mamma mia!

im not much of a fan of live action musicals, but diana wanted to see this one, so we did. the storyline is simple, a girl is getting married but doesnt know who her father is. she finds her moms old diary and sees that there are three men who could be her dad, so she invites them all to the wedding to see if she can find her real dad. basic enough, but what makes this movie different is that its completely filled with the music of abba. now, ive never really been a fan of abba, not because i dont like them, but because ive never been interested enough to listen to their music. i am completely oblivious to most of their stuff, all i knew was the song 'dancing queen', and thats about it, so almost all the music here was new to me. over all the film wasnt too bad, my one complaint was that they tried to keep the energy level too high through out the film- in any given scene there are at least three girls giggling uproariously, and usually it is meryl streep, which is quite disconcerting...

the film takes quite a few unexpected twists along the way that are really done well. i didnt see them coming, but was quite pleased when they did. over all its not as bad as i was fearing. well, except for pierce prosnans singing- that was exactly as bad as i was fearing...