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Aug. 4th, 2025 03:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowhiveSo I had intended to do a locked feels post after the last one, but instead of writing my feelings and thoughts down I got sidetracked and then… lost the will for it. Ah well.
(And ugh I’m sure I posted this an hour ago and it didn’t go through so I have to redo it)
On Sunday I put on Mamma Mia Here We Go Again, cause I wanted to after the first film the other week and watching it gave me thoughts so…
So for anyone that hasn’t seen the Mamma Mia films the first film is this feel good musical film, about a girl, Sophie, inviting three potential dads to her wedding, hoping she’d know which one is her ‘real’ dad a first sight. It’s fun, it’s a bit silly and watching it puts ABBA songs in my head for days.
The second film is also a musical but it’s a bit more messy. It’s one of those films that you wonder what exactly the pitch was. Like yeah making a sequel is a good idea and it makes sense (and all the core main cast came back) but at the same time…
There’s two threads here, flashbacks to the past of Donna coming to the island and meeting the three dads. This is where it feels strongest and, honestly, it could have easily been expanded into a full prequel. The other thread is the present and the whole thing has this… Melancholy tone. Donna has died the year before (though there’s no detail as to how) and it’s just dealing with the aftermath of that. It’s a very odd choice, especially as not even used as a framing device.
For instance the past scenes are in a chronological order, but they can’t be reminiscences or characters telling Sophie memories. Like theres sections of the past where the only people there are Donna and two of Sophie’s dads (seperately) but they aren’t even on the island to tell Sophie so…
Like I said it makes me wonder what was going on. Like it feels they could have made it a full prequel but for some reason weren’t confidant enough to it so included the cast from the original but like… you could have easily made it about the characters telling Sophie what happened as a framing device so I dunno.
But anyway.
Today ended up being exhausting. Mums friend came today and, as always she got us to do some things. I didn’t mind as much because I was intending on using her bus pass to go to town anyway to go to Iceland but… ugh. I went out for the bus and waited for 40+ minutes and 2 buses were due but neither showed up,
Turns out the buses made a detour because of roadworks but there was no indication at the bus stop. Not a poster, not a note, even the digital sign thing acted as normal. Plus the roadworks hadn’t even started and cars, vans even a lorry or two went through the road so I assumed the bus would too.
I came back home and checked the site and apparently the bus was meant to pick up a few stops earlier, so I went to check, partly to go and part so mums friend would know to go there. But again, I waited for over 40 mins and, again, no sign of anything.
I came back and mum called them up and it seems the bus had made another detour and hadn’t bothered to they’ll them why so fuck knows what’s going on. At least I didn’t have an appointment or anything. Mums friend went home in a taxi she called but ugh. It means I couldn’t get anything from Iceland and, cause I was counting on it I can’t add stuff to the shop either, at least I’m going Wednesday and can put money on then.
But eh that’s almost two hours standing and waiting lost.
At least the MCC cards came but I’ve not opened them yet.
Speaking of Wednesday I have a theory on the mystery film. Assuming the film is an upcoming one I’m suspecting it might be Together, which suits me as I was thinking of seeing that. Of course I could be wrong and there’s no hints or anything posted to guess (I dunno if there even will be). But there is another mystery film on the 26th too.
I did look at the cinemas coming soon for the month and there are a few I might see. Nothing I’d have probably seen without the pass, but since I have it? There’s The Bad Guys 2 (though that’s already out), Freakier Friday (ok mainly I wanna see this for Manny Jacinto), Together, Weapons and Bring Her Back (the last one is a maybe). I might double up and see some depending on the time. And, of course there’s seeing The Naked Gun but that’ll be in Birmingham.
Tonight’s plan is to go on ESO, fic some (I am making progress though alas it’s late at night mostly) and flop in general. I might watch one of the new to shudder films, All The Gods In The Sky, cause I looked it up on IMDb and it mentions body horror (and a tentacle poster) so I’m curious. Alas it’s subtitled so I need to be in the right focus for it but hopefully this week sometime.
(And ugh I’m sure I posted this an hour ago and it didn’t go through so I have to redo it)
On Sunday I put on Mamma Mia Here We Go Again, cause I wanted to after the first film the other week and watching it gave me thoughts so…
So for anyone that hasn’t seen the Mamma Mia films the first film is this feel good musical film, about a girl, Sophie, inviting three potential dads to her wedding, hoping she’d know which one is her ‘real’ dad a first sight. It’s fun, it’s a bit silly and watching it puts ABBA songs in my head for days.
The second film is also a musical but it’s a bit more messy. It’s one of those films that you wonder what exactly the pitch was. Like yeah making a sequel is a good idea and it makes sense (and all the core main cast came back) but at the same time…
There’s two threads here, flashbacks to the past of Donna coming to the island and meeting the three dads. This is where it feels strongest and, honestly, it could have easily been expanded into a full prequel. The other thread is the present and the whole thing has this… Melancholy tone. Donna has died the year before (though there’s no detail as to how) and it’s just dealing with the aftermath of that. It’s a very odd choice, especially as not even used as a framing device.
