"Mamma Mia!" opened yesterday and between that and The Dark Knight, the box office at the movies will make a killing this weekend and it should. This is what summer is all about. Escapism!! I also think it is wonderful that the Drive-ins now show the new movies and you can watch both of these movies under the stars. They are equally fun and worth seeing for different reasons and maybe for different people. For my taste, the Knight was a little too long adding in the story of "Two Face" to the already satisfying "Joker" and it wasn't necessary even though well done.
But Mamma Mia is a true "chick flick"---all women, young and old (okay, maybe especially old) will smile and want to get up and dance. I remembered when two of my friends and I would do just that, laughing all the way. With all due respect to the Times, A.O.Scott, get over yourself!! Why send a man to this movie for a review---oh, I forgot, all the movie critics are men!!!! OOPS!! Anyway, Meryl Streep clearly had a blast and so did everyone else and their infectious enthusiasm for this movie, the songs, and each other came through loud and clear. None of them had the best voices but they were us singing our hearts out over men, love, our children, remorse and each other. It was the most fun I have had in a movie theater this year. I know the 'boy' critics like Roeper loved "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" because it is their version of a male "chick flick." It has beautiful babes with boobs, bodies and sex every which way you can. But women like something else. We like to reminisce, laugh and pretend. We could with this movie. So, gather your girl buddies and go, preferably to the Drive-in and take a little wine (designate the driver.!!)
I will bet you will hear everyone there singing right along with you.
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Re: Mama Mia! I'm not a woman, but I agree 100% (of course, I am a gay man, so this movie is also made for me). We caught this film on Saturday, and like you, Marilyn, this was the most fun I've had at a movie for a very long time. A few of those numbers just made me giddy with delight. Also being a fan of ABBA certainly helped, and Meryl Streep's infectious performance was joyous. It truly annoys me to read critics saying, "who does Meryl Streep think she is selecting a movie like this?" I'm with you Mariyn, "Get over yourselves!" This 100% pure, fluffy delight.
Oh, Marilyn, I loved this too! I was totally expecting it to be horrible and I thought I'd spend the whole film making fun of it. But man, when all the women go skipping off to the dock... I was completely hooked. Sure, it's total fluff, but it's the tastiest fluff I've consumed in a long time!
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