Mama Mia!

It’ll make you forget the bad stuff around you.

My mom and Abbey and I went to see Mama Mia! at the Independence Commons movie theater last Sunday—a must see film...but make sure you get there early!

We arrived at the over-full theater during previews but I quickly spotted 3 seats reasonably close together near the front. At first it was my intent to ask the couple sitting in the middle of our 3 “almost together” seats if they would mind moving down just one seat so that our cute little family treo could enjoy the film together. But as we approached, they didn’t move…not even enough to just make it a little easier to pass by. Mom & Abbey tripped over crusty knees and a couple of those walking sticks—the type that look like a cane, only with four rubber tips at the bottom to help assure a steady hand. These people were so old—I began to fear they might not make it through the film. Mom figured that if they were able to manage to get themselves into those seats, they deserved to keep them—so I sat by myself between old ladies and let Mom & Abbey sit together. I couldn’t tell if it was the old lady on my right or the older-than-dirt lady on my left who had incredibly bad breath…but that smell kept wafting past my nose every little bit. Three rows back was not enough for the movie screen we were viewing—at first I experienced a bit of motion sickness (augmented by the aforementioned smell)…but within the first 10 minutes the nausea passed, and I was able to forget my unfortunate seating arrangement and become totally entranced. The movie was THAT good. Meryl Streep deserves an Oscar for her performance of “Winner takes it all” in an incredible scene with Pierce Brosnan. The scenery in the Greek Islands is amazing, and…who knew that she could sing like that, anyway? Definitely go see this movie. (Pierce is not a good singer...but what he lacks in audible talent, he makes up for in good looks and on-screen chemistry with Ms. Streep.)