The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

I absolutely adored The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and was a bit worried about them making a sequel. Luckily the sequel was worth it but, it definitely wasn't as good as the first one. I also didn't feel the stories flowed together s well as they did in the first movie.

As in the first one all the acting was good. In the original though Blake Lively was left hanging a bit story wise. She was given the weakest of the four stories and it didn't make her seem like much of an actress. In the scenes with the other three actresses she was pretty good but, alone she didn't hold up well. However, she was given a much stronger story and very talented actresses to work with in that story and she fared much better.

The guest appearance of Blythe Danner was good. Funny yet emotional which pretty much defines the two movies. I also enjoyed the guest appearance of Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo. That was a nice surprise.

On a side note I was very surprised to hear a new song from Michelle Branch at the end of the movie. It's a great song and fits the movie very well.

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I liked how the story had the girls drifting apart. It's very true to life how things get told to one person but, somehow don't always make there way to others.

One slight story issues was the out of nowhere part with Bridget going on an archaeological dig. That seemed odd and didn't go with her character. I did however, like how it played into her deciding to go see her grandmother.

I liked the reality of the condom breaking when Tibby and Brian had sex. Not something you usually see. Everything usually works out perfectly. Tibby's reaction of not wanting to see him seemed pretty true to her character. What didn't seem true to her character was sitting around just hoping she didn't get pregnant. Sure that set up a very funny scene later when she put the pants on hoping they would bring her another miracle. However, in this day any young woman would know about the morning after pill. And Tibby would so be that girl who after the initial freak out would run straight to the health services on campus and get it.


Overall the movie was good and worth the price of matinee admission. I think if you're a fan of the original it would also be worth full price admission.