Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

I don’t think I ever went into a movie with such low hopes.

A co worker told me that she went to go see the film cause the original was one of her favs (Don’t even remember if I saw the original), but she said she did not like the fact that this sequel was so aware that it was a musical.

I realized that I could not have seen Mamma Mia cause I don’t like musicals and I think I would remember hating it (Or maybe I beat it out of my memory with a series of action flicks).

So I decided to go see it cause their was nothing else at my movie theater at the time that I wanted to see over again and I wanted to watch something so what the hell.

So now I’m watching it!

Meryl Streep is not even in this shit! Meryl Streep is a key reason why I would go see this movie and she’s not even in it. She did one number at the end of the the film and that was it (I guess she died in the first film?)

My Co-worker was right, It felt like a musical. I thought it was jumpy and choppy and the movie could have worked without the numbers, which felt inserted, altogether which is why it’s aware it’s a musical.

It’s funny, I’ll give it that but for a guy not into musicals, like myself, and not into ABBA as much as I thought. I knew the hit songs and loved hearing them performed but other than one song Pierce Brosnan whispered, none of it clicked.

I do respect what a happy movie this was. It was all about celebrating life and I got that notion.

Overall I liked it better than I expected. It could do without the musical numbers cause it made the film long and boring, but it was very colorful. Fun and funny.