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| Topic Started: Jul 2 2008, 12:56 PM (1,456 Views) | |
| bulgar | Jul 6 2008, 06:02 PM Post #21 |
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80% fresh on rottentomatoes (4 fresh, 1 rotten) so far. |
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| Riverwide | Jul 6 2008, 06:04 PM Post #22 |
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It'll be a very divisive film I reckon. A lot of critics will be very turned off by the whole premise of it. |
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| bulgar | Jul 6 2008, 06:04 PM Post #23 |
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it's ok, we can still go see it. |
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| Riverwide | Jul 6 2008, 06:06 PM Post #24 |
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Yay! |
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| Riverwide | Jul 6 2008, 11:09 PM Post #25 |
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Woo! I'm booked in to see it on thursday after work with my mate John!!
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| FuckBuddy | Jul 7 2008, 12:49 AM Post #26 |
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oh, i LOVED it. i couldn't help but singing along throughout the whole film. great actors, great music, great locations. i'm so into visiting skiathos at the moment, after all it's just a two hours trip by ship from here. i care shit about the reviews, it just felt so good. now this is a great summer movie. |
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| Riverwide | Jul 7 2008, 09:58 AM Post #27 |
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| Riverwide | Jul 7 2008, 10:33 AM Post #28 |
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The Empire magazine review: 3 out of 5 Okay, it ain’t West Side Story, but any musical that’s packed them in for a decade, played 170 cities in eight languages and been seen by over 30 million people clearly has something going for it. That something is the songs of innocent vitality and mature heartbreak from the classic Abba catalogue; Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus’s tunes inspired and propel a charming, energetic little tale that is basically a hen party with bells on. Since the greatest actress of her generation can also sing, Meryl Streep was an obvious shoo-in when the show’s creators got the backing of Tom Hanks’s Playtone (looking for another Big Fat Greek Wedding?) to make the movie version. Streep and her comedic bosom buddies, Julie Walters and Christine Baranski, make a mighty sweet rumpus as the aging ex rock chicks. Amanda Seyfried and The History Boys’ Dominic Cooper play the young lovers, and are suitably attractive in beachwear. And then Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and token Swede Stellan Skarsgard, as the possible fathers, cavort with a blushing agreeability and are, arguably, more endearing for their air of schoolboy effort than polished musical stars would be. As you would expect, performance quality thus ranges from Streep emotively nailing ’The Winner Takes It All’ to taverna karaoke. The manly contingent have the sheepish air of men who would rather be at football, but they get how amusing it is when they burst into song, and gamely play along. The major gripe is that, as we’ve often seen when a respected stage director steps to the screen, the results of mixing realism with theatricality are, well, mixed. Some sequences work. There’s a joyous ‘Dancing Queen’, which sees Streep and gal pals drawing village women down to the sea. ‘Lay All Your Love On Me’ hilariously features a beach boy chorus line stomping their stuff in flippers. Other bits betray a maddening want of cinematic savvy. In Streep and Brosnan’s big moment his head is cut off. What the hell? Any kid with a camera could have found another angle or stood Meryl on a crate. But it’s full of super troupers and smiles. Don’t leave during the credits or you’ll miss the encore, with the stars in 70s satin and platform boots giving ‘Waterloo’ plenty of welly. Verdict Cute, clean, camp fun, full of sunshine and toe tappers. Guaranteed to put grins on tweenies who are in to High School Musical, grans with a pair of platforms still at the back of the wardrobe, and a lot of people in between tone. |
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| Pera | Jul 7 2008, 10:57 AM Post #29 |
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You were actually singing in a theater ??
