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Lionsgate has released the full trailer for WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO? via Yahoo, the Tyler Perry-directed sequel to the 2007 movie which I thought was excellent. The previous teaser oddly gave out a thriller impression, this full trailer is rather confusing too because if I’m not mistaken, I think Perry switched and recasted some roles, weren’t Perry and Janet Jackson’s characters a couple in the first movie? And don’t take this the wrong way but is it just me or does this look like an African American version of Couples Retreat?… Read the rest of this entry »

I actually enjoyed Tyler Perry’s Why Did I get Married? a couple of years ago. I thought it was one of the best, positive, overlooked films for couples out there. But after a string of Madea films, I’m gettin’ a bit tired of Tyler Perry’s style, it’s the same damn thing, it’s basically like a stage play but on the big screen. His jokes are getting old too. But I still got respect for the man for building his own empire from making money off of his target audience, African-American movie fans. Perry is a better businessman than he is a filmmaker.
The teaser for the sequel, WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO? has arrived, via Yahoo. It starts out like The Couples Retreat with the exotic getaway but then bam! All of a sudden it turns into a suspense/thriller, all you can think of is ‘What The Freak is going on here?!’ and it ends with the most unattractive shot of Janet Jackson. You’ve been warned, this is not the Janet Jackson we once knew and fantasized about. Watch the teaser after the jump… Read the rest of this entry »