Mamma Mia! - Spoiler Free
Jul. 20th, 2008 12:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
akirluI wonder how many other folks, even devoted ABBA fans, spotted the Benny Andersson cameo at the piano on the boat during the end of the "Dancing Queen" number?
And for all the griping about Pierce Brosnan's voice, or lack of same, I have to say that he made his way passably through "SOS". Where he really stank up the joint was doing "I Do, I Do, I Do," -- which yes, okay, did put one in mind of injured water buffalo -- but I would argue that it wasn't entirely his fault. It sounded very much like he was digging around in the very bottom of his range through the number, and with the original writer of the song on hand, surely someone could have managed to spot the problem and transpose the song into a more manageable key? Seems no more silly than circus bands playing in time to the dancing horses, instead of vice versa.
The other interesting choice was casting Donna and her pals so much older than written. Donna's generation should be in their early-to-mid forties, and are all played by women in their late fifties. Streep will be 60 next year. I am on the one hand glad that women of a certain age can get cast in that kind of role, and look fantastic playing them, but I do rather wonder if there aren't actresses (and actors) in their mid forties who could also sing and put on the spangled bell bottoms.
And for all the griping about Pierce Brosnan's voice, or lack of same, I have to say that he made his way passably through "SOS". Where he really stank up the joint was doing "I Do, I Do, I Do," -- which yes, okay, did put one in mind of injured water buffalo -- but I would argue that it wasn't entirely his fault. It sounded very much like he was digging around in the very bottom of his range through the number, and with the original writer of the song on hand, surely someone could have managed to spot the problem and transpose the song into a more manageable key? Seems no more silly than circus bands playing in time to the dancing horses, instead of vice versa.
The other interesting choice was casting Donna and her pals so much older than written. Donna's generation should be in their early-to-mid forties, and are all played by women in their late fifties. Streep will be 60 next year. I am on the one hand glad that women of a certain age can get cast in that kind of role, and look fantastic playing them, but I do rather wonder if there aren't actresses (and actors) in their mid forties who could also sing and put on the spangled bell bottoms.
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