Omigawd! James Bond can't sing!!!

You know, sometimes God can be fair. You can have looks, character, fame, fortune and then croak like a toad calling for its mate on a full moon night. I watched Mamma Mia - the movie this weekend. It was a real fun movie and not just strictly for ABBA fans. If you don't know the songs, you may still have a good time and a good laugh. It was also very clear that the cast had a great time as well. You may not know all the cast but they had crowd pullers like Pierce Brosnan, Meryl Streep and Colin Firth.

From all that, I learnt that God can be fair. He gave Pierce Brosnan great looks, debonair outlook, charming character and of course the chance to play one of the greatest known roles in movie history, James Bond. But James Bond CAN'T SING!!!
If this is how he sang, he didn't need all those gadgets from Q to get rid of the bad guys. Just hook up the PA and sing ABBA songs!!

Despite that, I do recommend the movie highly. If may be more fun to google ABBA and check our their songs before going for the movie. That is if you are so musically inept and only have demented ears for the mutated noise you call songs that we have these days! In case you didn't know, ABBA is still one of the biggest selling artists having even beaten one of the Beatles records...can't remember which one. And if you don't know who the Beatles are, I know some highly available drugs that can put you out of your misery!

Not emotional, just stating a fact. (Did I just sound like my Dad??)

ABBA songs are also quite fun and were not as lame as most 70s' songs. Mamma Mia was able to take their choice of ABBA songs and fit it into the movie's story line and characters. There was minimal alteration to the lyrics and the location was one of the glorious Greek islands. Isolated, falling apart, hardly any modern appliances and stairs that go all the way up and down the rocks on the island.

There was a wedding scene where the church was perched on the top of such rocks. It was so long and steep that you can have a church service or wedding and very likely have a funeral of one of the faint hearted churchgoer trying to reach the church. It really tested your faith and resolve of going to church every Sunday and I betcha God will give extra points for all these parishioners.

At one point, the cinema was singing along to the movie to songs like "Dancing Queen", "Super Trouper" and title song "Mamma Mia". See??? The Indian culture is again playing a very important role in our artistic lives! Which other race you know will suddenly break into song with the rest of the village or people around you following in perfect dance step and rhythm?? Now we are seeing it even in small Greek island villages!!

I truly enjoyed singing along and had loads of fun. It starts out quite slow and grows into you. Actually, Mr Brosnan did not do VERY badly. He sang 3 songs, where 2 of them was with others but he did have a duet with Meryl Streep doing the song SOS. That was quite unbearable. Maybe its because we never saw him sang before or maybe the role of James Bond (and for those older and remember Remington Steele) never put him in that light. Also maybe he is a poor singer....ok it was quite bad. It was like running your nails across a blackboard and even banshees were committing mass suicide!!

At the end, don't be too hasty to leave the cinema yet. There is one more surprise from Mr Brosnan. So, great on Pierce for trying and actually doing a relatively good job but please don't give up your day job just yet!