And most of us don’t know our parents, we don’t know and we are never curious about what they have experienced when they were young.
I watched the Chinese version of "Mamma Mia" with my friends many years ago, and watched the first movie version before going to the movie "Mamma Mia 2".
Speaking of "Mamma Mia", I have to first introduce the ABBA band-"Mamma Mia" is adapted from a Broadway musical based on the Swedish band ABBA songs. ABBA is a classic Swedish pop group founded in 1972 year.
The name of the ABBA band comes from the combination of the initials of the letters of the four members. The two men and two women were two husbands and wives when their careers went uphill. When their careers started to go downhill, they were separated from each other. They are famous in the history of popular music. The husband and wife group is also a well-known divorce group. Although ABBA was disbanded in 1982, it has left dozens of classic songs, which have been sung to this day.
"Mamma Mia" premiered at the Prince Edward Theatre in West End in 1999. It is said that the first screening paralyzed London traffic.
Since then, this classic musical has been performed in more than 40 countries and more than 240 cities, with more than 42 million viewers. It has been performed on Broadway for longer than "The Sound of Music", and is known as the representative of the 21st century Broadway artistic style. classic work.
And "Mamma Mia" is a movie version adapted from this classic musical.
The story of "Mamma Mia 1" is not complicated. Sophie, the daughter of the heroine Donna, wanted to untie her heart before getting married-knowing who is her biological father, so she secretly took her mother's three years in the name of her mother. A lover invited, on a beautiful Greek island, staged a laughable but tender and affectionate story of finding the father.
Because I have seen the musical version before, it can be said that the movie version of "Mamma Mia 1" highly restores the scenes and details in the stage play.
However, although the first movie is blessed by four superstars, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, and Strand Skarsgard, to be honest, I am used to mature The introverted "Aunt Mei", she plays the middle-aged and elderly warm-blooded woman who twists her waist at every turn and jumps when she talks in the film. Not only is she not infected, she even feels a little embarrassed...
When I write this, I think about it again, maybe another twenty years later, when I reach the age of Donna in the film, and then watch this movie again, maybe it will be another state of mind.
"Mamma Mia" is probably a lively movie that young people watch, but the generation of parents who have also experienced the passing of years and the changes of time may have another feeling when they watch it, right?
I traveled across most of Beijing and rushed to the theater where "Mamma Mia 2" was screened in advance. Because of the long distance, I hurried to the theater. I was still 10 minutes late and missed the opening of the movie.
When I was seated, it happened to catch up with the scene where Donna and Harry (the young version of "Uncle Face") met in the hotel when they were young.
Different from the first "older" big-name support, the story structure of "Mamma Mia 2" is advancing in a two-track way-both the prequel to the first part and the follow-up to the previous love-telling how Donna, a mother, was young when she was young While acquainted with Sophie's three "fathers", he also described how daughter Sophie managed the hotel alone and welcomed her inner growth after her mother died.
I personally think that compared with the first part, the plot of "Mamma Mia 2" is richer, and the embedding of song and dance is more natural. As the story goes deeper, the character of Donna is also shown more full.
In the first part, the emotional experience between the mother Donna and the three former lovers is not stated too much. It is simply explained through the passage of her daughter Sophie's secretly reading the mother's diary-the mother had happened with three men in the same period. Intimacy, even she herself can't judge who is the daughter's father.
And this youth story, which sounds a bit deviant, was politely told in the second book ten years later.
The young and beautiful Donna met three handsome teenagers one after another during the journey, and then started three emotional experiences that may not be all called love.
The encounter with Harry is the dew of the small hotel, the unforgettable relationship with Sam on the remote island, and the emptiness and healing with Bill after a broken love...
After a simple estimation, it can be known that the background of "Mamma Mia" occurred in the sexual liberation period in the West around the 1970s. Donna's free and easy attitude towards feelings represents the way that people treat feelings of that generation.
Although the impulse and passion of young people are so beautiful and natural under the blessing of beautiful scenery and singing and dancing, after parting with her lover, Donna has to face the burden of giving birth and raising children alone.
In the first part, daughter Sophie wants to know who her father is. When she conflicts with her mother, she can’t help being mean to her mother: “I don’t want my child to be like me in the future, even my father is neither knows!"
Although in the end, she understood her mother and accepted the three "fathers", she only accepted reality.
In the second story, the mother Donna has passed away. While helping her mother to realize her dream, her daughter Sophie has become more and more understanding of the different ideas between her mother and her lover, so she has to start thinking about or facing the possibilities. The "discrimination" that came; the storms and ups and downs experienced in the process of rebuilding the hotel made her understand the strength and persistence of her mother; the new life that was about to usher in, made her feel the anxiety and bravery of being a mother...
And all of this, ten years ago, for Sophie at the age of 20, was the generation gap between her and her mother and was troubled by it.
The most tear-jerking segment of the film is the moment Sophie waits for her baptism while holding her daughter in her arms. Donna, who has died, appears in the church.
It turned out that she had been with her daughter and never left. Meryl Streep, who plays the elderly Donna, sings emotionally and bids farewell to her daughter. This scene coincides with the situation when Sophie was baptized alone as a baby. Time and space are intertwined. Her daughter finally ushered in her own. Happiness does not repeat the tribulations and misfortunes of the mother in those years.
After singing a song, the mother Donna sent a blessing to her daughter affectionately, quietly closed the door of the church, and left alone.
Seeing this paragraph, I couldn't help but burst into tears with mixed feelings.
This period of blessings and goodbyes that did not happen between mother and daughter may hit many people and remind them of the unspeakable warmth and sentiment between themselves and their parents.
Maybe it's because they are too familiar, maybe it's because they have been grown-ups since we became sensible. We often forget that our parents, they were also young, they had their own dreams, they had made mistakes, and they would Confused...
Most of us don’t know our parents, and we’re never curious about what they experienced when they were young.
As children, our parents seem to guard us as it should be, but we won’t truly understand them and want to approach them until we are also parents and have experienced similar ups and downs and trials.
Perhaps the greatest blessing from our parents is that we don’t have to experience the setbacks they once encountered, and be happy for a lifetime.
At the end of the film, the Happy Ending of the first part of "Mamma Mia" was continued. Three generations of old, middle and young people gathered together. The actors of the old and young versions appeared on the scene and danced and sang at the same time.
There is not only the funny dance of "Uncle Face", but also the wonderful voice of the legendary song Queen Cher, who is over 70 years old, as the mysterious grandmother and the former "Godfather".
The whole film is full of laughter and laughter, which is very contagious, sweeping away the haze, and the corners of the mouth can not help but it can be said that even just for watching the song and dance eggs at the end of the film, it is worth the fare.
In the interactive session after the film, the host asked: "If you are allowed to choose, who do you want to watch this film with?"
If I choose, I would rather be able to accompany my parents into the theater and relive this story...
When they get old, don’t forget, they were also young.
PS:
1. I really like the actor Christine Barensky, who plays Tanya in the film. Compared to the first one ten years ago, her figure and state have hardly changed, and she can still split her face even when she gets older. ~~Envy
2. It is said that there are not many films in this film, so students who want to watch it should be as early as possible. There are many singing and dancing scenes and the picturesque scenery of the Greek islands. It is recommended to choose the giant screen theater to watch~~
I also hope that the theater can give such a good movie with excellent singing and dancing more lines. Life is sometimes too realistic. Instead of frowning and thinking about life, it is better to stop and feel the laughter~~
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