"Give me two tickets to "Mamma Mia!" "We want five tickets to "Mamma Mia!"..."…——

It's a relaxing and pleasant weekend again. Customers in ticket halls of 3,025 North American cinemas are lined up, and movie tickets are being sold one by one. The most sold is the new flame film "Mamma Mia!". Whether it's old audiences who have watched the stage play or new audiences who have first come into contact with this story, they all have the same expectation. The trailer for "——!" was great! [..com]

Beautiful and pleasant songs, lively and lively performances, funny lines, full of laughter, and a very attractive atmosphere. There is also a beautiful island. These are all based on an interesting wedding story and a popular classic stage play. For those who love musicals, there is no more movie worth looking forward to than it, at least not this year.

Moreover, the cast is really attractive. The biggest highlight is naturally Meryl Streep, who dances and sings. Since "The Devil Wearing Prada", Streep's commercial ability seems to suddenly explode and appears in commercial films. This time, he collaborates with Flame Movie for the second time. He is 56 years old and goes to act in a vibrant and youthful musical and dance film at the age of her. She really makes her fans sweat. She doesn't know whether it is good or bad.

At the same time, there is also the invincible youthful Amanda Seyfried, the powerful British actor Dominic Cooper, the handsome old guys with superb acting skills Pierce-Brucenan, Colin Fiss, Stranss Casgar emblem

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"Hahaha!", "Hahaha!" In the screening hall, looking at the wonderful stories on the big screen, bursts of laughter sounded from the crowded audience. From the audience's faces full of smiles, it can be seen that Fire has released a good enough song and dance movie. Whether it is the fans of "——!", Fire song and dance movie fans, ordinary audiences, etc., most people are not disappointed. The 110-minute vocal video is really a great enjoyment.

What they didn't know was that another film "Mamma Mia!", which was filmed by Tom Hanks' production company Playtone and Universal Pictures, was not as satisfying as it was.

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In fact, the director of the 07 Flame version and the 08 Global version of "——!" (Philida Lloyd), screenwriter (Katherine-Johnson), and the first producer (Judy-Cramer), are both original cast members of the stage play, with almost the same starring lineup, which is also the result of the same idea of ​​Cramer and others. However, due to the differences in the producer list, original soundtrack, editing, choreography and other personnel, the two versions of "Mama Mia!" have very big differences.

This is not in the plot story. Some changes in narrative rhythm and singing style are enough to make a song and dance movie change drastically.

Wang Aoyang knows what shortcomings are there in 08 Global Edition——!” and what major criticisms are from the audience. He naturally won’t sit back and see if things are still the same. Rotten Tomato Network’s summary evaluation of Global Edition is: “This jukebox musical is full of relaxed fun, but the rough singing and pretending may make you not think that their ‘you can dance’ dance steps appear from beginning to end.”

The biggest problem lies in songs and dances. On the one hand, all its interludes adopt the representative works of the Swedish band ABA, which was popular all over the world in the Qin Dynasty in the last century, and some songs almost completely retain the arrangement style of the original work.

It's not surprising that Catherine Johnson himself is a big fan of the ABBA band, even "Mama"

The name "Mial" is from ABBA's signature works "mama"

Mia, Kramer also said that "abba songs are the best drama," so "mamia" became the theme song, and even created plots to bring out those songs.

Roger Albert of the Chicago Sun said, ‘Abba songs are everywhere’ Do you like that kind of thing? I don’t, not that.” Christian Weitto of the Washington Times said, “Mamma Mia! is a sloppy, chaotic musical carving, and only when those bastards are finished singing, will there be three minutes of happiness next.” e! Online Dezada-Gao Bell said, “Mamma Mia! even lacks a big beautiful piece, too much musical amount cut it into small pieces.”…

Stage plays are stage plays, movies are movies 1 If you lose the rhythm and storyline that the movie should have, there will only be a bad result, and the bigger problem is actually the singing voice and the singer.

"Bba was destroyed, so capable, stupid!" x "No matter how stupid the small plot, the terrible singing, I regret not deliberately damage my ears when watching this movie.", "Some songs are like singing Karabbi in a local bar." ... The audience's comments are everywhere "Great music, terrible singing," If too much abba is a disadvantage, the bad singing amplifies this disadvantage to be unbearable.

The songs and dance films released in recent years have one characteristic, that is, the songs in the film are sung by the actors themselves, and now it is the trend brought about by "Singing and Dance Youth".

All the actors in the 08 Global Edition have received two or three months of special singing training - training, and most of them have messed up... Singing differently, talent is really important. Sometimes it is not possible to make up for it with acquired efforts, but that is the level of popular superstars, not "very professional and nice," not young people, just like Jessica, Rachel and others back then, although they sang far from shock, they are full of youth and vitality, which can cover up many shortcomings, and it is also reflected in the fact that Amanda Seyfried was not criticized, but was praised.

Of course, young people have very strong learning ability, but the elderly have worked hard. After a round of hard training, Meryl Streep sang well, and she always became a bright spot: Colin Fisch barely qualified, while Brosnan and Scarsgard were really singing Cara. The nervous and trembling voices and obvious erratic feeling all show their amateur level. Everyone is used to listening to the abba sings, and then listen to the barely qualified and amateur level... and give back to rotten tomatoes and rotten eggs.

In order to obtain the copyright of the movie, the Fire Movie, led by Wang Yiyang, promised Judy Kramer and others that they would not intervene too much, so as to ensure that the movie version of "Mamma Mia!" has the appearance they want and does not destroy this classic stage play. But it does not mean that Fire Movie is ignored. They just need the production experience of singing and dancing musicals. If they want to make the movie the best, they chose Fire Movie Shenying and Shen Jiyang.

