Mamma Mia! Sing-Along
- Title: Mamma Mia!
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I enjoyed Mamma Mia!, but it has a few flaws (read that review) and seemed to be missing something. It turns out what it was missing was an active audience. This new Sing-Along Edition, released today in select theaters, provides karaoke style lyrics and the bottom of the screen for all of the musical numbers. The audience is encouraged to sing along with the actors.
If you can get into a theater at least 2/3 full of Mamma Mia! fans this is the best way to see the film. First, the audience singing along with the stars helps some of the actors (mostly the men) who struggle with their numbers. And second, it’s just fun!
Now, if you aren’t an ABBA fan this isn’t going to change anything, but this active experience (much like the Buffy-Sing-Along or The Rocky Horror Picture Show) adds energy, magic, and fun, to the film making it an enjoyable time at the movies. If, over time, the experience is tweaked even further with the addition of props and audience activities this film could earn a long life in late night screenings.
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If you are in any way shape or form a fan of the series then your going to love this. It’s like 3 episodes rolled into one and a bigger screen. Same characters, more problems, strong friendships, sex, love and more just for our fanatic viewing pleasure. Many would say it was a little long, but a true fan will feel like they have just indulged in a day at the spa and a trip to a runway fashion show with their favorite BFFS from Sex and the City. It’s like the show had never been canceled, they picked up 3 years later with a lot of the same problems, plus a few new ones to boot and pretty much solved them all by the end. I wouldn’t say that it’s all buttoned up neatly, I could easily see a return of the series or another film. The great thing about Sex and the City, it’s life, at least in some fictious/realist way, and we all no that life never ends.
