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Post by musicalmarge on Jul 18, 2018 14:53:11 GMT
It’s kinda true. Nothing actually happens in the film really. There isn’t much of a story! Still it was fun and I’m glad I saw it.
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Post by anthony40 on Jul 18, 2018 14:53:20 GMT
I do wish to appear antagonistic but I’m curious as to why Mr Barnaby felt the need to shout that?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2018 15:40:44 GMT
It’s not a spoiler as it’s established from the start of the film. Safe to say there’s no spoilers for this film as NOTHING HAPPENS IN IT! That may well be the case, but until we see it ourselves I’m sure we’d all rather not have it confirmed thanks. It's pretty much confirmed in the trailer though without expressly saying it, they're certainly not attempting to hide it! |
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Post by isabel on Jul 18, 2018 21:45:24 GMT
I'm seeing this on Friday. Really looking forward to it.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jul 18, 2018 21:50:36 GMT
I do wish to appear antagonistic but I’m curious as to why Mr Barnaby felt the need to shout that? Because it’s so boring my love... and you are all so far away... |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jul 18, 2018 21:51:09 GMT
It’s not a spoiler as it’s established from the start of the film. Safe to say there’s no spoilers for this film as NOTHING HAPPENS IN IT! That may well be the case, but until we see it ourselves I’m sure we’d all rather not have it confirmed thanks. Read any review and it gives it away... it ain’t no secret. |
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Post by anthony40 on Jul 19, 2018 18:12:09 GMT
Sooooo,
This get officially released tomorrow.
For anyone who's booked a ticket or who are going have a great time.
I hope that it loves up to your expectations
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2018 18:58:10 GMT
So just re-watched the first film. In the scene after Super Trouper, both Meryl and Christine make reference to the fact Meryl's mother (or Cher), is dead. So I'm assuming this is just brushed over in this film?  |
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Post by anthony40 on Jul 19, 2018 19:34:48 GMT
So just re-watched the first film. In the scene after Super Trouper, both Meryl and Christine make reference to the fact Meryl's mother (or Cher), is dead. So I'm assuming this is just brushed over in this film? Do they? Cause I never got that. They say something the the effect "Someone up there has got it in for me". |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2018 19:45:12 GMT
So just re-watched the first film. In the scene after Super Trouper, both Meryl and Christine make reference to the fact Meryl's mother (or Cher), is dead. So I'm assuming this is just brushed over in this film? Do they? Cause I never got that. They say something the the effect "Someone up there has got it in for me". The line Donna says is "someone up there has got it in for me. I bet its my Mother". To which Christine replies something along the lines of "oh and we all know what a joy she was". I would read that as the Mother is dead, but maybe thats just me. |
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Post by sf on Jul 19, 2018 20:16:50 GMT
On a scale of ten, how blatant is the innuendo in the script? I appear to be taking my mother to see this next week, and I still treasure (by which I mean squirm at) the memory of trying to explain why I barked with laughter at the line about watersports in the first film, so forewarned is forearmed.
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Post by grannyjx6 on Jul 19, 2018 21:14:23 GMT
Well I've just booked to see it next Tuesday as my friend is a big Abba fan and when it came to choose the seats, at the minute we have the cinema to ourselves!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2018 21:35:27 GMT
On a scale of ten, how blatant is the innuendo in the script? I appear to be taking my mother to see this next week, and I still treasure (by which I mean squirm at) the memory of trying to explain why I barked with laughter at the line about watersports in the first film, so forewarned is forearmed. I don't remember much innuendo at all, but was very surprised by a blatant line from Christine Baranski's character. Something about her getting feelings in her vagina. unless they have cut it since the crew screening. It's not suitable for this film. I originally wrote that it didn't fit, but that was too much innuendo. |
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Post by sf on Jul 19, 2018 22:34:37 GMT
On a scale of ten, how blatant is the innuendo in the script? I appear to be taking my mother to see this next week, and I still treasure (by which I mean squirm at) the memory of trying to explain why I barked with laughter at the line about watersports in the first film, so forewarned is forearmed. I don't remember much innuendo at all, but was very surprised by a blatant line from Christine Baranski's character. Something about her getting feelings in her vagina. unless they have cut it since the crew screening. It's not suitable for this film. I originally wrote that it didn't fit, but that was too much innuendo.
Ha! That, actually, won't be an issue if it's still in the film, because I won't have to explain it afterwards. Thank you.
(My mother, herself, has quite the gift for unintentional double entendres. You would think after forty-five years I might have learned not to giggle uncontrollably/choke on my coffee/collapse in fits of laughter when she comes out with gems like "when I want to turn the heat up, I need a knob" - in a car showroom, after discovering that the AC on the car she was looking at was controlled through the touchscreen - but I am my late father's son and my sense of humour is sometimes about thirty-three years younger than I am.)
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Post by alicechallice on Jul 20, 2018 9:35:45 GMT
I don't remember much innuendo at all, but was very surprised by a blatant line from Christine Baranski's character. Something about her getting feelings in her vagina. unless they have cut it since the crew screening. It's not suitable for this film. I originally wrote that it didn't fit, but that was too much innuendo.
Ha! That, actually, won't be an issue if it's still in the film, because I won't have to explain it afterwards. Thank you.
(My mother, herself, has quite the gift for unintentional double entendres. You would think after forty-five years I might have learned not to giggle uncontrollably/choke on my coffee/collapse in fits of laughter when she comes out with gems like "when I want to turn the heat up, I need a knob" - in a car showroom, after discovering that the AC on the car she was looking at was controlled through the touchscreen - but I am my late father's son and my sense of humour is sometimes about thirty-three years younger than I am.)
