If the great reviews spring from the fact that the film is appropriate for teenagers, then the critics are inexcusably patronizing to the average teenage girl.
We all know the story from part one. Girls find pants, pants are magic, fun things happen, story’s good. In Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants part 2 - the pants are barely ever worn, the girls are barely ever together, all in college, all up on the East coast. Traveling from NY, to CT or RI must be a drag I guess…neither one of the girls does anything remotely close to what college kids really do; they’re the good girls, right?
There is no drinking, no sex and when the sex was had, Tibby kicks boyfriend Brian to the curb. Dude, sex is taboo! The film may be intended for younger audiences, but with plot lines like that the audience belongs in kindergarten!
I am a cat, therefore, I reserve the privilege to call it how I see it. My apologies to all the critics who think this film is great.
I can’t just follow the herd. At the risk of sounding like an individual, I must say that if never see America Ferrara’s bitter face again, Alexis Bledel bite her lip for the umpteenth time, or Blake Lively do some crazy tomboy thang, I’ll be fine and dandy. Actually, Lively’s story is seems to be the only one that somewhat touched me, although, it could well have to do with the fabulous Blythe Danner.
Why is it that the bitter, less attractive, girl always hates everyone, until she too feels like she belongs? Also, I wonder about the script when it comes to Tibby…what did it say actually? Tibby looks at Brian longingly - Tibby gives Carmen a look, then another, and another! This girl ate the film with all the poses and her pauses, none as dramatic as intended. Oy!
Perhaps I am bitter, over the time I lost watching this. I can’t take it back! It’s gone. I could have been scratching myself behind the ear, watching a squirrel in the back yard, I could have been licking my own butt or hell, learning to knit! All of these possibilities would have been time well spent.
In truth, if I were a teenage girl I could suffer trough a film like this and come out with a smile on my face, yet, since I am a five year old feline with a muzzle not a face, I was bored to hell. As a practicing Buddhist I try to stay positive. Therefore, I will note the scenery was lovely and there were a few genuine moments in the film. Plus, it’s always nice to see Kyle McLachlan…although, why he would indulge in a role like that, I know not.
The Shakespeare in the film was desperate, ill compared and the whole Carmen story tres predictable. Lena’s story didn’t end the way I hoped it would have - with an independent girl, who finds herself, moves on with her life, dating a liberated artist.
- Amber Tamblyn … Tibby Tomko-Rollins
- Alexis Bledel … Lena Kaligaris
- America Ferrera … Carmen Lowell
- Blake Lively … Bridget Vreeland
- Rachel Nichols … Julia
- Tom Wisdom … Ian
- Rachel Ticotin … Carmen’s Mom
- Leonardo Nam … Brian McBrian
- Michael Rady … Kostos
- Shohreh Aghdashloo … Professor Nasrin Mehani
- Blythe Danner … Greta
Adieu, my readers! Pick up a book instead, for I giveth this one only two paws and three Chinny Bini scratches.
Allie Is Wired
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