For your listening pleasure: "Dancing Queen," the ABBA hit sung in the movie (and play) Mamma Mia!
I make a point of seeing the every new movie that is based on a Broadway play (since I will likely never see the show on Broadway), so I saw Mamma Mia! with my mom and my Aunt Louise last night. Let's just say that the exclamation point at the end of the title is completely justified. The movie is an explosion of color, song, dance, and breath-taking scenery. Is the acting Oscar-worthy? Not even close. I laughed myself silly every time Pierce Brosnan put on his "I am a sexy singer" face. However, the so-so acting matters little in light of the jaw-dropping song-and-dance numbers and the fact that the actors are all obviously enjoying themselves.
On the topic of movie musicals, Entertainment Weekly has counted down its picks for the top 25 movie musicals of all time. I haven't seen all of the movies, but nearly all of my favorites made the list. The movie I was happiest to see on the list was Beauty and the Beast, my all-time favorite movie, which Entertainment Weekly described as "one of the great love stories in any medium"(heck yes it is!). Other spot-on picks by EW: Once, The Music Man, The Sound of Music, Chicago, Mary Poppins, Singin' in the Rain, and The Wizard of Oz (a well-deserved #1).
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