Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!

Does someone mind explaining to me the problems with the timeline? Or directing me to posts upthread about it? Sorry to be a pain

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.