When I watched the first Mamma Mia, I was still a teenager. At that time, I still bought a DVD and watched it with my mother at home. I even became a fake fan of ABBA and A-teens after watching this movie. Some time ago, on a whim, I revisited Mamma Mia with my friends. The plot that I thought was reasonable when I was a child now feels a bit sloppy. The dewy love between Donna and three handsome guys 20 years ago was enough to make three rich and successful handsome guys travel thousands of miles to the Greek island at the same time, and when Brosnan and Donna met again, they said that they loved each other two Ten years, and even get married in situ.
Recently, I opened Mamma Mia 2 again. The blue sea and blue sky of the Mediterranean Sea directly brought back countless memories of my adolescence. When I was in junior high school and high school, my knowledge about foreign countries and my fantasy about love almost all came from movies and novels. The water in Mamma Mia is so clear and transparent, the hotel on the top of the mountain is so poetic, youth should be reckless, you can jump into the sea at any time when you need it, and you can meet the love of your life after a short encounter when you are young. However, the first time I saw the blue roofs of Santorini, I felt a bit like I encountered a scam group. The waters of the Mediterranean are even bluer than in the movies, but the sun's exposure makes the scalp feel like it's burning, and the beaches are so hot that it's impossible to walk barefoot. The island is full of bare mountains and densely packed tourists. The blue-roofed church is only good-looking from one angle, and other angles will capture the unharmonious scenery behind. The handsome blond guys that always appear in youth movies and romantic comedies are even rarer, and it is almost impossible to meet handsome guys like movie stars in reality, let alone the love of a lifetime.
But Mamma Mia 2 still moved me so much, Donna took her girls band to sing at the Oxford graduation ceremony, and then said aloud, I'm going to see the world. She meets Harry, who falls in love with her at first sight, at a small hotel, she and Bill steer a boat to rescue a Greek fisherman, and she meets Sam during a storm who has come to the island to escape family arrangements. The love of young people is like a fire, it is incoherent words at the dinner table, it is when you go to grab a wedding, you can’t swim, but you still jump into the sea and shout your name, it is a motorcycle speeding in the stormy weather, it is the sight of You turned your head and left immediately after you got engaged. It was heart-wrenching to hear that you would never come back. Adult feelings are more restrained and rational, Sky wants to stay in New York for work, Harry and Bill can't go to Sophie's hotel opening in order to talk business and accept awards. The movie also gave them an impulse beyond their age, Sky gave up their jobs in New York, and Harry and Bill walked away without hesitation. When Bill reunited with the fisherman he rescued, I once again burst into tears when that man shouted "Aponia" as he did.
While watching Mamma Mia that day, I was joking with my friends. Back then, I watched too many movies like this, so I had so many unrealistic fantasies about the world that it took a long, long time to realize that the world wasn’t all me. as thought. Reality does not have the kind of emotion that overflows in movies and novels, but it is often more bloody than fiction. It seems a bit old-fashioned to celebrate young people's resistance to reality, their yearning for freedom, and their brave pursuit of ideals through literary and artistic works. The protagonists of the movie are never willing to compromise, and even hit their heads with blood, but they always succeed in the end. In reality, the vast majority of people still bow their heads in the end, and only a few who do not bow their heads can persist until the day of dawn. However, it is precisely because there is not so much madness in this world, there is not so much desperation, and there is not so much life and death, that the life and death in movies, TV dramas and novels are more precious and incomparable, and even worth another metric ton of tears.
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