by Aja Dorsey Jackson
As opposed to the first film which seems to answer the question “Why Did I get Married”, the sequel seems to ask “Why would anyone ever get married?” If I were to go by the marriages that I saw in this film my answer might be “No one really should”.
I know that a movie about four couples that were happy for the whole film with no conflict whatsoever would likely make for a boring film to watch. But in the original version of the movie, Tyler Perry was able to show some of the trials of married life while still leaving the audience with a message that felt like a positive answer to the question “Why Did I Get Married?”. In “Why Did I Get Married Too” , the relationships that seemed to be headed in a positive direction at the end of the original have disintegrated into insanity in the sequel. Without giving too much of the movie away, in my opinion there is only one couple that is operating on a strong foundation but having problems. The others either seem like they should have never gotten married in the first place or like they are living in divorce-worthy conditions without making any real effort to make a positive change.
It’s not that I found the movie itself to be terrible. Angela (Tasha Smith) and Marcus (Michael Jai White) were hilarious as a couple and both Janet Jackson (Patricia) and Malik Yoba (Gavin) were able to go to a realistic if not scary place on the screen in dealing with loss. But overall I have to say that I was disappointed by the sequel. In an attempt to sacrifice what led viewers to be able to relate in the first place for over-the-top drama, the answer to the question “Why Did I get Married?” seems to get lost.
Have you seen the movie? What did you think?
Aja Dorsey Jackson is a freelance writer and public relations consultant in Baltimore, Maryland. Find out more about her at www.ajadorseyjackson.com/about.html or follow her on twitter @ajajackson.
I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I did see the first one. I agree that a movie about happy married people wouldn’t work, and that the original did leave me with a happy feeling at the end of the movie. I’m surprised to see that Tyler would take such a dramatic turn or maybe just went too far with the sequel. I guess I should have waited to post after seeing part “too”.
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I did like the idea of having very dramatic scenes, but I just didn’t buy it. It was hard for me to really get into the movie. During most of the “funny” scenes, I wasn’t amused; It just wasn’t funny to me. Then, during the dramatic scenes, initially it would get my attention, but then somewhere it would lose its effect (I’m not sure if this was due to some people laughing in the movie theater during these scenes) It was obvious some of the actors were just stronger than others. Overall, I was disappointed as well. Maybe my expectations were too high. But, I will give it a second chance, so I would watch again when it comes on DVD or cable.
Yes we saw it this weekend! I thought it was dark but truthful. It was not your fairy-tale version of marriage. The four couples went through real life drama and things do get very messy. Tyler Perry is a messenger and he has a message in all the work he has ever done. Well this time he got dark and deep with how issues like these can escalate to extremes if things are left unresolved! So the fix it or lose it message didnt leave us feeling all rosy but its the truth! I just posted a review on my website at http://www.earthboundluv.com, it’s my latest post.
I think Tyler was pushing & challenging himself from an artistic standpoint in this movie and I won’t knock him for that. He has every right to try to grow and mature as an artist. I did laugh a bit and there was a deeper sense of realism in this film. In the end though, I ended up being very disappointed (without giving too much away) at the ending of the movie. I think he could have taken a different approach in delivering the message of “finality”. Those who saw the film know what I am talking and I cannot be the only one who left with a stomach twisted. So if that was his goal…mission accomplished. But he missed me on the “inspiration” piece that is woven in so many of his films
@MyOwnPace, I think that was my biggest problem. He introduced so many story lines and to me the ending just took the easy way out. It didn’t have to work toward any type of resolution. It just wrapped it up quickly without the characters having to fully deal with the implications of their actions.
The movie was decent. I liked the face it did not have a happy ending. But I also think that Perry is setting this up for a part 3. The characters have a lot of unanswered questions from both movies. Perry will write a final chapter, that should answer some of the missing pieces.
I saw the movie as well.
I don’t know if a 3rd part will be better. I feel like it may be “done to death” so to speak. I, too, did not like the ending before the ending(without giving it away). The message could have been delivered better to me.
i read this blog and found it interesting, even though i had not seen the movie. reading it only made me want to see it more. i kept snd open mind and saw the movie finally last nite and it was an interesting, funny,yet sad train wreck. i hope people dont think this is how black marriages are. everybody cheating,sneaking,crazy acting ghetto,lying… i found the whole thing funny and hope that no one in their right minds believe that this is what marriage was/is about. rediculous!!! is he really saying that you cant be happy,married and black? that if you are married for too long one of you will stray? it is possible to fight with your spouse and both of you come away unscarred,faithful still to one another and not checking his heartbeat or cellphone,not destroying your own stuff with a golf club. Madea knows better than that. u destroy they stuff not yours( just kidding,lol)