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Post by Jon on Aug 1, 2018 22:39:30 GMT
I do think they would have gotten away with the timeline if they'd simply said 25 years ago rather than 1979
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Post by LaLuPone on Aug 1, 2018 22:42:51 GMT
Does someone mind explaining to me the problems with the timeline? Or directing me to posts upthread about it? Sorry to be a pain
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Post by n1david on Aug 2, 2018 7:42:58 GMT
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Post by ptwest on Aug 2, 2018 17:30:08 GMT
Finally saw it this afternoon and I have to say I mostly loved it - thought the younger cast were excellent and really liked the deeper dive into the ABBA back catalogue. Really clever how it kept shifting between past and present. I approached it with a little bit of trepidation because these songs have been part of my life for as long as I can remember and are very precious to me, but it’s safe to say I was won over. Funnily enough, the christening scene didn’t get me but the dancing queen sequence did!
I just had a big problem with Cher - don’t get me wrong, I think she’s wonderful, seeing her farewell tour from the second row in Sheffield Arena is high up on my list of all time greatest concerts, but the problem I had here was that I couldn’t forget it was Cher. It was like everyone else was acting but suddenly there was this megastar who was pretending to be Sophie’s grandma (at least that’s how it felt to me!). Much as I enjoyed Fernando, her presence derailed the final act for me.
But overall, the songs sounded great, the locations wonderful and a fabulous feel-good film.
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Post by anthony40 on Aug 2, 2018 20:20:49 GMT
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Post by theatreian on Aug 2, 2018 21:15:56 GMT
Is The day before you came right at the end of the closing credits of the film as I note its in the soundtrack but I didn't hear it . Admittedly we didn't stay right to the end of the credits as our row decided to get up so felt obliged to get up as well, but we did stay for a while.
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Post by david on Aug 2, 2018 22:09:18 GMT
Is The day before you came right at the end of the closing credits of the film as I note its in the soundtrack but I didn't hear it . Admittedly we didn't stay right to the end of the credits as our row decided to get up so felt obliged to get up as well, but we did stay for a while. Thinking back, I don’t remember it being in the end credits. You just got the instrumental numbers and then the post credits scene. I could be wrong though! |
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Post by n1david on Aug 2, 2018 23:59:12 GMT
Is The day before you came right at the end of the closing credits of the film as I note its in the soundtrack but I didn't hear it . Admittedly we didn't stay right to the end of the credits as our row decided to get up so felt obliged to get up as well, but we did stay for a while. Thinking back, I don’t remember it being in the end credits. You just got the instrumental numbers and then the post credits scene. I could be wrong though! Wasn’t in the version I saw but I saw it in Malta so it’s not impossible that it was slightly different, but it definitely wasn’t in the end credits - it’s my favourite ABBA song. |
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Post by westendcub on Aug 3, 2018 11:10:09 GMT
No the score my does not play in the credits, I imagine that was the original plan but they went for a ABBA instrumental melody instead!!
Been the only one 3 times to watch the closing credit scene, everyone else has left during the credits!!
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Post by david on Aug 3, 2018 18:24:12 GMT
Just read an interesting interview on Digital Spy today. Apparently the addition of Super Trouper was a late addition to the film according to Judy Craymer. Without a finale song, and the costume designers told to create something without knowing what song would be used, the original plan was a redo of Dancing Queen but this was rejected by Benny and Bjorn so ST was plan B.
Though the question I want an answer to is why not use The Day Before You Came. A great version on the movie soundtrack so hopefully something might turn up on the dvd extras when the film gets its dvd release.
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Post by d'James on Aug 3, 2018 18:54:28 GMT
Im very glad they didn’t do Dancing Queen AGAIN. This version of Super Trouper is really great (not perfect unfortunately) and is one to get the party going more than the original. The original is perfect but not as much of a party song for me.
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Post by Jon on Aug 3, 2018 21:45:41 GMT
Just read an interesting interview on Digital Spy today. Apparently the addition of Super Trouper was a late addition to the film according to Judy Craymer. Without a finale song, and the costume designers told to create something without knowing what song would be used, the original plan was a redo of Dancing Queen but this was rejected by Benny and Bjorn so ST was plan B. Though the question I want an answer to is why not use The Day Before You Came. A great version on the movie soundtrack so hopefully something might turn up on the dvd extras when the film gets its dvd release. I guess they wanted to send the audience out on a happy note after the somber My Love, My Life. |
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Post by sf on Aug 4, 2018 1:36:24 GMT
Though the question I want an answer to is why not use The Day Before You Came. A great version on the movie soundtrack so hopefully something might turn up on the dvd extras when the film gets its dvd release. Because they wanted to send the audience out on something upbeat, and the (wonderful) slowed-down version of 'The Day Before You Came' on the soundtrack album makes Bergman's 'The Seventh Seal' look like a Police Academy film? Having said that, instead of 'Super Trouper', which is in the first film, I might have gone for 'Summer Night City' as the big finale. |
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Post by basdfg on Aug 4, 2018 23:17:58 GMT
I do think they would have gotten away with the timeline if they'd simply said 25 years ago rather than 1979 Or 30- so that everyone aged realistically.
