Mamma Mia!

I went to see this a week or so ago on my unlimited card because the girlfriend wanted to see it.

Even though it was basically FREE, I still feel robbed of 2 hours of my life, and I feel that my ears have been violated.

This is probably a girly film, because my girlfriend rated it 'not as bad as you are making out', but for any blokes out there, this is absolute shite.

The story consists of some girl is getting married and she invites these three blokes her mother had a bunk up with to her wedding, one, all, or none of them might be her father.

Who knows?

Who cares?

That's it. That is the entire story. Nothing else of any consequence happens. Nothing is resolved. This is a plot that only someone with a full-lobotomy could be entertained by. Even then, I reckon they'd get bored before the end.

They then attempt to shoehorn every ABBA song they can think of into the film, no matter how contrived or ridiculous it is to do so. Then, they get some actors who cannot sing, to totally butcher the songs so badly that you are cringing with embarrassment.

Meryl Streep is actually the best singer there, being only 'bad'. The rest are woeful. I cannot overstate how bad the 'singing' is. Really, if you want to hear ABBA songs sung better than this, just go to an ABBA night at your local karoeke bar, once everyone has got 6 pints down them.

They have thrown in a couple of 'jokes' of the old person variety, mainly in the form of Julie Walters, who can do so much better. However in this she is reduced to the silly walks and costumes that only old people and the mentally subnormal find hilarious - sort of a sub-par 'allo 'allo style humour.

I actually fell asleep at one point, it is such pointless drivel.

They should have saved themselves a fortune and stuck on a 2 hour film of an ABBA concert from the 1970s, at least the original group could sing, and there would be no need for wasting time with a pointless 'storyline', which I don't think comes to any conclusion anyways. I was beyond caring at that point.

It beggars belief that they are now selling a CD of the soundtrack to this crap, for something like
 
Ridiculous! Abba = chav? How pathetic. It's a fun entertaining film. I love Abba and was a bit worried about if it would be naff but it wasn't, it's great. :D
 
I can't wait for Mamma Mia! I'm a massive Abba fan and a massive Meryl Streep fan so it's a double whammy. If you go onto youtube, you can find full-length clips of the songs and I can tell you that Meryl's voice is absolutely tremendous, particularly on The Winner Takes It All. She's a classically trained singer which brought her to Benny and Bjorn's attention. The only truly bad voice in the films songs is Pierce Brosnans, who unfortunately can't sing for toffee!
 
don't know how it happened but we ended up in the very front row talking to the orchestra:eek: I felt like I was part of the show - it was amazing to have the singers spit actually landing on me:D
 
Went to see it yesterday,
It'ss Amazing
It's fair to say that i will the first one to get the DVD! :D
Mamma Mia! Here I go again Mama did i ever let you goo?
 
The only reason I haven't got the CD is Pierce's crooning - but I kind of want to get it because the rest of the cast could carry a note.

Can anyone tell me if some sort of auto-tune magic has been worked on the CD so it sounRAB okay! honestly this is putting me off, and I want to know if I'm worried for no reason. I had the CD in my hand in Asda the other day, but I didn't want to risk it.
 
I don't know if the show says that, but the film doesn't.
Besides its just quibbling about something which isn't relevant. Like those who complain Yoda is walking with a cane.
 
I am an Abba hater. Never thought I would ever go to this movie. I went today and I absolutely adored it. I don't think the songs were shoehorned into the film, I think they enhanced it. It made me cry, laugh and feel good. A great movie. Meryl Streep for an Oscar!
Julie Walters is superb and Pierce Brosnan whilst not the best singer certainly wins the prize for being a good sport.
10/10
 
i completely agree with you

its badly written, badly acted, the 'jokes' (ie julie walters falling over) are embarrassing, the sets look cheap, its badly directed and above all else it is badly sung

abba are far and away my favourite band, everything they did neared genius i think, and im struggling to think of a single musical i haven't loved, but this was atrocious

it shows what appalling taste people have to have made this such a big hit

(and before anyone says it must be a good film because it has been so popular, please remember how many no 1s westlife have had..)
 
I guess.

As you get older you will perhaps realise that different people get pleasure from things that maybe you don't but that it helps to see something in its entirety before passing judgement either on the thing itself or the people who have enjoyed it. For example I wouldn't dream of bad mouthing Big Brother and all its viewers despite my opinion on what I have seen of it.
 
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