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Post by distantcousin on Jul 11, 2018 13:29:56 GMT
I'm not that familiar with the first film (saw it once - that was enough), but weren't a lot of these songs already in the first one??
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Post by chess on Jul 11, 2018 22:17:17 GMT
I'm not that familiar with the first film (saw it once - that was enough), but weren't a lot of these songs already in the first one?? Yes, but they reused them in a brilliant way. |
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Post by danb on Jul 12, 2018 9:18:39 GMT
Do we get ‘If It Wasn’t For The Nights’ or not? Because I’ve always thought that between that, ‘The Visitors’ and ‘The Day Before You Came’ you had the basis for a real dark mid-40’s breakdown musical.
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Post by chess on Jul 12, 2018 9:21:08 GMT
Do we get ‘If It Wasn’t For The Nights’ or not? Because I’ve always thought that between that, ‘The Visitors’ and ‘The Day Before You Came’ you had the basis for a real dark mid-40’s breakdown musical. No it’s not in the movie. |
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Post by danb on Jul 12, 2018 9:34:16 GMT
Do we get ‘If It Wasn’t For The Nights’ or not? Because I’ve always thought that between that, ‘The Visitors’ and ‘The Day Before You Came’ you had the basis for a real dark mid-40’s breakdown musical. No it’s not in the movie. I see no reason to attend then. The first one only mildly entertained, and the presence of Cher is hardly a gold seal of approval. She’s just another guest slot on ‘Will & Grace’ away from self parody, which for someone who can be a fantastic actress is a shame. |
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Post by chess on Jul 12, 2018 11:11:31 GMT
If you didn’t really enjoy the first one, go and see this one. As a movie it’s much better. It has that ‘love actually’ feeling. The past is woven nicely into the story giving more depth to it all. And it has some great musical moments.
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Post by Jon on Jul 12, 2018 12:31:39 GMT
Richard Curtis was one of the writers along with Ol Parker and Catherine Johnson so not too surprising that it has a Love Actually feel.
It’s a shame that they couldn’t have had more ABBA songs and maybe not reprise the ones from the first.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 13:13:49 GMT
Richard Curtis was one of the writers along with Ol Parker and Catherine Johnson so not too surprising that it has a Love Actually feel. It’s a shame that they couldn’t have had more ABBA songs and maybe not reprise the ones from the first. Using some of the same songs from the original film makes total sense in the context of the new film. And they're not all complete songs either. |
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Post by showoff on Jul 12, 2018 13:21:08 GMT
Is Cher playing Streeps mother?
Only, I saw the first one this weekend again and noticed she said that someone up there has it in for her, probably her mother. By that I took it to mean her mother was dead.
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Post by Jon on Jul 12, 2018 13:30:38 GMT
Is Cher playing Streeps mother? Only, I saw the first one this weekend again and noticed she said that someone up there has it in for her, probably her mother. By that I took it to mean her mother was dead. It's possible Donna meant that in a facetious way. I know Frasier retconned Martin being in the show even though in Cheers, he said he was dead. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 14:38:41 GMT
cher also doesn't make sense as Donnas mum because both the movie and musical describe her as a conservative Catholic and that's why donna moves to greece
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Post by danb on Jul 12, 2018 14:46:18 GMT
cher also doesn't make sense as Donnas mum because both the movie and musical describe her as a conservative Catholic and that's why donna moves to greece ...but mostly because she would have been 3 when she had her. 🙄 |
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Post by harrietcraig on Jul 12, 2018 21:36:14 GMT
cher also doesn't make sense as Donnas mum because both the movie and musical describe her as a conservative Catholic and that's why donna moves to greece ...but mostly because she would have been 3 when she had her. 🙄 Well, Angela Lansbury would have been 3 when she gave birth to Laurence Harvey, whose mother she played in The Manchurian Candidate, and Jessie Royce Landis would have been 7 when she gave birth to Cary Grant, whose mother she played in North by Northwest, so it's in keeping with a long cinematic tradition. |
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Post by Jon on Jul 12, 2018 21:51:15 GMT
I wonder if Sophie had a DNA test between the two films to determine who her real dad was? I always thought it was either Sam or Bill.
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Post by Jon on Jul 12, 2018 23:48:24 GMT
The soundtrack is available now and I’m really enjoying it, think My Love, My Life is going to be a tearjerker.
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Post by danb on Jul 13, 2018 6:34:22 GMT
The soundtrack is available now and I’m really enjoying it, think My Love, My Life is going to be a tearjerker. ‘Andante Andante’!?! What a waste of space tut! 😂 |
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Post by chess on Jul 13, 2018 6:52:08 GMT
The soundtrack is available now and I’m really enjoying it, think My Love, My Life is going to be a tearjerker. I couldn’t spot anyone that didn’t had tears in their eyes when that song was played in the movie. |
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Post by theatreian on Jul 13, 2018 7:45:56 GMT
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Post by david on Jul 13, 2018 8:07:19 GMT
Just had a listen now. They sound great don’t they?! Especially love One of Us, KMKY and the day before you came. I can’t wait for the film to be released next week. I’m definitely going next Friday after work so need to get a cinema ticket booked ASAP. I just hope they do a sing along version, though quite honestly I’ll probably be singing along away even if they don’t! |
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Post by theatreian on Jul 13, 2018 8:21:40 GMT
Yes they do sound great. Lily James seems to sin g a lot and she has a great pop voice.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2018 9:12:45 GMT
The soundtrack is available now and I’m really enjoying it, think My Love, My Life is going to be a tearjerker. I love EP's version of this, Like An Image Passing By, which featured in the first ABBA jukebox show ABBACADABRA, produced by Cameron Mackintosh in 1983!
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Post by Jon on Jul 13, 2018 9:17:10 GMT
Yes they do sound great. Lily James seems to sin g a lot and she has a great pop voice. I’m surprised she’s not been snapped up for a stage musical yet, she did some brief singing in Romeo and Juliet and was very good. |
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Post by karloscar on Jul 13, 2018 9:29:15 GMT
I doubt Lily James will be signing up for a run in a stage musical any time soon. She'll be in great demand in Hollywood after this.
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Post by danb on Jul 13, 2018 10:04:57 GMT
Just had a listen now. They sound great don’t they?! Especially love One of Us, KMKY and the day before you came. I can’t wait for the film to be released next week. I’m definitely going next Friday after work so need to get a cinema ticket booked ASAP. I just hope they do a sing along version, though quite honestly I’ll probably be singing along away even if they don’t! I just had a quick listen in the bath and the last few tracks make it sound tragic. Is it feel good or we will leave in tears? Is the chronology of the album the same as the film? |
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Post by david on Jul 13, 2018 10:21:49 GMT
Just had a listen now. They sound great don’t they?! Especially love One of Us, KMKY and the day before you came. I can’t wait for the film to be released next week. I’m definitely going next Friday after work so need to get a cinema ticket booked ASAP. I just hope they do a sing along version, though quite honestly I’ll probably be singing along away even if they don’t! I just had a quick listen in the bath and the last few tracks make it sound tragic. Is it feel good or we will leave in tears? Is the chronology of the album the same as the film? I think there could be a few tears shed watching this. I think Meryl's rendition of the day before you came could potentially be this films The winner takes it all for emotional impact. |
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