Mamma what?

Rating: 4/10 (25 July 2008)

I was quite surprised to see when i came onto this website that people actually enjoyed this film. What is happening to the world?? If i where to describe this film in one word it would be awkward. really awkward. These actors tried so hard to look like they where having "fun" that they created this bizarre and unholy feel of "happiness and well being" which made you feel uncomfortable. But this comes as no surprise as ABBA was born from Eurovison back in the day which is infamous for its fake and cheese factor appeal. I couldn't help cringing and curling up in my seat when Pirece bleat out a classic ABBA song. Seeing that i am too young to have been a part of the ABBA craze and the play Mamma Mia itself i have taken into account that i could be ignorant to factors of what made this band so amazing back in the day. But if they where hoping to bring a new legion of fans to the ABBA scene they are sorely mistaken. The young Amanda Seyfried surprisingly held her notes and has come along way since mean girls and tried her best to work the Streeps corny ways and clicked with her rather well considering the little screen time which they had.
But one thing which caught my eye was the locations. The vast shots of the ocean and the golden light which spread all over the rocky shores were amazing. Shots like this probably saved the producers a couple of million on not having to spend so much money on tanning up and air brushing the actors. Streep is doing rather well for her age i might add. I began to envy these poor suckers in this film and almost considered them lucky to have been on such a beautiful set! But alas there is a silver lining on every gray cloud and that was being witness to seeing the trailer for the new film son of rambow!