Ever since I heard that Mamma Mia 2 will be released in the summer vacation at the beginning of the year, I have been looking forward to it. I watched the first one again before the release, and the fun was not diminished at all. I couldn't help but look forward to the sequel, but I was also slightly worried that the second one would not be able to reach the level of the previous one. After finishing the second review tonight, I decided to write this movie review to express my viewing experience and summarize the details and plot differences carefully arranged by the screenwriters.
First of all, the name of the movie borrows the lyrics of the song Here We Go Again, which can be said to be very clever. Of course, this is also in line with the film's usual song selection style - the lyrics of each song are seamlessly connected with the plot, as if tailor-made.
Second, my fears came to fruition to a certain extent, and the overall feel of the movie was far inferior to the first. The biggest gap is that the second part lacks a main line to move the plot forward. By the way, review the first movie here. The central idea of the first film is to find the self, and what is the true self. Around this center, the film shows the conflict of several main lines: the most obvious, the conflict between Sophie and Sky is whether Sophie needs to find her father to find herself; the conflict between Sophie and Donna is whether she needs to leave Kalokairi to realize her own value; As an auxiliary, there are Sam, Bill, Harry, Rosie, Tanya's search for their true self and true love. These conflicts were foreshadowed early in the movie, and the conflicts became more and more intense as the plot unfolded, and the last one was answered, which is not detailed here. In contrast, the second part has no core conflict at all and is slightly less exciting. In addition, the second film needs two parallel timelines, and the young Donna's timeline has to fully play what everyone knows happened with the three men, which makes the first half of the film very procrastinate and the plot progresses slowly. - Or, because of the lack of conflict, the story is sloppy and the plot can't be seen at all. But of course, since it is a work of feelings, and it is a musical, the plot is not the point, and it deserves a five-point praise.
In fact, a large part of the reason for the procrastination of the second part is that the story must develop according to the setting of the first part, and when the audience already knows the ending, a story without conflict is difficult to arouse the audience's interest. However, I have to say that the screenwriter has put a lot of effort into the details, and you can see a lot of echoes with the first part, which makes up for the lack of plot to a certain extent. Here are some details that I noticed:
- At the beginning of the film, Sophie writes and sends letters, and they are accompanied by Amanda Seyfried's a cappella singing, one is I Have a Dream, and the other is Thank You For the Music.
- Donna put a pink diary in her suitcase when she was packing, and Sophie learned about her three dads through this diary.
- When Sam recalls Donna, he sings SOS, which is the only song the two of them sing together in the first part. of dissonance)
- Lily James opened the window when she sang I Have a Dream and the window fell; the first part had the same plot, and after that was the classic Money Money Money. Also while singing this song, Lily James slides down the handrail of the stairs, and the first part has the same shot.
- That sheep also appears in both movies, although maybe not the same one. The first is when Donna sings Mama Mia, and the second is when Donna sings The Name of the Game.
- The first part mentions that Donna got the house because of taking care of one of Bill's aunts; the second part says that he has a relative living on the island. So the tavern hostess is Bill's aunt. This could also explain why Bill went straight to the tavern when he returned from the game.
- They all missed the bridge section of the last ferry, and they all crossed the island by Bill Anderson. Just Donna in young Bill and Harry and Sam in old Bill.
- Is Harry Spontaneous anyway? Haha, I don't know either, but it's still interesting in the second part.
- Both films have a group of people singing and dancing past the chai-carrying auntie, but in the first movie, she dropped chai and joined the crowd.
- When the movie is about to end, everyone comes to the church. The exterior and interior of the church are exactly the same as the first movie.
After a lapse of ten years, these details once again brought the audience the feeling of watching the movie for the first time. However, the order in which Donna meets the three men (and has sex with them) is disrupted in the second part, and does not strictly follow the story line set out in the first part.
According to Donna's diary in the first part, the order she had sex with was Sam, Bill, Harry, on July 17th, August 4th and August 11th. What's more, it was Sam who brought Donna to the island, not Bill. Bill didn't have a boat when he was younger, so Meryl Streep was surprised to hear that Bill had a boat in the sheepfold. Although the second part has been slightly processed, the development of the story is smoother, which is a good thing.
Of course, the first film has become perfect in terms of storyline, character setting, and central idea. If the new film wants to surpass the first film, it may only be possible to shoot two actors like "Beijing meets Seattle". The same plot is similar but The sequel to the unstoppable. If so, viewers might rather watch a less dramatic but memorable Mama Mia 2.
Finally, I have already figured out what content can be filmed in the third part of Mamma Mia: of course, the life of the first girl group in the universe, Donna and Dynamos, at Oxford University! I sincerely wish this movie a big box office success and start shooting the third film as soon as possible.
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