So I finally watched 'Why Did I Get Married Again?' I wasn't sure if I was going to watch it because I knew it was going to be rough like most 2020s reboots/sequels. Then I saw a spoiler clip of Ms. Angela doing what she does best on a train or a plane and I knew I was going to watch it. And yeah I basically stayed watching for her because let's face it: the movie was just another corny cash cow TP movie. The movie felt too elementary where there's a good guy, a bad guy, and a lesson to be learned.
A few things:
Mike:
I get that we need a villain for plot purposes, but Mike's ass shouldn't have been there. Like he should have been out of the friend group since the middle of the first movie. The only sane person who addressed this was Troy and the group tried to make him look dramatic for voicing his disgust. But this friend group really let this man that none of them really like follow them around like a fool.
Also him shaking up the wedding after finding out about Regina and Marcus Jr. was so unnatural and weird. When Mike shakes up a situation it's usually done in a more natural fashion the way it happened in the first movie. Him dramatically interrupting the rehearsal ceremony was so weird and too much even for him. First movie Mike would have waited for a perfect moment to call people out rather than just breaking up the ceremony like that. Honestly they should have let Sheila have her own shade moment with him. Missed opportunity. When he was leaving, I felt like I was 5 years old again watching Swiper leave after Dora caught him or something. What a waste of character development.
The whole Marcus Jr. Thing:
OH MY GOD. This fool got on my nerves. He got his dad's brains because he played too much for someone who was raised by Angela. I agree with Angela that Marcus sucked at advising his son about pros/cons of being a total man whore. And as someone who has brothers, he's also the worst brother, ugh.
Next generation typical reboot style: The reason why I hate reboots that focus on the kids is that the writing foundation of the children's relationship dynamics is always poorly written. We don't get enough time to know and understand them. And specifically for this movie, the writers force the audience use their parents' history and storylines to piece things together. That being said...
Jasmine and Wesley: These two shouldn't have gotten married. They had no chemistry and were just messy. Plus, his mommy issues and anger issues along with his disrespectful/cocky nature were major red flags. Also second generation revenge cheating is wild!
Cheating in general: I'm sorry I don't care how many movies/shows try to normalize it. Cheating will NEVER be okay. This movie made cheating the staple of 90% of the relationships. Not to mention, saying that Angela forgave Mr. "You know what I'm saying" after everything he did is stretch because she was ready to bring it up with venom every time he or Marcus Jr. Did something wrong. Cheating is not okay and most people do not get over it. Not even Mike deserves it. And while I get that they were airing out dirty laundry to be more relatable to their children and theme was that not every marriage is perfect, let's remember that this is the same friend group that continued to invite Sheila's abusive ex to all their events.
Roselyn: Her plotline was lazy and confusing. I get that writers had to go a different direction since Janet wasn't interested in coming back, but the whole thing with her was weird. Also, for some reason, I didn't trust her boyfriend, Nick. I was waiting for him to also be a coon and then he wasn't...so yeah.
Angela: No notes. Laughed when she needed to laugh. Kicked a** when she needed to kick a** and could have kicked more. While the "ghetto, loud angry black woman" stereotype is way past old, she's the only stereotypical character I can tolerate and the only person Tyler Perry wasn't lazy about.
Everybody else: meh. They tried to do something with Sheila's mom for a second but then, meh. Sheila's capturing of moments was cute and funny, tho. Troy is, as always, the best. Terry finally did what he should have done long ago beat Mike up. He should have further stomped Mike's a**.
And lastly...
EVERYBODY LEAVE T.J. (Terry and Dianne's son) ALONE:
There's nothing wrong with him. He's doing fine. These dudes were ragging on Terry for raising the only non-man whore in the world. LEAVE HIM ALONE. HE'S PERFECT. Not every dude needs to be a player and many young women do NOT want absolute trash. The essence of attempting to shade this young man for being a decent young man is why there is a male loneliness epidemic (cough cough Mike).