Mamma Mia...here I go again...my...my.....

I LOVED this movie! So much so that I saw it twice this weekend!! I had to stop myself from singing along...both times. The music is all ABBA and the story is the same as the Broadway Musical that I saw a few years ago. The show is coming back to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts again this season and after seeing the movie twice, I can't wait to see the show again! I was AMAZED at how well both Amanda Seyfreid and Meryl Streep sang! EXCELLENT casting of them as mother and daughter. As amazed as I was at how well they sang, I was equally amazed at how BAD Pierce Bronson sang. He started off pretty rough, and in my opinion, got slightly better. Never really GOOD...but better. Over all, it was pretty painful to watch him sing...he didn't seem comfortable with it either. Although he acting the songs well...if you catch my drift.

Watching Mamma Mia brang back memories from a period in my life when I re-discovered the music of ABBA....which was close to the time when I saw the play. That time in my life was when I was with Ricky. A lot of the songs have special meaning to us and so naturally I thought of him when I saw the movie. I had actually wanted to see the movie with Ricky and mentioned it to him. But of course, Mister "I hate sitting in a dark theatre" politely refused my offer to go together. How can he stand to sit at BCPA and watch the play but not go a movie theatre? It doesn't make sense. Oh well....it (and he) are not my problem anymore....lol.

After I came home from the movie (the 1st time) I did what I always do.....I look it up on IMDB.com to answer some questions I had. How old IS Meryl Streep? In the movie she is playing the mother of a 20 year old! She always reminds me of my cousin Doris. She's so bohemian and the way she speaks and her mannerisms....and she seems to barely age! She is almost 60 and looks AMAZING!!!!! I already knew Amanda Seyfreid from BIG LOVE on Showtime and from Mean Girls, but I wanted to see what else she was in. I also wanted to know about the guy who played her leading man, Dominic Cooper. Come to find out...they had an AFFAIR on set! LOVE that juicy hollywood gossip! For more info click here. Was also excited to see that Amanda is up for the title role in the upcoming Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland...I hope she gets it...she'd be PERF!!

Who wants to go see it with me again? Third times the charm!! ;-)