DVDs of recent movies -- or collectable-- movies make great gifts for anyone male or female who has a love of film. Here are some recent releases with short review for the newer movies that might not have been seen before.
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Two stars Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Blake Lively and Alexis Bledel -- all with serious tv credentials -- in the sequel to the highly successful Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Cover art: Available on DVD and Blu-Ray discs.
Find this movie for sale at major electronic outlets, mass merchandise stores and also online at amazon.com This DVD includes bloopers sequence, the jumping off the cliff sequence (NOT found in the books but created because of fanbase suggestions) and deleted scenes. This sequel is a bit hard to follow since it's actually based on book 4 of the literary series and thus jumps ahead to the end of college or near that time. The missing elements are sketchy in explanation. However it does start out with their high school graduation and follows them through college.
This is a fun movie for the tween, teen and family environment. It would be a great gift when presented as a package with both Traveling Pants 1 and 2. The strength of the first movie overwhelms the sequel. While America Ferrera's character is the narrator, I would have loved to have seen each girl take a shot at some narration to give it a bit more zip and oomph. Ferrera seems only to come alive when she is playing opposite her male counterpart. The introduction about her mother remarrying is extremely short and limited. The other girls are but a small shell of what they were in the first movie-- particularly Amber Tamblyn's character. She's a capable actress, give her the material to work with.
Tibby and Brian McBrian
Since all these young actresses are playing people roughly their own age or within recent memory of that age group, there should have been more angsty moments, more emails, phone calls and such between the characters. While the point might be that they were all testing independence, in some sequences each seemed to be playing the role a bit too young.
Overall, it is a fun movie and it's a nice wrap-up/sequel to Traveling Pants 1 but I doubt based on the career trajectory of the four actors that they will partner up for this again. There isn't another book after this resolution so that pretty much dooms any further projects.
Stevie Wilson, Movie Correspondent: Stevie's column is published randomly to Gather Essentials: Movies Covering movies, DVDs, LA Entertainment events (Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes) Interviews, Screenings and Reviews Stevie Wilson is noted writer for print and online publications and you can find her on gather.com at stevie.gather.com . Keep up with Stevie's other postings and Gather activity by joining hier Gather network -- just click on the orange connect button up on the left side of the page. Also check out her blog at http://www.la-story.com
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