Not a typical Buffista movie, but The Onion reviewed Mamma Mia Here We Go Again.
And I recently got The List of Adrian Messenger - I'd been wanting to see it again and spotted it inexpensively. I didn't remember the makeup being quite that bad ....
I love the smell of desperate librarian in the morning.
Snyder ,'Showtime'
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Toddson - Jul 24, 2018 7:37:08 am PDT #1602 of 3463
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Calli - Jul 24, 2018 8:56:30 am PDT #1603 of 3463
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I loved Mamma Mia 1 completely unironically.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 24, 2018 9:05:05 am PDT #1604 of 3463
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Me too, aside from "SOS." Which, come to think of it, Pierce Brosnan did seem to turn into a cry for help.
Amy - Jul 24, 2018 9:12:12 am PDT #1605 of 3463
Because books.
I loved Mamma Mia, too. Meryl Streep singing and flinging her hair and herself all over that island is stupidly delightful. And I'm a sucker for Amanda Seyfried and Christine Baranski.
Jessica - Jul 24, 2018 9:21:04 am PDT #1606 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I loved Mamma Mia 1 completely unironically
It was 100% delightful from start to finish. The second one isn't quite as magical (mostly because the first movie used up 99% of Abba songs anyone knows) but it has it's moments, and the last 20 minutes are AMAZEBALLS.
Toddson - Jul 24, 2018 10:51:39 am PDT #1607 of 3463
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I'll pass this on to a friend who was sufficiently invested in the first one that (1) she gathered up a bunch of women friends to go see it in the middle of a weekday and (2) smuggled in wine to go with it (which may have influenced her appreciation of it).
EpicTangent - Jul 24, 2018 11:26:00 am PDT #1608 of 3463
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
My only sadness (okay, besides some of the wincing at the story contortions they had to commit to get some of the deep cuts to fit) was that, unlike Mamma Mia the First, we didn't see this one at a singalong showing.
Toddson - Jul 24, 2018 11:43:20 am PDT #1609 of 3463
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Perhaps when it's been out a little longer there will be one.
Vonnie K - Jul 24, 2018 12:18:16 pm PDT #1610 of 3463
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I thoroughly enjoyed Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, actually more than I did the first one. Most of the youngsters in flashbacks could carry a tune, so there was minimal full-body wincing during the numbers. I legit sang along (underneath my breath) during the very welcome Dancing Queen reprise, and there were parts of the movie that I found genuinely moving. A++, will watch again!
Boy, Lily James (who plays young Donna) sure has that je ne sais quoi, doesn't she? I could almost see sparkles coming off each strand of her ridiculously fabulous hair. The only thing that made me sad was not enough Christine Baranski (whose number in the first movie was hands-down the standout for me, mostly because of her amazing showmanship and singing/dancing-fu.)
Couple of links:
Glen Weldon from NPR cracking me the hell up with his review of the movie: [link]
Only tangentially related: 20 Things Chris Pine Looks Like In This Photo (it's of his hilarious grapefruit and mango sherbet outfit from SDCC), one of which is "the fourth dad from Mamma Mia!" How is every single one of these so completely accurate?!
-t - Jul 24, 2018 12:23:19 pm PDT #1611 of 3463
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ha! If I looked at the list without the picture I would not guess that all those things could resemble each other, and yet!