Tyler Perry's recent movie and sequel "Why Did I Get Married Too?" came in #2 at the box office. This movie has been highly anticipated by Tyler Perry fans all over. Now I know better than to go try to see a movie on opening night, especially a Tyler Perry Movie, which is why I saw it the second day.
The movie was good but not as good as the first. Now I did get my kiki's in (laughs) and I even released some tears, but certain parts in the movie didn't seem right to me as well. There were parts in the movie that didn't belong or weren't cohesive with the first movie for me. It also left me asking a lot of questions.
A part in the movie I didn't understand was Patricia (Janet Jackson) and Gavin's (Malik Yoba) conflict in the movie. It didn't make sense that Patricia was the psychologist and the one person her friends looked to for relationship advice, wrote all these books on relationships and how to keep a strong marriage, yet, she couldn't manage her own relationship. That didn't seem right to me. And the best thing they could come up with was, "We just don't love each other anymore." Really? I don't believe that. If it were as simple as that, then the rest of the movie wouldn't have went the way it did. Now maybe I didn't catch what their conflict was but that was the first thing I noticed.
Angela (Tasha Smith) and Marcus (Michael Jai White) were just like they were in the first. Although it was their antics that brought in the most kiki's for me, I think it was a little too over the top at times. What happened to all those promises Angela made at the end of the first movie? I didn't see no improvement in her character whatsoever. She did too much for me. Like when she thought Marcus was cheating and she got her gun and started shooting. Really? Thats what I mean when I say over the top.
Diane (Sharon Leal) and Terry (Tyler Perry), and, Sheila (Jill Scott) and Troy (Lamman Rucker) seemed to have the more realistic problems in their marriages. Diane was having an "affair" if thats what you want to call it. It was something more than a sexual affair. She was having more of an emotional affair, if that makes sense. Diane seemed to be more emotionally attached to this other guy than she was to Terry. Sheila and Troy were having financial problems Troy was having a hard time finding a job and it was starting to hurt his pride. That was understandable.
One of my favorite parts of the movie was when all the couples were on the beach and were answering the question, "Why did I get married?" Sheila's speech touched me. I empathized with her understood how she felt. Another one of my favorite parts was when Mike (Richard T. Jones), Sheila's ex-husband, realized his faults and mistakes and became a better person toward the end of the movie. Its always good to see a character go through a change for the better. I also couldn't get over how gorgeous Janet looked throughout the movie. She was stunning. Whoever was the makeup artist, you get two snaps and a pop for that one.
If I had to give this movie a grade, I would have to give it a B-. Oh, and one more thing, what was the significance of Patricia going to Gavin's job with that big cake with that gay guy popping out of it vogueing? Was that really necessary? And they threw in Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in at the end because? I'm just saying.
