" Promise draining away with duration. A little romance with too much complication. Not enough anecdotal inspiration. Film finds itself in a mediocre rank location."Sisterhood of the traveling pants 2 (6.5/10)Setting the sceneImagine you are a bee ... Out on the hunt for nectar. You don't find a sweetly scented rose but end up settling on a daisy. The daisy is fine. It still provides the nectar you want but you wonder. You wonder if your fellow bees have found a flower which is more salubrious. This is the theme of the scene setting. The not knowing of characters lives and how they are unfolding. This is a capture. Gets you wanting to know more and acts as an effective hook.Main body The beginning shows real promise with many dramatic emotional scenes with 2 of the main characters. You almost expect some relationship development but nothing feels long term. It feels like nothing is real or deep enough to provide a real romance vibe. Perhaps the art of the film is it's action and progression but for this, all the scenes and characters should be as emphatic as each other. This just isn't the case. The second film learns from the issue of focusing too heavily on the main character in the first. With this though it struggles to make each small excerpt from every character dramatic. The greatest drama begins with a combination of characters. One is left out from any really emotional or engaging events. Things get a little tedious later on since the drama is siphoned just towards the main character. Only a short snippet for the left out character is provided to try to reengage or wake up the viewer. This seems a bit desperate and feeble however and some stones are left unnecessarily unturned.The main body therefore seems to fade away and could benefit from a little truncation or just quality time focusing on relationships. That said the stories do have variety but just aren't on the whole that entertaining. Music Quieter music as well as increased fading was used especially well for sadness and turmoil. This enhanced the authenticity for just one of the characters though. Again this was far more effective at the early part of the main film body but by the end was not noticeable unfortunately. In general the music was calming and relaxing which suits the films friendship vibes although perhaps needs changing up where things are threatened or more exciting. Ending The ending is too much like the first which is a shame. There could have been a twist in the tale or the significance of the pants revealed which would have been nice. Summary A varied combination lacking seasoning. Not fully reasoned and seasoned by any stretch although some good relationship scenes, location variety and number of life snippets just about get you to the end of the film. No better or worse I feel than the original but the film appears to suffer from less surprise after viewing the first.

The girls reunite after their first year of college. Tibby Rollins (Amber Tamblyn) is studying filmmaking at NYU and has to go back for summer school. She's with Brian and they have a scare. Bridget Vreeland (Blake Lively) is playing soccer at Brown and she finds letters from her estranged grandmother Greta (Blythe Danner). She goes to a dig in Turkey for the summer. Lena Kaligaris (Alexis Bledel) is on scholarship at Rhode Island School of Design. Lena is surprised to find Kostas married with a child on the way. She falls for Leo (Jesse Williams) and then Kostas come back into her life. Carmen Lowell (America Ferrera) hates that everybody seems to be moving on including her mother. She's working backstage while at Yale. Actress Julia Beckwith (Rachel Nichols) invites her to Vermont to an acting retreat as backstage crew. She declines at first until the other girls tell her about their other plans. The workshop play is directed by Bill Kerr (Kyle MacLachlan). Leading actor Ian takes an interest and Carmen is cast as the lead. In a fit of spite, Lena's sister Effie (Lucy Hale) takes the pants but loses them in Greece.This movie has the same charms and the same problems as the first movie. The goodness in this series are the girls and their friendships. Their trials and tribulations are soapy but compelling although the movie may be too overstuffed with soap opera. The actresses are all terrific. Once again, the problem is that the girls are separated for most of the movie. Their group chemistry is diffused. Of course, the whole point of the series is that the pants connect them as they go off on their own. It's impossible to keep them together for long without losing the whole premise. In the end, this is a nice coming-of-age franchise for girls.

Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2 is a rare sequel, that actually equals the original in every way. The formula from the 1st is all here, except the girls are a little more grown up here, and a bit of the stakes are higher this time around. The girls have the same magnetic chemistry, that they portrayed in the 1st, while managing to remain just as likable as well.Amber Tamblyn-Tibby. Is still the same stubborn woman, scared of love, and showing feeling. This time it focuses more on her relationship, with Brian. Fearing she is pregnant, she decides to not see him anymore, and prepares for the worst. When she finds out she isn't, she leaves him, and in the end, finds out just how valuable he might be to her life. She was excellent here. A little cold sometimes, but I understood why, and in the end I rooted for her, to overcome her fears.Alexis Bledel-Lena. Has found out, that George is married. Crushed she begins to rebuild her life, while meeting a boy at an art class. Not who she thought he was, she runs into George again, while finding out, her little sister feels left out. Lena's story is probably the least intriguing, but still good nonetheless. Performance wise, she's just as good as she was in the original, nailing her character down to a T.America Ferrera-Carmen. Is off to a drama school, and by luck gets a part in the play. Her supposed friend Julia|Rachel Nichols| gets jealous of her success, and tries to bring her down, while she meets, and falls for an Englishman named Neil. Carmen is also dealing with her Mom's pregnancy. I thought America had a sweet innocence to her this time around. Her cute facial reactions, whenever Ian said something nice, or her nervousness around, seemed cute and realistic.Blake Lively-Bridget. Bridget has still not gotten over her mom's death. As she struggles to find answers, she goes on a path of discovery, that changes her. I thought Bridget's story, was the main component here. It was the most intense, and felt the most real, and Blake did a tremendous job.Rachel Nichols-Julia. Is Carmen's supposed friend. Rachel did a great job of playing a jealous person, I can say that.Blythe Danner-Greta. Did a great job as the Grandmother, and added a lot of class.Leonardo Nam-Was likable as Tibby's love interest.Tom Wisdom-Ian. Had a certain charm as Carmen's love interest.Lucy Hale-Effie. Plays the clueless little sister well, of Lena's.Bottom line. Travelling Pants 2, is a rare bird, it equals the original. These girls have clearly grown up, but remain together as one. These movies, aren't just for chicks, they can be for guys too, like me. There's something in these for everyone, and I recommend this and the original, very highly.8/10

I went to see that movies in theaters as both my sisters asked me to go. I wasn't thrilled but since I had nothing to do I went.There was around 200 people in the theater...195 girls and 5 guys. I would've thought more couples would be there but apparently, guys really didn't want to see that movie so my first thought was : "Uh oh! I'm in for a long evening!".Well I wasn't! Of course, staring at 4 beautiful girls is hardly a waste of my time but I found myself laughing many times and was intrigued by the movie.The story is simple. The same pair of jeans comes again as in the first movie. All the 4 girls are again separated during the summer. Lena is in Long Island in some sort of art class, Tibby is in New York for her movie, Bridget is in Turkey doing archeology and Carmen is in Vermont doing backstage work in a play.Well I won't say anything but you know the sort of things that happen. Well they happen. And it's good, it's your average teen movie, nothing exceptionally genius but nothing bad either.I heard lots of complaints about some loose ends but that's not really true. Maybe people didn't listen enough or didn't quite understand what wasn't said but overall, everything fell right into place.So why go see an average teen movie you might ask? Well I ask myself that question every day. I guess I like to be entertained and those 4 girls make that happen.You probably shouldn't waste your money on going to see it in theaters but you should definitely rent it when it's out on DVD.So in resume, it's as good as the first one...and Tibby is hilarious!