(Dir. Phyllida Lloyd 2008)
PG-13 I think this movie wins for the most amount of indirect references to sex The way this movie played out reminded me a lot of The Greatest Showman. The plot of the movie was very basic and mainly served to showcase the songs. Despite that similarity I liked this movie a lot more than I liked The Greatest Showman. Yeah it wasn't the most thought provoking or best movie I've ever seen, but it wasn't pretending or trying to be either like The Greatest Showman. Also, Mamma Mia wasn't trying to cram its message down my throat like The Greatest Showman was. What I think made all the difference is that Mamma Mia accepted what it is, an ok movie with great songs, while The Greatest Showman tried way to hard to convince others it was more than that. If you don't like ABBA, don't watch this movie. If you do like ABBA, you should watch this movie. It's as simple as that. If you don't know whether or not you like them, then where have you been for the last forty years cause everyone has an opinion on ABBA. The acting in this movie was ok, about the same as any rom-com. I will say that this was not Meryl Streep's best role. She wasn't bad, but she also wasn't very good. There were a couple times where she really over-acted, which was partially because she was just standing and singing. So her options at that point were either over act or stand and do nothing. The plot of the movie was interesting, I think. There's the whole mystery of who her father is which I really liked. I feel like the execution just wasn't there. Not to say that I wasn't content with the ending, I like the way things turned out, but the movie felt like a whole lot of build-up for a rushed conclusion. What I liked, and what most people really like, about this movie is that it was very aesthetically pleasing. It's a bunch of good-looking people on a gorgeous island. People watch this movie to fantasize about being on a beautiful island with Pierce Brosnan. Whoever made this movie knew that and played it up, I can't really blame them for that.
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Aubrey KirchhoffI'm just screaming into the void and somehow getting graded on it. Archives
April 2018
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