Mamma Mia!

After a week or so travelling about to various places I'm back home and for the most part slumped in front of the T.V. watching the Olympics. I say slumped, more on the edge of my seat excited about the swim finals. I've never entirely understood myself, how I can sit and read an Eliot novel for hours on end and love it like nothing on earth but then watch huge amounts of sport and revel in that too. They must cater to different parts of my brain.
Anyway, about two weeks ago I sent a text message to one of my friends asking if she wanted to watch Mamma Mia! at the cinema, both of us being ABBA fans and rather liking the actors in the film/musical. So on the night of Monday 4th we met at the cinema and made our way to see the film. Neither of us were entirely sure what to expect, but we assumed it would be fairly cheesy and feel good. At the end of the film, the two of us just looked at each other, and my friend had a look of bemusement on her face. We both said, 'I did not expect that'. We agreed it had been the most bizarre film we had ever watched - not that it wasn't enjoyable. I found it to be a fun-loving, exciting piece of craziness. I laughed all the way through - I can't really remember a point at which I stopped. All the way through the film it seemed as though the actors loved what they'd done and to be honest, it was pretty infectious considering the audience roared with laughter and left the cinema singing the songs. All in all - cringeworthy though it might have been - it was a pretty damn fun film.