Mama Mia, The Movie review

Watched Mama Mia, The Movie today. It was great and lovely!
It can be considered a musical as there were singing in the film, like Grease or High School Musical. One must go and catch it! Critics says the West End stage musical version is better, I wouldn't know though, I've never catch the stage musical before. I hope to do so in the future.
ABBA was involved in the development of the show (stage musical) from the beginning. It tells the tale of a young girl who is getting married on a Greek Island and wanted her father to walk her down the aisle. But, after reading her mother's diary, she discovered she has 3 possible fathers. She then secretly invited them to the wedding to discover which of them is her father. Not all things go according to plan though. What's result is a musical comedy everyone will love.
I'm a fan of ABBA and have listened to their songs before. I'm surprised to find some songs that I had not heard before. My favourites now includes 'Our last summer', 'Lay all your love on me', 'Slipping through my fingers' amid others.
Quite a lot of songs are played in the movie. My favourite scenes have to be the "mass dances" the actors and actresses are in. It's just so magical and beautiful when lots of people are dancing as one like 'Voulez-Vous' and 'Dancing Queen'.
I've to admit not all the singing was great as they are actors/actresses afterall. The original (ABBA) is always the best. But, after listening to 'Our last summer' from both parties, I feel that the movie version is better. The other songs are sung better by ABBA.
Ahh, I want to watch it again! You won't get tired of it. Maybe, I'll get the VCD or DVD when it's out.
Cheers

World economy plunging

The world's economy is not at all good. After US lawmakers rejected the plan to bail out the financial system, the stock markets were hit badly. Apparently, some Asian and Europe markets recovered somewhat. Bailout Plan B is needed.
It's very worrying, since Singapore and majority of the countries depend very much on US. If anything happens, we will all be hit. People will get retrenched, businesses will drop badly, the list goes on. Nobody can escape.
Many people were hopeful that the bailout would be passed and thus help pick up the market but now, everything is back to square one. Needless to say, many US citizens were not happy about the bailout. The US$ 700 billion bail is their taxed money after all. They rather the government help the people than help the banks.
It's very overwhelming to read pages and pages of analysis about the delicate situation.
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I'm halfway through Wuthering Heights. After finishing it, I'll post my remarks and book review on the blog. I won't be posting all the books I read here, of course. Only those that can be share, will be shared here.