Mechling said.

On the other hand, some guys would see it if they got dragged along by a girl.

“I would probably go” if a girl asked, said USD student Brett Beyeler, 21. “I’m a nice guy like that, but I wouldn’t go on my own free will. It’s not really my type of stuff,” he said.  “I just don’t really look forward to seeing it at all.”

The popular TV show’s weekly watchers enjoyed seeing the girls’ final debut on the big screen.

“I liked it because I like relationship movies because it makes me reminisce about my own,” said Angela McClurg, 20, Des Moines, Wash. “It was a very upbeat movie, long yet enjoyable.”