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... View MoreTied for the best movie I have ever seen
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... View MoreThis was a classic mid-2000s girl film. The actresses were really likable. It was like the 2000s version of the 80s-90s Babysitters' Club books. The friends were all a bit too different, but they were always there for each other. It was always fun to see Alexis Bledel, who played a Greek girl who didn't look Greek at all except for her dark-ish hair. She said she was super fair, too, and had to wear a lot of bronzer or self-tanner. I rooted for her and her pretty love interest. Beautiful shots of the dreamy Greek Islands, with the blue sea and white cliff houses. A really fun, sweet, and relaxing film to watch.
... View MoreAfter being together since they were kids, four teenage girls spend their first summer apart: Bridget (Blake Lively) goes off to summer soccer camp, Carmen (America Ferrera) goes to stay with her Dad and meets his new family, busy arranging his new marriage, Lena (alexis Bledel) goes to Santorini to stay with her grandparents and meets Costas without realising there is a Montague/Capulet relationship between their families, and misanthropic Tibby (Amber Tamblyn) stays at home working in the local store where she meets a younger girl who has a profound affect on her. The girls determine that a pair of jeans which mysteriously fits them all is a kind of magical link, and they mail them back and forth between each other.The jeans are no more than a fairly cheesy and obvious device, and are fairly irrelevant to the four threads, during which each of the young women discovers something about herself and moves forward.The four girls are all very good (Blake Lively is spectacularly beautiful), the scenery in the Greek and soccer camp sequences is gorgeous, and Nancy Travis (as Carmen's new stepmother-to-be) creates someone you can easily dislike and then turns you round with a single look.Although this is nominally a chickflick, there is plenty here to enjoy if you are (for instance) a Dad in his 60s. Your eyes may need tissues.
... View MoreTibby (Amber Tamblyn), Lena (Alexis Bledel), Carmen (America Ferrera), and Bridget (Blake Lively) are lifelong friends from birth. They find a second-hand pair of jeans that magically fit them all. They are separating for the summer but vows to stay connected by sharing the magic pants. Lena has a Greek holiday with her Greek relatives. Bridget misses her dead mom and is away at soccer camp. Carmen is meeting up with her dad (Bradley Whitford) but he surprises her with a wedding to girlfriend (Nancy Travis). Tibby is stuck working the summer and finds Bailey (Jenna Boyd) passed out in the aisle.The biggest fundamental problem for this movie is that the girls spend most of the movie apart. The point of these types of movies is for the group to develop chemistry together. This one assumes the chemistry and split the girls up. There is a reason why the best story is Tibby and Bailey. They are actually allowed to build up a relationship. Lena's story probably the weakest. It's way too light like a frivolous Greek holiday movie. The biggest asset in the movie are the four girls plus Jenna Boyd. They are all charming. They are all compelling actresses. Each one has something to contribute to the movie. The best scenes occur when the girls have a heart felt one on one. All in all, this is a sweet melodrama.
... View MoreAs I said in the last post and will say again "I have been really lucky with movies I watch as all turned out, till now, fabulous ". This is movie is another one in the long string of fabulous movies I saw. The movie beautifully depicts the beautiful relationship of friendship and at the same time also explores the other parts and emotions of life. The movie starts with 4 BFF's (read best friends). The have been together in low's and high's of each others life. At 17 year, all are trying to do something new in this summer vacations. So Lena decides to see her grandparents in Greece, Carmen decides to visit her Dad who lived in different state after the divorce, Bridget decides to join soccer training camp and Tibby decides to stay at home and work on her documentary. On the eve of the day they were separating they find a pair of jeans which surprisingly fits all four of them, surprising cause they were of different shape and sizes. They decide to share this pair of jeans and believed this pair of jeans will bring luck to the life of the girls. Then what and how the jeans bring to their life? Is the plot of the story. This movie is a beautiful woven movie that's why it can make you cry, make you smile and make you feel all the emotions presented on the screen. Cheers to all the girls in movie. They all were more than good in the movie. Would certainly like to write the names of the girls here Lena Alexis Bledel Tibby Amber Tambyln Bridget Blake Lively Carmen America Ferrera This movie is highly recommended.8stras/ 10
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