I was just asked by a chemist's assistant if I'd prefer a spray or something to suck on! I said the latter preferably but it looks like he's quite busy at the moment. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2018 10:28:35 GMT
I always think it's amusing that our own generation assumes that we invented all manner of things, and that the previous one must either be ignorant of or have never indulged in anything except under covers in a darkened room...
Years ago now I can remember my sister (aged about 14) telling my mum about a very 'forward' friend and what she'd got up to with her boyfriend: "She gave him a wank, mum. Do you know what that is...?" My mum smiled and said, "Yes, darling" and let her carry on.
I mean, watersports must have been around for donkeys years, mustn't it? Some of our mothers and fathers might have given it a go. Who knows... Who cares...?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 20, 2018 11:01:41 GMT
Ha! That, actually, won't be an issue if it's still in the film, because I won't have to explain it afterwards. Thank you.
(My mother, herself, has quite the gift for unintentional double entendres. You would think after forty-five years I might have learned not to giggle uncontrollably/choke on my coffee/collapse in fits of laughter when she comes out with gems like "when I want to turn the heat up, I need a knob" - in a car showroom, after discovering that the AC on the car she was looking at was controlled through the touchscreen - but I am my late father's son and my sense of humour is sometimes about thirty-three years younger than I am.)
I was just asked by a chemist's assistant if I'd prefer a spray or something to suck on! I said the latter preferably but it looks like he's quite busy at the moment. What a coincidence, I was just in the chemist asking for a deodorant. “Ball or aerosol?” He asked. “Neither, it’s for my armpits” I replied. |
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Post by talkingheads on Jul 20, 2018 12:24:10 GMT
So. Just got back from this. Pleasantly surprised. Oh, it's crap, just like the first one. But in a way that is very easy to let wash over you between the, admittedly brilliant, songs. Some of the dialogue and comedy business is as cringe worthy as ever, Dominic Cooper's character, such as it is, has as much charisma as a damp dishcloth. Lily James is quite wonderful it has to be said, she really exudes the confidence and exuberance that the young Donna requires. And it was lovely to hear some Abba tunes I'd never head before, I'll be singing Kiss The Teacher all week! Also, singing along to Cher singing Abba songs is the campiest thing I will do this week, possibly ever! It might also be because in my screening, though full, almost nobody sang along (I did and I had a bloody good time doing it). I think a joyous crowd singing along with the tunes helps a lot with the overall impression you get from the film so maybe the lack of that effected it a bit.
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Post by Daytripper on Jul 20, 2018 12:28:54 GMT
On a scale of ten, how blatant is the innuendo in the script? I appear to be taking my mother to see this next week, and I still treasure (by which I mean squirm at) the memory of trying to explain why I barked with laughter at the line about watersports in the first film, so forewarned is forearmed. I don't remember much innuendo at all, but was very surprised by a blatant line from Christine Baranski's character. Something about her getting feelings in her vagina. unless they have cut it since the crew screening. It's not suitable for this film. I originally wrote that it didn't fit, but that was too much innuendo. I saw the film this morning (there were 28 people in). The line IS in the film, and is "be still my beating va****". I was a bit surprised by it too, especially as there were a couple of children in the audience. I enjoyed the film overall, especially as it took me back to my teenage years when I became an ABBA fan and bought a lot of the songs featured in the film (showing my age). I nearly had a tear in my eye in the church scene near the end. The one negative comment I have is that in my humble opinion Dominic Cooper can't act and definitely can't sing. |
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Post by Jon on Jul 20, 2018 12:32:03 GMT
I'm surprised that it only got a PG rating, in the US it's PG-13 which is the equivalent of 12A here.
I've read I Wonder (Departure) isn't in the film but is on the soundtrack so I assume it'll appear as a deleted scenes much The Name of the Game in the first film
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Post by anita on Jul 20, 2018 12:36:48 GMT
Well that was a waste of a morning.
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Post by isabel on Jul 20, 2018 12:57:11 GMT
Seeing it tonight, and I really hope no one sings along !
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2018 13:09:41 GMT
It might also be because in my screening, though full, almost nobody sang along (I did and I had a bloody good time doing it). Wow did it not occur to you to be considerate to your fellow audience members? They didn't pay to hear you or anyone else sing along, that's not the purpose of a cinema! If you want to sing along, do so in your own living room, not in public If I'd been in your screening I'd have been telling you to be quiet and getting the ushers involved if you weren't! Have a bit of respect for the people around you! |
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Post by talkingheads on Jul 20, 2018 13:16:25 GMT
It might also be because in my screening, though full, almost nobody sang along (I did and I had a bloody good time doing it). Wow did it not occur to you to be considerate to your fellow audience members? They didn't pay to hear you or anyone else sing along, that's not the purpose of a cinema! If you want to sing along, do so in your own living room, not in public If I'd been in your screening I'd have been telling you to be quiet and getting the ushers involved if you weren't! Have a bit of respect for the people around you! That is a fair point and I'm not going to argue with you. All I will say is that my memories of seeing the first one were of a crowd where singing along was almost part of the film itself. It's a musical with Abba songs, it's almost impossible not to sing along! Besides which, the sound was so loud I'm pretty sure it drowned out any singing I was doing (I wasn't absolutely belting to try to be louder, just singing to myself). |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2018 13:45:22 GMT
If children don't understand the idea of a beating vagina*, it'll wash over them and be gone entirely by the end of the film. If they do, then it's FAR too late to start worrying about their innocence. *I don't think the word needs to be censored, it's the proper name for a body part possessed by a great many people. |
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