For instance the past scenes are in a chronological order, but they can’t be reminiscences or characters telling Sophie memories. Like theres sections of the past where the only people there are Donna and two of Sophie’s dads (seperately) but they aren’t even on the island to tell Sophie so…
Like I said it makes me wonder what was going on. Like it feels they could have made it a full prequel but for some reason weren’t confidant enough to it so included the cast from the original but like… you could have easily made it about the characters telling Sophie what happened as a framing device so I dunno.
But anyway.
Today ended up being exhausting. Mums friend came today and, as always she got us to do some things. I didn’t mind as much because I was intending on using her bus pass to go to town anyway to go to Iceland but… ugh. I went out for the bus and waited for 40+ minutes and 2 buses were due but neither showed up,
Turns out the buses made a detour because of roadworks but there was no indication at the bus stop. Not a poster, not a note, even the digital sign thing acted as normal. Plus the roadworks hadn’t even started and cars, vans even a lorry or two went through the road so I assumed the bus would too.
I came back home and checked the site and apparently the bus was meant to pick up a few stops earlier, so I went to check, partly to go and part so mums friend would know to go there. But again, I waited for over 40 mins and, again, no sign of anything.
I came back and mum called them up and it seems the bus had made another detour and hadn’t bothered to they’ll them why so fuck knows what’s going on. At least I didn’t have an appointment or anything. Mums friend went home in a taxi she called but ugh. It means I couldn’t get anything from Iceland and, cause I was counting on it I can’t add stuff to the shop either, at least I’m going Wednesday and can put money on then.
But eh that’s almost two hours standing and waiting lost.
At least the MCC cards came but I’ve not opened them yet.
Speaking of Wednesday I have a theory on the mystery film. Assuming the film is an upcoming one I’m suspecting it might be Together, which suits me as I was thinking of seeing that. Of course I could be wrong and there’s no hints or anything posted to guess (I dunno if there even will be). But there is another mystery film on the 26th too.
I did look at the cinemas coming soon for the month and there are a few I might see. Nothing I’d have probably seen without the pass, but since I have it? There’s The Bad Guys 2 (though that’s already out), Freakier Friday (ok mainly I wanna see this for Manny Jacinto), Together, Weapons and Bring Her Back (the last one is a maybe). I might double up and see some depending on the time. And, of course there’s seeing The Naked Gun but that’ll be in Birmingham.
Tonight’s plan is to go on ESO, fic some (I am making progress though alas it’s late at night mostly) and flop in general. I might watch one of the new to shudder films, All The Gods In The Sky, cause I looked it up on IMDb and it mentions body horror (and a tentacle poster) so I’m curious. Alas it’s subtitled so I need to be in the right focus for it but hopefully this week sometime.
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Date: 2025-08-07 08:04 am (UTC)I intend to go see Freakier Friday tomorrow, not sure about the rest of your potential list as you know I'm a wuss.
I've told you this before but Mamma Mia 2 was the first film I went to see at the cinema after my mam died and it destroyed me, especially the song dedicated to her mam. I haven't seen it since, and doubt I will.
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Date: 2025-08-07 08:30 am (UTC)Oh I’m curious to know your thoughts! That’s fair, I think that and bad guys 2 are the only ones that’d be ok for you (especially since bring her back and weapons are 18 and I’ve heard bring her back is so rough even I’ve been put off it). But one is off my list already
Awww no! I’m sorry. Yeah that’s rough and completely understandable. *hugs* am I remembering right or did all the trailers/promo at the time purposely keep it a secret so no one knew till it was said? So you probably went in thinking it’d have feel good vibes and then bam! Get hit by that instead🥺
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Date: 2025-08-07 09:56 am (UTC)Have to say, I enjoy talking about potential films with you. I know our tastes only cross a little but I still like reading what you thought of the films you do see.
am I remembering right or did all the trailers/promo at the time purposely keep it a secret so no one knew till it was said? So you probably went in thinking it’d have feel good vibes and then bam! Get hit by that instead
Yep, I remember it so clearly as I'd just had a horrific month with mam dying, the funeral, then the council giving us literally weeks to clear and empty her house. So, after that decided to go and do something 'normal' again, and see a film I expected to be full of songs, sunshine and lighthearted fun. Instead, I got some of that with a side of mother death.
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Date: 2025-08-07 10:43 am (UTC)Me too! I really like that too! I think there’s a lot of overlap in the stuff we watch (bar horror of course) it’s just cause of the local cinema I’d usually go to being small I’d not see as many things as I’d probably like (and now with this pass I might see more!)
Oh no. Yeah that really sounds so stressful and awful (as those times always are but it sounds like so much extra piled on). So to go and get hit by that. And yeah the songs are really good and there is some fun parts but there’s no way of avoiding it’s also that which makes it the worst thing to have seen🥺