Knowing where the problem is, the solution follows. Wang Aoyang repeatedly made it clear to Lloyd, Catherine, Cramer and others that he must not bring the fan mentality into the video.

There is no problem with the song a appears on the big screen. You can’t overdo it. You should pay more attention to the rhythm of the movie. He also talked to them about the expression of stage plays and movies, and exchanged their experiences and views.

So the changes followed, the flame version of "Mama Mia!" was streamlined and richer in the selection of the songs, without the abba song wall

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Wall, without throwing out the plot for the song, everything is centered on the principle of serving the story, which makes Kramer and others suffer a lot from giving up love.

Wang Aiyang also felt very difficult about the huge issue of singing level. Shooting two years in advance would not make Brosnan and the others turn into Elvis, Beatles, Jackson, and the training time of a few months was almost the same. As actors acting in a movie, they could not receive full-time training for half a year, let alone talent was there; they could not find a singer, so there was no way to make any tricks.

Unless you look for actors with excellent singing skills to be the starring actors, the first thing they do is to become the acting skills, and secondly, Cramer and others have recognized Streep, Brosnan and others. So Fire can only find a better training and recording team in a solid manner. The starring players have as long as possible training time, and consider their voice characteristics, emotional investment and other comprehensive singing ability when choosing songs. 1 would rather increase the production cost and make them sing well, and do not seek the concert level, at least qualified as the minimum, and will not be rated as "terrible-

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There are problems with the song and the dance, "The pretentious dance steps... Of course, it's not very good. The choreography and the scenes are hard to blame, but it seems that the choreography cannot be blamed. The leading actors are really old bones. When the 2008 version was filmed, Streepsy was 54 years old, Fiss was 47 years old, and Skarsgard was 56 years old. He is not a professional dancer before. Can he compare with "Dance My Life"? He can't dance!

But the dance of "Singing and Dance" may not be so thrilling. The key lies in the integration with the scene and other issues. The unpleasant songs also make the audience pay more attention to the dance and become more picky.

Although Anne Fletcher, the flame ace dancer, was not a choreographer, the art direction team led by Fletcher, which was tempered by the "Singing and Dance Youth" series, brought rich dance experience in youthful and lively styles to "Mamma Mia!" without saying much. Young people like Seyfried, needless to say, several elderly people can easily complete more professional dance moves, making the scene look full of dancing.

On the other hand, there are various problems brought by the director. In fact, if we only consider the production itself, Universal Pictures and Flame Movies would not think of the 50-year-old British lady directed by Philipda Lloyd. She is a great stage drama director, but there is zero in the movie.

“Look at its cheap costumes, bulky dance steps, terrible photography, a real shame.” One—Elizabeth Witzman, The New York Daily News: “Watching this lively pop stage adaptation, you can have a perfect good time, but you need to admit how bad it is.” One—a.o Scott, The New York Times: “A philosopher once said, ‘Please be wary of people on the big screen having more fun than those sitting in the audience.

, Mamma Mia! That's a good suggestion." Kenneth Tulane, Los Angeles Times

Flames had better choices, such as Sarah Sugarman, who still handed the microphone to Lloyd because of the original team.

There are obviously a large group of good actors, many "national treasure" old actors in the United States and Britain. If these people are not good, they don't know who can be competent. But there are many comments about "bad performances", which naturally does not refer to Streep. Other new and old actors have been criticized. The main problem is how to grasp the film performance in the stage play style in terms of the heat? Lloyd obviously did not give much good guidance, and also included in various departments such as clothing, photography, and sets.

You should know that the costume designer Ann Rose of the 08 Global Edition is the nominee for Best Clothing Design in the four Oscars and received a trophy (), but was actually ridiculed by film critics for "cheap clothing".

Even if Fire Movie is rich and experienced, even if Wang Aoyang is ahead of his acumen and cannot replace Lloyd, many things will inevitably be inevitable, and things in the world are often not perfect. However, Fire is not without any measures. Wang Aoyang has no time to be a producer. He is busy with "500 Days with Shamo" and awards season during the preparation and shooting period. Anne Fletcher declined the invitation to supervise the producer because of his tiredness. In addition, the "original team" is the focus of Fire's strategy on post-production editing, and invited gold medal editor Margaret Goodstead.

However, despite this, despite the 08 Global Edition Rotten Tomato Index 54%

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76%, mainstream media is a bit bad, and the audience does not give high scores, which seems to be a bad movie. "Mamma Mia!" does have its own unique charm. In the face of the powerful and crazy "Dark Knight" released at the same time (July 18, 2008), the opening box office still won 44.84 million, and the final North American box office was 143 million, overseas 465 million, and the global box office was as high as 609.8 million US dollars, while its production fee was 52 million.

Some problems are strangled in the cradle, some problems have been solved and improved prescriptions, and the implementation effect is also very good. The "change" has been very big. The flame version of "Mamma Mia!", which costs 68 million yuan, has been released in many ticket stores such as North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, etc.

It is June 2006, and its opponents during the same period include the comedy film "Crazy Priest", the American version of the love film "The Untouchable Lover", the family comedy "Garfield 2", the second week of "Car Story", and the third week of "Breakup Man and Women"... What will its reputation and box office performance be?

As the night and day change, it exudes the smell of ink, newspapers with reviews of "Mama Mia!" are on the shelves, and audiences go to INSB, Rotten Tomato Network and other places to rate. (To be continued
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