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Thursday, October 2, 2008 | 11:42 PM
revisiting memory lane  now if god was a woman, meryl streep would pretty much fit the bill having literally grown up listening to ABBA's extensive collection of songs, i was delirious to hear that a movie remake of Mamma Mia was in the works and it starred Meryl Streep and Colin Firth no less. watching the trailer last year only fueled my anticipation. while this might sound extremely exaggerated, Mamma Mia! was my only IT movie this year. i'm not going to even attempt to review the movie since i went into the cinema already liking the film. the fact that most of it was filmed on location in greece certainly aided the clause. Meryl Streep, in her role as Donna Sheridan, the young hippy singer turned aged hippy hotel owner was stunning as usual. Unfortunately her previous turn as the ultra tyrant Miranda Priestly left such a deep impression that i was waiting for her to start calling her daughter (the very talented Amanda Seyfried) "Annnnddrrreeeaa" or something. But I digress. Mamma Mia! being a musical, I was rather unsure if she could hold a tune but as it turned out, she blew me away, especially when emoting songs like "The Winner Takes It All". Seriously, is there anything that Meryl Streep can't do? This being a rather imperfect world, I totally didn't see the point of the subplot about Colin Firth's homosexuality. Well, cept to pave the way for Mr Pierce Bond-James-Bond Brosnan to get the ( Great sets, great songs, great cast. What's there to dislike? You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life.. now excuse me while i go sing along to SOS for the nth time... |