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Post by anthony40 on Aug 5, 2018 7:18:46 GMT
Or they could have just performed some sort of upbeat musical montage of all other songs not used in either film.
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Post by missbabs on Aug 5, 2018 11:27:08 GMT
I think that I enjoyed this even more the second time around. It might have helped that the audience was ever so slightly tipsy, laughing and sniffling in all the right places.
I don't think that I have ever been in a screening when the audience applauded at the end but they did both times that I have seen MM2 and all the times that I saw the original film. They have an incredible effect on people.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 14:24:01 GMT
I had a cinema screen all to myself for viewing number 3 today - it was bliss and I may have allowed myself to sing along a bit...this film just fills me with joy  (but at least I don't have to report myself to the bad behaviour thread as there was no one else there to be bothered by it!) |
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Post by anthony40 on Aug 5, 2018 15:17:39 GMT
I had a cinema screen all to myself for viewing number 3 today - it was bliss and I may have allowed myself to sing along a bit...this film just fills me with joy (but at least I don't have to report myself to the bad behaviour thread as there was no one else there to be bothered by it!) Quick question. Did you sing loudly? |
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Post by itsemily on Aug 5, 2018 16:17:13 GMT
Just been to see this and really enjoyed it, the first film is one of my favourite films ever so this film had a lot to live up to. Really loved the cast of the young dynamos, Jessica Keenan Wynn is fabulous as Young Tanya, she really could have been a younger version of Christine Baranski. Really enjoyed the more obscure Abba songs that I was less familiar with as well as the songs they had reused from the previous film, Super Trooper was a particular highlight for me! Can't wait to see it again and I am about to pre-order the DVD!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 16:19:48 GMT
I had a cinema screen all to myself for viewing number 3 today - it was bliss and I may have allowed myself to sing along a bit...this film just fills me with joy (but at least I don't have to report myself to the bad behaviour thread as there was no one else there to be bothered by it!) Quick question. Did you sing loudly? No, just the odd line under my breath! I actually like listening to the younger cast, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski and Cher sing! |
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Post by anthony40 on Aug 5, 2018 16:21:01 GMT
Quick question. Did you sing loudly? No, just the odd line under my breath! I actually like listening to the younger cast, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski and Cher sing! Oh. Because if you had sung out loudly, I was gonna say well done! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 16:23:00 GMT
No, just the odd line under my breath! I actually like listening to the younger cast, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski and Cher sing! Oh. Because if you had sung out loudly, I was gonna say well done! Nah, I'll leave that for my living room when the DVD comes out - waste of the good sound in the cinema to have to listen to myself singing rather than the cast! |
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Post by talkstageytome on Aug 14, 2018 22:58:13 GMT
Finally saw this tonight.
Took a while for me to fully get into it, but I loved it. I laughed, I cried... I pretty much grinned through half of it actually!
I think for me the flashbacks were my favourite bits, and I kind of wished the whole film was in flashbacks. The younger counterparts were great (oh and me and young Bill are eloping.... thought you all ought to know).
All in all, fabulous. I can't wait to see it again! 💕
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 6:07:49 GMT
I saw this last week and really liked it, much more than the first film. I went in completely spoiler free, so I had no idea what was going to happen. Let’s just say I cried within the first 25 minutes, and again at the christening scene near the end.
I knew Cher would appear, but I didn’t know how or when. We got to Dancing Queen and I realised she hadn’t appeared yet, so when I saw the high heel step out of the helicopter, I thought it would just be “Cher” visiting Kalokari and not a character.
A few instances of bad behaviour to report. 2 old grannies in the back row constantly singing, laughing, clapping, crying and pointing very loudly. a mum and daughter behind me where the Mum had to explain what was happening every 5 minutes, and in front of me, there was a man in a VIP seat (he probably didn’t pay the extra £3. Nobody ever does) who took off his shoes and put his gross feet up on the seat in front of him.
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