HANGING OUT WITH A BUNCH OF JEANS GIRLS

I stumbled across a movie that starred four hot ladies that have been trying to vie for my attention. Tonight, I paid the sudden attention that they so deserve.

And no, it's not "Sex and the City".

"The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" is a movie that describes life in general and I love that about it. Just like a typical chick flick,  it has a combination of family, love, friendship and just, being girls. It's the kinda movie that a girl can ultimately relate to. 

"The movie brings back the charming fresh comedy, drama, romance, and adventure with a powerful message about coming of age and friendship." - SmartCine.com

Unfortunately, I did not watch the first movie and so I'm trying to get hold of the first one now. But what I gather from watching the sequel is that the story follows the life of four best friends, who are bonded together by a pair of blue jeans that fitted the four of them, despite their different shapes and sizes. Nonetheless, after graduation, they had to part ways and they decided to secure their bond by passing on the jeans in rotation.

The second movie continues to follow the four girls who have different characteristics, interests and backgrounds through their life journey.

First there is Lena, played by Alexis Bledel and I call her the Greek Goddess. She is the Greek girly girl; sweet and pretty and is into art. She is struggling to heal from the breakup with her boyfriend, Kostos, who she had to give up due to a family feud. She realized that she can't let go of her feelings for him but sadly he is married to another girl who claims to have Kostos's baby.

So she pursued her love for art by taking art lessons and met nude model, Leo, whom she nearly had a romantic inkling to. I think in Leo she found the cure to her broken heart but realized that her one true love is still Kostos.

Then there's Tibby, played by Amber Tamblyn who is the insecured, emotional and troubled girl but has a witty sense of humour. I call her the emo chick but I really love her in the movie and I find her super hot too. She is the kind of rock-star slash punk type of girl in the movie. She has a boyfriend, Brian, who loves her a lot but she is so insecure that she feels that she is not deserving of love. So whenever she gets emotionally close to someone, she feels the need to avoid it and move away.

After having sex with her boyfriend, Brian, they realized that they had a sex malfunction. I was like, what's a sex malfunction and I found out later that the condom broke. But Tibby doesn't want to have a baby to the extend that she went into an emotional shut down. Can't blame her I guess. Different people faces different fears in life. I think in many ways Tibby is not just worried about having her baby, but she's worried that the people she love, like Brian would leave her, and she'll be left alone.

The familiar face of Gossip Girl, Blake Lively plays Bridget - the sporty girl. Bridget is trying to recover from her mother's death, thinking that her mother left her because she doesn't love her anymore. Bridget was all this while trying to escape the truth of her past, but after an archeology assignment in Turkey, she learns from a wonderful professor, Nasrin that sometimes, it is what's left of the past that is fascinating - like the bones of the ancient people that are left behind tells fascinating tales and stories about people's traditions and cultures. Bridget then went to visit her grandmother to face her past and rekindled with her dad.

The last member of the sisterhood is Carmen or Nena, who is played by America Ferrera. One thing that this movie has proved, it is that America Ferrara can act beyond her alter-ego Ugly Betty. In many ways I really enjoy watching America here. She is the drama princess and is just so sweet.

In this movie, America's character, Carmen is also a bit insecure, feeling that she is losing her friends since they don't hang out often anymore. She feels she's missing out on a lot of their activities and updates and she also feels drifted from her mum, now that she has a new man in her life and a new baby on the way.

That summer, Carmen plans to spend her summer with her friends and pregnant mum but she discovered that all of them have plans of their own. She was kinda angry with them all for neglecting her and feels that they are not treasuring their friendship anymore.

To sort of distract herself, she followed her friend Julia (who is the lead actress in a play in Yale) to Vermont where she intend to help out backstage as a crew. However, she met lead actor, Ian, who practically made her audition. Though she thought it was just a fake audition for her in which she shall just play along, not-to-be-taken seriously, she ended up with the lead role, Perdita, much to Julia's envy. 

Well, naturally, Carmen had a crush on the lead actor, Ian, who's superbly GORGEOUS and British some more. With his accent and all, what is not to love, right? Anyway, Carmen realized in the end that her insecurities were ungrounded and who her real true friends are. 

When Effie (Lena's sister) lost their pair of jeans, the four of them were brought together again to discuss. They realized that instead of bringing them closer, the jeans had made them argue even more, and is tearing them apart. Lena decided that she should be in charged of looking for the jeans in Greece, since her sister lost it. Little did she know, her whole bunch of friends went to Greece on a mission to get her and Kostos back together.

In the end, Carmen narrated that maybe the jeans got lost for a purpose. To bring them back together again. I guess sometimes, some things need to happen before we start learning to treasure the things we have or sometimes, some things have to happen so that friendship can be built and retained.

In many ways I envy the four girls. They have that bond that I so wish I had between few best friends. In some ways I feel like Carmen with my friends. Sometimes, I just feel that they are slipping away. I guess in many ways, leaving and departing is a part and parcel of life. We have to part some day somehow, but the most important thing is to just be there for one another when your friends need you. To try to sustain a friendship is just by being there. Maybe we don't need to be around each other physically, I guess it's the love that lives on ya.

Such a feel good movie. Brilliant for a chill out session with friends.

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