Mamma Mia! The Movie (Widescreen)
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 | Product Details: Studio: Universal Studios Number of Discs: 1 Format: AC-3, Color Dolby Dubbed DVD-Video Subtitled Widescreen NTSC Rating:   Sales Rank: 47 | | Look for similar DVDs by genre: | | Customers who bought this item also bought:
| | Customer Reviews: Fun movie (09 January 2009)This is a really fun movie and I knew all the lyrics! Why doesn't Hollywood make movies like this more? Love ABBA, hate the movie (08 January 2009)I grew up with ABBA through high school and they have always been a guilty pleasure so I was really looking forward to this movie. (I haven't had a chance to see the play.) What a disappointment. The singing was terrible (with the exception of the daughter) and the acting just as bad. I haven't seen a musical this embarrassing since "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (which at least had decent singing but was still so bad it managed to effectively kill the careers of both the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton). MAMA MIA - the movie (08 January 2009)I have always DISLIKED ABBA - however, against my better judgement, I saw the stageshow in London soon after it was presented and liked it very much (all except the mob dance at the end). I have been looking forward to seeing the film, especially with Meryl Streep on board. The cast is great BUT what a miserable disaster this movie is. The mistake is that the director has filmed a STAGESHOW. The movie is exhausting! Everyone RUNS and no one seems to walk. The production numbers blend into one. The facial expressions are all overdone. In other words, a stageshow has been filmed. A total disappointment. I was also NOT IMPRESSED with the actors - Julie Walters looked terrible, the men were hopeless and had no singing voices and even Meryl Streep was not at her best. The three women were also disappointing. A total flop for me .......... but I am sure that I am in the minority here just as I was when ABBA first burst on the scene back in the 70's. Makes you remember just how good the Beatles really were! Take a Chance On (08 January 2009)While my two-year old great nephew was derailing a runaway Lionel train around the Christmas tree and had totally wrecked a ranch-style plastic home, my other great nephews and great niece were exhorting me to open the presents they brought me. Knowing I had seen the play on Broadway three times and once in Toronto, it was no surprise that "Momma Mia," the DVD was behind the decorative Christmas paper. "Oh, can we watch it, Uncle Ed?" (If ever a gift could keep on giving right back to the givers)! Even though Meryl Streep is old enough to be a grandmother (and probably is), the camera never gets too close to her face, as she plays a barely middle-aged mother of a love-struck daughter on the verge of marriage. The daughter discovers that Mom was a bit wilder in her youth having made love to three men at approximately the same time. The plot unfolds when she decides to invite her "fathers" to the wedding without her mother's knowledge. MOMMA MIA! This is loosely based on an late 60's movie titled "Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell," where the twist is that Gina Lollabrigitta tells three American World War II veterans that they are the father of her son. Their guilt and money provide for the same. Only here, the setting is an unnamed Greek isle instead of Italy, and mom is barely scraping by running what can be charitably called an inn. An unabashed ABBA fan, I enjoy each hit over and over again, and could play them all day. I play them when I am in a good mood, and when I need to get in a good mood. The music from this can be found on the CD for the movie (d'uh), or ABBA Gold, which has everyone but, "I do." So, love me or leave me, but please don't deceive me, because I won't deceive you. Meryl Streep reveals her absolute depth in her performance. Her ending with her co-stars is a triumph of harmony on stage or at Waterloo where Napoleon did surrender. Pierce Brosnan's bellowing efforts might make you want to suck on a lemon while someone is running steel fingernails across a blackboard, but the movie is fun even in a rich man's world, or for a super trouper. The supporting cast was superb. I was particularly impressed with Julie Walters who played one of Meryl Streep's adult sidekicks. Christine Baranski was predictably good. I never imagined that Stellan Skaarsgard could kick up a storm the way he did. My gift included a trailer that allowed the viewer to see the making of the movie, and the songs being replayed in the movie with the words appearing, but without the bouncing ball. It helped me learn a lot of the correct words that men seem to have a harder time identifying them than women do when it comes to song. (Up to age 50, I thought Popeye was strong to the "pinach" cuz I eats me spinach). Do I recommend this DVD? I ask you in all honesty, without a song or dance what are we? So I say thank you for the music, (and the DVD,) for giving it to me. Just remember there is no comparison between this and what you would see on Broadway or in Toronto. The movie could only leave you disappointed. It is entertaining espeically if you are forgiving with Streep and Brosnan who are not singers. Thank you, Christian, Gabriella, Samuel Adam, and Emmanuel. Uncle Ed Mamma Mia Mamma Mia (08 January 2009)I LOVE this movie. The characters are terrific and the cinematography is breathtaking. The songs will stay with you. The story is adorable. Get it and watch it and watch it and watch it again and again. Guaranteed you'll love it too. |