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| Riverwide | Jul 7 2008, 11:00 AM Post #30 |
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I'm a little worried about the audience singing along with it when I see it. Part of me thinks that'd be cool and fun, but another part of me would be like "SHUT THE FUCK UP PLEASE!". |
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| Pera | Jul 7 2008, 02:34 PM Post #31 |
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^ I'd buy some raw eggs to throw at them, just in case
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| Riverwide | Jul 7 2008, 05:24 PM Post #32 |
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3 out of 5 from Total Film: Musicals are ludicrous. However tragic the tale – the stabbings of West Side Story, the AIDS deaths of Rent, the prisoners and prostitutes of Les Misérables – the moment the leads burst into song, the gravity evaporates. And no one knows this better than the makers of Mamma Mia!, the adap of the ABBA jukebox musical that’s played to 30m worldwide. Because every time Meryl Streep’s single mother Donna or Pierce Brosnan’s long-lost lover Sam start to sing, it’s with an implicit wink to the audience – we’re all in on the joke and it’s a good one. About to wed beau Sky (Dominic Cooper), Donna’s daughter Sophie (Mean Girls’ Amanda Seyfried) longs for a father to give her away. Having found mom’s old diary, Sophie knows she has three potential pops – American Sam, British Harry (Colin Firth) and Swedish Bill (Stellan Skarsgård) – and decides to secretly invite them all to the Greek-island wedding… You could attribute Mamma Mia!’s appeal to the killer back catalogue, but there’s also some smart staging on show, from the understated (and admittedly ragged) choreography and sung-live numbers to the key change in ‘Lay All Your Love On Me’ as the action flips from the stag to the hen do. Then there’s the actual Greek chorus popping up like a punchline, Benny and Bjorn’s Easter egg cameos and encores after the main action that tear down any remnants of the Fourth Wall and demand you sing along. There are few more stirring moments than the women of the village downing tools to celebrate themselves in ‘Dancing Queen’, while the sun-burnished Seyfried is surely the year’s most adorable screen bride. And though the supporting cast play it for laughs, Streep provides the heart of the show, her independent Donna spinning from hardship and heartbreak to happiness, pirouetting on the jetty and bearing her bruised soul on a clifftop. You may have already decided to dislike it – but if you change your mind… Verdict: A solid-gold songbook and the cast’s infectious gusto make for a terrifically entertaining experience, at a fraction of the cost of a West End ticket. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but take a chance and you’ll be thankful for the music. |
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| Deleted User | Jul 7 2008, 06:04 PM Post #33 |
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I bet he dressed up as Agnetha as well.
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| FuckBuddy | Jul 7 2008, 10:28 PM Post #34 |
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I did NOT sing my heart out and neither did anyone else, i was just singing along QUITELY. but i did get to see it tonight again and loved it even more. it's certainly not everyone's cup of tea, but my straight mates who are not even into abba music had a great time, too. |
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| FuckBuddy | Jul 8 2008, 12:22 AM Post #35 |
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abba reunited at the stockholm premiere of mamma mia ![]() |
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| Riverwide | Jul 8 2008, 09:04 AM Post #36 |
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Awh, it's very, very cool to see them all together again! Bless! |
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| Riverwide | Jul 8 2008, 09:05 AM Post #37 |
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It's actually incredibly difficult *not* to sing along with many ABBA songs. There really is some sort of primal magic in much of their stuff. It literally forces you to sing and/or dance! |
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| Vancho | Jul 8 2008, 05:21 PM Post #38 |
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| Vancho | Jul 8 2008, 05:39 PM Post #39 |
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That pic is Photoshopped, right? I don't think that all 4 of them stood together...![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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| FuckBuddy | Jul 8 2008, 09:48 PM Post #40 |
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that's because they crafted some of the most irresistible, catchy pop tunes ever. as far as i'm concerned, abba have always been way superior and more influencing to modern pop than the beatles. they also seem to respect their legacy and act in dignity, which explains their refusal to reunite even though they could make shitloads of money out of touring. they are aware that if doing so, they would spoil the magic and become yet another money grabbing retro act. i'm glad they keep it this way. after all, abba will always be abba, the most unpretentious pop phenomenon ever. |
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