Mamma Mia
Well...we went and saw Mamma Mia (Their "!", not mine...)
here's the thing...if you have seen the show on stage, chances are, the movie won't do anything for you other then make you want to go see the stage version again. it just works better live. Amanda Seyfried, however, was AWESOME. i was very pleasantly surprised by her, having enjoyed her in Big Love and even in Mean Girls. She has a decent voice, and actually stood out in the movie for me as a girl with a solid future in acting.
Meryl...well, let me say that i thought she was decent. i think she made up for her lack of vocal prowess by acting the songs out very well. and there was one point where she started sounding much better...and that would be after Pierce Brosnan started to sing. holy hell. that was bad. and for some reason, they even threw in an extra song for him that wasn't in the stage production. it was bad. the whole audience laughed it was so bad. and then groaned when he started singing again. it actually detracted from what, up until that point, was a fairly fun and fluffy movie.
again, worth renting to see amanda seyfried, but please, i beg of you, fast forward through pierce and go see the real live musical if you can. it is absolutely one of my favorite shows.
i think i might hit a matinee of Batman this week to make up for it. and i have read that it doesn't hurt to see it twice, so chances are, i will be doing that. Batman, that is, not Mamma Mia. no "!".
here's the thing...if you have seen the show on stage, chances are, the movie won't do anything for you other then make you want to go see the stage version again. it just works better live. Amanda Seyfried, however, was AWESOME. i was very pleasantly surprised by her, having enjoyed her in Big Love and even in Mean Girls. She has a decent voice, and actually stood out in the movie for me as a girl with a solid future in acting.
Meryl...well, let me say that i thought she was decent. i think she made up for her lack of vocal prowess by acting the songs out very well. and there was one point where she started sounding much better...and that would be after Pierce Brosnan started to sing. holy hell. that was bad. and for some reason, they even threw in an extra song for him that wasn't in the stage production. it was bad. the whole audience laughed it was so bad. and then groaned when he started singing again. it actually detracted from what, up until that point, was a fairly fun and fluffy movie.
again, worth renting to see amanda seyfried, but please, i beg of you, fast forward through pierce and go see the real live musical if you can. it is absolutely one of my favorite shows.
i think i might hit a matinee of Batman this week to make up for it. and i have read that it doesn't hurt to see it twice, so chances are, i will be doing that. Batman, that is, not Mamma Mia. no "!".