I just watched Mamma Mia! with Eileen at Sunway Pyramid and it really brought back memories to me.  My mum is an ardent fan of ABBA and she plays their songs when she drove us to school and fetched us from tuition.  She was a fan that when we bought our first VCD player cum Hi-Fi system, the first thing we got, along with a few movie VCDs were ABBA’s Greatest Hits VCD, featuring all of their music videos.

What fascinates me was Meryl Streeps performance in the movie.  You see, I just watched Devil Wears Prada on Astro last week (by now you’d notice that I am VERY slow at movies) and she was GOOD as Miranda Priestly.  She was so good that it made me love my job even more.  Miranda is the Editor in Chief at Runway, I am writing for CHIP in Malaysia, there is a similarity, albeit a VERY VERY small one, between us.  I enjoyed watching the movie as it relates to what I am doing now.

Then I watched Mamma Mia! and her performance as Donna Sheridan was a 180 degrees change from Miranda Priestly.  She was so laid back and her dances were good.  I kept imagining her dancing and singing in Miranda Priestly but I just couldn’t get the picture in my mind.  That’s how good she is!

Anyway, Mamma Mia! is the second musical-movie-type-thingy I watched.  The first was Phantom Of The Opera.  Both movies had people singing along in the cinema, something which I hate.  I am here, paying the same fare as you are, trying to enjoy the movie, which in this case, listening to the actors singing, and you are there singing your at the top of your voice in that off tuned sound. 

Please be considerate to other people in the cinema.  If you want to sing, go to a karaoke and sing.  The cinema is a place for you to watch a movie, not a sing-a-long fest!

Mamma Mia! is actually a stage play and they are coming to Malaysia at the end of the year.  I’ll try to buy the tickets if I managed to find time and the location to buy it.