Admittedly, box-office wise, it’s unfortunate that it’s playing opposite the Summer Olympics; however, given the elevated celebrity of Lively and Ferrera, it’s sure to garner more ticket sales than the original film did. Although, via the advice of my new young acquaintance whom we will probably see reviewing on the world wide web someday, I’d urge prospective audience members to check out the first Sisterhood before they journey to the theatre so they can see how surprisingly good a stereotypical “chick flick” can be.
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1 - reseam
It actually sounds like the stayed pretty true to the books, and the ending that you say seems added, is the ending for the 4th book. It wasn't thrown together it's how it happened.
I know they would have to pull together elements of the other 3 books into this one, so it makes it seem "overfull". That's why for example, Bridget's storyline is cramped. You have her meeting her grandmother which is book 2, and the dig which is in book 4. You mentioned them not sharing much screen time, and in the books they don't share much time together either. So it wouldn't have been right to do it.
This is a story about their lives..and friendship, both together and apart.
2 - Jen
Thanks for your comment-- it was really cool to learn which elements came from which books since it's obvious you know the series well. Awesome!
Unfortunately, I hadn't read the books but when they tried to cram in the plots from the other books into one movie, it overwhelmed the script and the girls' stories seemed cheated since it all happens so fast and that ending from #4 just kind of swoops in.
I was glad you clarified Bridget's grandmother & dig plots-- makes me actually want to pick up the books since in the film, it was rushed and I would've preferred to read about it in the two books so the adequate amount of time was spent.
It's entertaining so I do think you'll really enjoy it, if you haven't seen it yet but while it's about their lives-- I guess like Bledel's show Gilmore Girls, the scenes shared together are my favorite!