"I never dreamt that a mere physical experience could be so exhilerating!"

(10 points to the person who guesses the movie that quote's from).

Anyway, I had a real religious experience yesterday afternoon at the long awaited (by me) first screening of Mamma Mia!

FABULOUS!

I sat there grinning the entire way through, and actually felt a little giddy with excitement every time a song started. I do that every time I hear an ABBA song, but never thought that the covers in the film would be so good! ABBA is such a hard band to cover well, but the cast all did it. Meryl Streep - Oh my goodness! I never knew she had it in her! Apparently she impressed Benny Andersson by getting "The Winner Takes It All" in a single take.
Pierce Brosnan on the other hand....yummy to look at, but who let him sing?!
Julie Walters and Christine Baranski were great fun as the comic relief, loved them!
Amanda Seyfried was gorgeous, and I will state quite clearly here and now that I am insanely jealous of her breasts! Haha! But it's true, I am.

Dancing - fabulous.
Scenery - fabulous.
Script - fabulous.
Casting - fabulous.
Story - surprisingly fabulous.
The bit at the end - hilariously fabulous!
The cameo appearance by Benny and Bjorn at the end - STUPENDOUS!

I'm going again tonight, and then possibly once a week for the rest of the season.

This is my new Hairspray.

I have been waiting for this film for over a year, and how glad I am that it lived up to...and actually superceeded my expectations!

Mamma Mia! how can I resist you?!

In other news, still job hunting. This sucks.
Am also house hunting.
People have convinced me that I should move.
I have also been convinced not to live in Huntly, a.k.a crime central.
I have convinced myself however that I belong in a little country cottage, so am off to look at a place in Tirau this weekend.

Oh yeah....if you hadn't guessed how much I loved Mamma Mia! I actually stayed till the end of the credits.....and I HATE people who do that! However, as a loyal fan, I could not possibly leave a room while an ABBA song is playing! That would be blasphemous!





And yes, I was singing along quietly to myself the whole way through!