The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)

This Sisterhood just attempts too many plots and while it's inter-woven, it becomes downright obnoxious to view.What's with this pants to begin with? Many people out-grow theirs and this is precisely what occurs in this film. One girl loses her mom to suicide, another goes off on an archaeological expedition to basically nowhere, a third finds romance, loses the guy who is lied to, only to recapture him later and the Ugly Betty of television gets acting part by accident in a summer drama session and makes the best of it.The scenes depicting Greece are nice but this is not exactly Mamma Mia!That film had zest and a breath of fresh air with one specific story affecting the lives of others. 'Sisterhood" is just trying to tell too much.

Good movie. Girls have grown up, more mature. Once again included conflicts many teens face. Loved the filming in Turkey. Thought Tibby's problem was a bit grown-up for the movie although that happens to many girls at that age. Could have had a better guy play the role of Carmen's love interest. Blake Lively had the best performance out of everyone. Great acting between her and her grandmother. Was disappointed when Lena went back to Kostas and left Leo but if her heart wasn't into it then you can't do anything about that. Thought it was insane how Effy was going out with Bryan. That was real dumb. Loved the ending when the girls jumped into the water in Greece and then watched the sunset but was I upset to learn the pants were not found. May mean no third movie. Book was very different from movie. Book was better.

The first installment had the 4 high school friends starting their young adult lives. This one takes up a few years later, as they are in college. The main of the story is set in the summer.This is a different movie, not simply a continuation of the first one so I will not try to compare them directly. There are 4 stories here, somewhat interwoven, but still 4 stories. I liked 2 of them, the other 2 I sort of patiently waited until it cut to another.America Ferrera is back as Carmen, and her main story is going with an acting friend to Vermont for summer theater. All she wants to do is get a little experience backstage. But when there she meets Brit Tom Wisdom as actor Ian, who convinces her to read, and she ends up getting a lead role. I liked this story.Blake Lively is back as Bridget, whose mother had taken her own life just 4 years earlier. She seemed to have a good relationship with her dad, but she found old letters to her from her grandmother in Alabama, that dad had kept from her, and she became angry. Then she went off to do archaeological field work for the summer. Her dad in real life, also an actor, plays her dad in the movie. I also liked this story.Alexis Bledel is back as Lena, and we remember that she and Kostas had a brief romance in Greece. When she goes back she finds that he is recently married, a big emotional setback, and she spends the rest of the movie dealing with it. This part of the story I found a bit tedious.Amber Tamblyn is back as Tibby, working in a video store. She has a boyfriend she thinks she loves, but really is afraid of relationships. his story I also found tedious, even though I like Tamblyn.Blythe Danner is good as Greta, Bridget's grandmother.SPOILERS: Where the first movie used the "traveling pants" and its seemingly magic qualities to help each girl, this movie weans them from that idea. The pants doesn't always get to the right girl, and they finally get lost in Greece when Lena's younger sister takes them there. The theme being, each girl has what she needs inside her, she doesn't need the pants. Bridget visits her grandmother in Alabama, realizes some things about her family, and goes home and makes up with her dad. Lena and Kostas reunite, but he is going to London to study.

Once again, another rating that baffles me here on IMDb, now granted, I haven't read the novels that The Sisterhood is based upon, but I really did enjoy the first movie, more than I thought I would. So I was looking forward to The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, curious what the girls were up too in the story. The reason I like these movies so much is because they're very real; except for the traveling all around the world despite as if money was no issue, these being college girls mind you. But the story provides teenage girls who look like your average teenagers, their stories are very relatable if you are a girl, and we have comedy, romance, and drama, a typical chick flick, but thankfully these movies are enjoyable one's that don't push it. I felt like these girls are just so much fun and like I could know them in real life.Tibby has moved to New York, studying film and works at a movie store, but she has a bad pregnancy scare when her boyfriend's condom breaks. Thankfully it's a false alarm, but she is scared of her heart being broken once again. Lena goes to Greece for her Grandfather's funeral, she sees Kostos, but he is now married and is having a baby, so she takes an art class at home and starts dating the model that she is currently drawing. Carmen goes to Vermont to be in a drama club, expecting to work behind the scene, her leading man crush encourages her to audition and she gets a lead role causing some jealousy around the more experienced actors. Bridget goes to Turkey on an archaeological dig and finds out more about herself and goes home, but first she has to see the grandma who she thought didn't love her, it turns out she learns more about herself and her mother. But these girls have let their friendship go and must find a way to make the magic of the pants work once again.I would honestly recommend The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, I really did enjoy the story and acting, along with the characters. I think The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is a notch below the first film, but it still works. There are minor flaws here and there, but it's very easy to get past, I don't understand the rating of 6.0 here on IMDb, this is an honest and genuine film that I think a lot of people could enjoy. I think my favorite story this time was with Carmen once again, she's the character I can relate to most and she's very much the under dog of the story. But all the girls are a pleasure to watch on screen, they make you laugh and just have a great time with their journeys. This is a wonderful movie and I can't wait to see it again.7/10