Gimme a Man After Midnight

Yesterday afternoon, I ended up watching Mamma Mia along with Julie and Kat, two of my NaNo/Front Row Girls buddies, at Trinoma. For such a sucky and crowded mall, Trinoma has one of the best cinemas in town.

I am admittedly not an ABBA fan. I'm familiar with some of their songs after doing a school production on Dancing Queen back in elementary. Don't ask. But I was willing to go through the film with the intent of if watching Meryl Streep and Colin Firth sing. And I wasn't disappointed.

Mamma Mia!, adapted from the musical with the same name, tells of the story of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) who is about to marry Sky (Dominic Cooper, that sexy guy from The History Boys :tongue: ). She lives with her single mother Donna (Meryl Streep) where her mothers owns a hotel called "Villa Donna" located on a Greek island. Before her wedding, she finds her mother's diary of twenty years ago talking about the summer romances she had with three guys and unknown to her mother, she secretly sends out three invites to her potential fathers: Sam Carmichael (Pierce Brosnan), an American architect, Harry Bright (Colin Firth), a British banker, and Bill Anderson (Stellan Skarsgård), a Swedish novelist, in hopes that her father will be present to "give her away".

The whole movie was charged with energy all throughout and will have you laughing and smiling from start to finish and by finish, I mean WATCH THE CREDITS. OMG :lol: ). Vibrant dance numbers and catchy songs riddle the entire film that'll make you dance and sing on your seat. The actors suit the characters well and are quite often funny. I did find Amanda's acting choppy and a bit too perky in some scenes although her singing voice was quite lovely. Meryl Streep was applaudable as always and it was a big transition for me since the last time I saw her was in The Devil Wears Prada. It's certainly a highly enjoyable summer film. Watch it, then watch it all over again. I know I will. :biggrin:

  1. Ramsha on Jul 13 2008 at 03:42pm #

    Your reasons for watching this movie are the same as mine! I mean, who could pass up a singing Colin Firth, right? And Meryl Streep rocks. Tbh, I'm not a fan of Seyfried's acting at all; even in Mean Girls, her acting didn't seem up to par. But either way, I'm not going to let that ruin this movie for me, and am definitely seeing it soon.

  2. Amber on Jul 13 2008 at 09:11pm #

    I am absolutely desperate to go and see this movie. Apparently my friend heard the Firth on the radio singing and he definitely cannot but that doesn't put me off in the slightest! Anything for the Firth.

    Plus, ABBA songs are catchy. :P

  3. Laarni on Jul 14 2008 at 09:33pm #

    Omigod. RLY? ABBA songs remind me of my younger years. :p

  4. Melissa on Jul 17 2008 at 01:32am #

    Zomg! I want to see that movie even more now! XD

  5. Lexie on Jul 18 2008 at 11:29am #

    I've wanted to see it since I saw the billboards and stuff. But I can't find time. :(

  6. SassyGirl on Jul 19 2008 at 02:37am #

    Good suggestion! I wanted to see the Broadway musical but I guess seeing the film is just as good!

  7. Rafia on Jul 19 2008 at 04:42am #

    I enjoy ABBA songs, but I don't think I could see this movie now or anytime soon.

    It's all about the Dark Knight for me now.

    I might rent it and watch it later - I do love musicals!

  8. Kaylee on Jul 20 2008 at 10:45am #

    Every time I saw Meryl Streep in the advertisements for this movie, I have a hard time believing it's actually her — I think I'll always remember her as Miranda Priestly. But I really do want to watch this movie!

  9. Cait on Jul 25 2008 at 10:14am #

    Hey, I just stumbled on your blog. It's really cute! And you're very clever/not stupid.

    And Mamma Mia! is a fantastic show, agreed. Glad you think so.

    PS: YOU SHOULD STOP LURKING AT VMB. :P

  10. angie goff from DC on Jul 28 2008 at 08:14pm #

    I haven't seen this yet but want to. I heard from someone that "Pierce Brosnan should never be able to do a musical ever again!" What do you think?

  11. Anne on Dec 13 2008 at 07:16pm #

    I grew up with a mother and a father who both adored ABBA all of their lives, so I kind of had to like them too, haha :b I've heard most of their stuff, actually.

    MY parents watched the musical when they were on a weekend trip to London, and when the movie came out on dvd we had to have it, of course xD I really enjoyed it, the songs were so perfectly well balanced with the voices of the actors. Meryl Streep did so well :D