Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Review

I was super excited to watch the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 because I really loved the first movie.  I've also read all the books and thought, "this is only going to get better."  Apparently whoever was making these films though otherwise.  Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 turned out to be a mix of the second, third and fourth novel!  How can you put that much excitement and history into one movie?!

  Instead of enjoying what might have been a wonderful film I found myself wondering which scene of the film was in which book.  I just couldn't get over that they crammed three books into one film!  I was very disappointed.  Knowing the book histories it was kind of hard to keep up with the film because they were jumping all over the place.  I'm thinking that if I didn't read the books I might have enjoyed the Sisterhood 2 movie, but then I though about the context of the film.

There was a big gap in character development between the first and second Sisterhood movies.  Because they put all these storylines into one film they turned out choppy and incomplete.  The girls did not seem to bond as much in this film and their stories seemed very separate and not entwined like in the first film.  The girls characters should have been really exciting and should have been able to show that development more as they grew up and became women.

I recommend watching Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 twice so you can get over the initial shock the first time and maybe enjoy it the second time around.  I would only recommend Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 because it's a sequel and people should see where it was going.