I’ve become estranged from the cinema this year. That whole movie theatre experience where you sit comfortably in cushy chairs with your friends — a bag of fresh-popped popcorn in one hand, the big screen sprawled across the wall in front of you. After all, I’ve been living in a land of one-dollar pirated DVDs. Why pay $10 if all I have to do is wait a week, buy it across the street, and pop it into my laptop?
But I’ve missed going to the movies since I’ve been away. So imagine my delight last night when my good pal Melissa Mancini and I went to see Mama Mia!
Apparently two editions of the movie were released — the first, a normal film version; the second, a limited sing-along edition. Thank goodness Mancini picked to watch the former. I mean, really. Would you be able to sit through this: “For a limited time, audiences at specially selected theaters are invited to bring friends and family to experience the smash hit movie musical in a whole new way by singing along to the songs they love. Mamma Mia!: The Sing-Along Edition will feature the lyrics to every musical number on the screen, and you are invited to sing and dance along. Join in on all your familiar favorites like “Dancing Queen,” “S.O.S.,” “Money, Money, Money,” “Take a Chance on Me,” “Lay All Your Love on Me,” “Voulez-Vous” and all the others from the film!”
Sounds like my idea of hell. That, and going to a Nickelback concert, but that’s a whole other story. I guess, at the very least, hearing diehard fans singing along to Pierce Brosnan’s rendition of their favourite Abba hits would have kept me awake.
