#1
Posted: 6/19/08 at 8:30pm
I went to a screening in LA last night and I thought it was amazing and very well done. There were definitely some very awkward transitions into singing at the beginning and some dreadful choreography during the song Mamma Mia! some of the choreography at the beginning were too stagy, which wouldn't have been a problem if it was done with some camera tricks, but there were none.
The singing was very good all around and Meryl's The Winner Takes it all blew everyone away. Dancing Queen was the big first number and the movie picked up from there and got better and better. The movie was very touching towards the end and the staging with the ocean backdrop during The Winner Takes it all is beautiful.
there were quite a few awkward and confusing moments, such as actors lip synching some lines and then not lip synching the next when the music is still playing. This was very obvious during one of Amanda Seyfried's songs with the three fathers. They'll be singing and their lips were not moving and then the next cut they'll be lip synching and then the next cut will be a scene with just the music playing while they're doing something else.
Nonetheless, once Dancing Queen hits, there were no boring moments. My friend who saw it with me said it was one of the best movies she's ever seen. Definitely don't leave the theatre after the last song. the credits is accompanied by 2 other songs performed by the entire cast. It's going to do really well among the public and also fans of the show and fans of ABBA music, but i am not sure how it'll do with the critics.
The singing was very good all around and Meryl's The Winner Takes it all blew everyone away. Dancing Queen was the big first number and the movie picked up from there and got better and better. The movie was very touching towards the end and the staging with the ocean backdrop during The Winner Takes it all is beautiful.
there were quite a few awkward and confusing moments, such as actors lip synching some lines and then not lip synching the next when the music is still playing. This was very obvious during one of Amanda Seyfried's songs with the three fathers. They'll be singing and their lips were not moving and then the next cut they'll be lip synching and then the next cut will be a scene with just the music playing while they're doing something else.
Nonetheless, once Dancing Queen hits, there were no boring moments. My friend who saw it with me said it was one of the best movies she's ever seen. Definitely don't leave the theatre after the last song. the credits is accompanied by 2 other songs performed by the entire cast. It's going to do really well among the public and also fans of the show and fans of ABBA music, but i am not sure how it'll do with the critics.
Updated On: 6/19/08 at 08:30 PM
