Saw Mamma Mia movie tonight — Page 3

I just got back from seeing it (in england) and I completely agree with what everyone has said. Its over the top in places, so insane you have to do nothing but laugh, and it has some high points, and some low points. It by far wasn't the best movie musical I've seen, and by far not the worse. I thought Brosnan was ridiculously cast. But Meryl can do no wrong in my eyes

Didn't it actually just "set out" to make a ton of cash for all involved?

Any other result is purely coincidental.

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I saw the film tonight. I had seen and mostly enjoyed the show on Broadway. It is a slight bit of fluff that doesn't take itself terribly seriously, for the most part. A slip or two, like someone really trying to sing SOS like it is a serious emotional song, little things like that.

I didn't have high expectations for the film, but I was certainly hoping for a nice surprise, that I'd at least enjoy myself. And I didn't get it. I've never seen so many people working so hard to show me how much FUN they were having. Not just fun, but FUN!!! The film hit me over the head for nearly two hours, screaming at me to HAVE FUN GODDAMMIT! It is like being pummelled by bubble gum.

Somehow the little shot of Julie Walters falling off the boat felt really like a metaphor for the entire movie. She did everything she could to make herself lose her balance and fall as hilariously possible into the water. What should have been natural and easy was terribly labored and unnatural.

And I will say it: what on earth possessed them to keep Pierce Brosnan's vocals?

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So around what year was Mamma Mia set?

Donna was with the three men during the time of "flower power" (late 60s-early 70s).
Sophie is 20 years old so that would put her in the late 80s or early 90s. However, Sky is already bringing the internet to the small island when the internet was just in its infancy in the early 90s.

I think the movie's timeframe pretty much has to be timeless, for lack of a better word. The show was written and originally produced in the late 90's, where having a 20-year old born during the age of ABBA makes sense. Nine years later when the movie comes out, who knows...

However, something like "Mamma Mia" doesn't really lend itself to deep discussion anyway. I love the show, but never looked at it as anything but very well-crafted fluff, kind of the way I look at "Xanadu" now. Lightweight, lots of fun, but Shakespeare it's not.

I saw it last night! I thought it was so bad... that it was good? I mean it's Abba and Meryl Streep; how could one possibly resist, even if the cinematography is terrible and the entire movie is beyond campy. I think if you go in expecting fluff and fun, that's what you will get. The movie invites you to laugh at it and sometimes with it... and that's okay! No one's expecting "Out of Africa" or anything within this... and if you really do expect to find something beyond fun tunes and star power... this is not for you. Meryl, as always, was brilliant "The Winner Takes it All" was stunning; gave me chills! I think Christine Baranski stole the entire movie though! She was absolutely fantastic, along with Julie Walters! I was dissappointed with the rest of the cast, but that's alright... Meryl, Christine, and Julie were having a ball making this movie - and you could see it! And yes, Pierce Brosnan is as bad as everyone says, but I think it adds to the overall humor of the movie. I loved the needless and over-the -top sexiness within the movie! It was certainly a fluff filled night, and no doubt those damned Abba songs will be stuck in my head for weeks!

I have one question... Why the hell wasn't "Waterloo" included on the soundtrack?! Meanwhile other songs that weren't even in it were (i.e. The Name of the Game and Thank you for the Music). I thought it (waterloo) was the best part of the whole movie.