Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2-- the Re-write

My sister Katie and I read the four "Sisterhood/Pants" books by Ann Brashares (how do you pronounce this last name, btw?) while she was here for a few weeks. Then we went to see the second movie the day after it came out. The movie-- thank heavens-- does not pick up on the second summer like it could have; instead it picks up two summers later, after the girls' first year of college. With this timeframe in mind, the screenwriters had almost three different story-lines to choose from for each character (you know-- 2nd film, but 4th book).  The story lines are as follows (bolded elements are what the movie included)

Summer 2: 

Lena: has broken up with Kostos and has a boring job in a clothing store, but Kostos comes to America and she approaches him in the middle of the night and falls madly in love with him (again). Then Kostos must return to Greece for some inexplicable reason and Lena suspects . . . something . . .and then her Bapi in Greece dies and the whole family goes to Greece for the funeral and she finds out Kostos is married to a girl who claims he got her pregnant.  

Tibby: goes to film camp and meets two "cool" New York rebel film students and tries to impress them. Has to make a documentary and makes one that makes fun of her mom. Brian hanging out with her at film camp and says she shouldn't show it, but she does and her mom cries and then her new friends make fun of Brian and she doesn't defend him and then she feels bad and makes a documentary about Bailey that everyone approves of and that shows that she is her own, nice person. 

Bridget: Has quit soccer and gotten fatter and died her hair brown, but finds letters hidden by her father and sent to her from her  maternal grandmother and she decided she's going to visit her in Alabama. She arrives in the small town and rents a room in a lodging house and asks to clean out her grandmother's attic. She introduces herself as Greta or Gilda or something stupid like that. Slowly has revelations about her mother and memories of her grandmother resurface and she starts to play soccer again and take off the extra weight and lets her hair go back to its original color and finishes cleaning out the attic and then she and her grandmother have a great relationship.

Carmen: 's mom is dating a guy named David, and Carmen doesn't like it. Eventually she gives her permission for them to date. 

Summer 3:

Lena: Is taking an art class (drawing naked people) and her dad walks in and says she can't go there, but she goes back and then he says he won't pay for art school and then Lena decides to paint her family as her application for a scholarship to her art school. Lena finds art is freeing and allows her to see her family better.

Tibby: and Brian are in love and go out on a date and Tibby opens the window in her room to allow in "fresh air" and her sister Katherine falls out of it and hurts her head and Tibby feels guilty and helps Carmen's mom have a baby and realizes love is good and so she and Brian are together again by the end. 

Bridget: Is a camp counselor at a soccer camp and so is Eric. They are partnered together and he has a girlfriend so she wants him to know he can trust her (and she can trust herself) not to make a move on him. She gets really sick and he takes care of her and then disappears for a weekend and Bridget gets her feelings hurt. When Eric returns he reveals he has broken up with his girlfriend and he and Bridget become an item (but do not have sex). 

Carmen: 's mom is having a baby and Carmen doesn't like it. When her mom goes into labor, has to find David so there is some sort of acceptance of the baby once they return. 

Summer 4:

Lena: sees a guy in her art summer class that looks like Kostos-- his name is Leo, and they start hanging out. They model nude for each other's paintings, and have sex, but it's casual. Kostos returns and tells Lena that his ex-wife lied about being pregnant and that he wants to be with her. Lena rejects him. Lena's sister takes the traveling pants to Greece and loses them so all four go to Greece to find them. Lena sees Kostos there and he is returning to his life's path of the London School of Economics, and they part friendly.

Tibby: gives up her virginity to Brian and has a pregnancy scare and dumps Brian when she finds out she isn't pregnant and then gets back with Brian when she realizes she's jealous of Brian dating Lena's sister.

Bridget: feels left out when Eric goes back to soccer camp so she signs up for an archeology expedition in Turkey. Gets super intense with and kisses the archeology professor. They talk about taking it further, but the next day his family shows up and Bridget feels (properly) ashamed. She returns home and draws her father and brother out of their shells to try to help them back into being a family. Eric comes for a visit and tells her he missed her and is glad they're together.  

Carmen: got super insecure at college and made a friend who is a theater star and they go to theater camp and Carmen gets the starring role and starts feeling better about herself and realizes Julia is a bad friend 

and becomes grateful for the sisterhood and stops avoiding them. 

Tune in tomorrow to see what the re-write should look like. . . 

Comments

[Katie]

Thanks for the recap...it helps b/c my memory isn't great! I didn't read about the fourth summer b/c I haven't read that book, yet or seen the movie. It looks like it would be best to read the fourth book before seeing the movie. I wonder if this will be it for the movies?

[Brertybeibirm]

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[Jacob]

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