與三位舊情人，在同一時間及同一地點相遇，心血少一點也會即時暴斃。不過在虛擬下的戲內世界，沒什麼是不可能的，一切恩怨情仇，皆可被淡化。加上良辰美景、開朗的演員、再配合串連得恰到好處的歌舞，一切還可以被，美化。
多想自己是戲中一份子，就算在鏡頭邊位掃地也不打緊，一秒也很好。
上星期日(9月28日)跟家人茶聚後，姐姐隨口問，最近有什麼電影想看，她這樣問，當然早有「目標」。我咀一動，兩人差不多同一時間在酒樓門口嚷著 -- Mamma Mia！ 既然開口中，馬上把下午安排要做的事情順延，還等什麼呢? 媽子約了師奶朋友去威，心有靈犀的兩姊妹，就去看這齣母女電影了。
搞笑尋父記 -- 大概知道是這樣的故事內容。不是熱切期待的電影，不然怎會上畫18天後才隨緣而來呢。聽過電台DJ極力推薦，多少有點推動力，自己也喜歡歌劇，雖然只是銀幕版。
知道與開映時間還有點距離，不用飛奔去買飛，找最近的這家「山卡啦」戲院，應該不成問題。誰知，居然只剩零星散座，慢半步也看不成，我跟姐姐被迫前後而坐，好過冇。心想，公映了差不多三週，仍能吸引滿室客人，電影大概有其魅力。來不及思索，已被由 Amanda Seyfried 開場的 I have a dream 攝住。
電影節奏明快，崩崩跳的以不同場景情節人物事態，一首接一首的ABBA歌曲把劇情交代。坦白說，ABBA的大碟我一隻也沒擁有，年代有點差距罷，所以看戲時沒法弄清歌曲的出處，但 Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, Money Money Money, Honey Honey 因為很「入屋」，的確是聽過幾個音符，卻從未真正認識。
挑選在電影裡的快歌，從前覺得是噪音；跟著故事一起走之後，歌詞被活化了，終於明白ABBA能風靡一時，絕不是浪得虛名，也知道自己「走寶」。難怪的，ABBA原來1982年已解散，他們當紅時我大概只是個無知的走地娃娃。
積累多點人生經歷後，才有情懷把歌詞細味沉澱，現在開始認識ABBA也未遲。況且1965年已故的 Nat King Cole，我也是90年代才認識，這就是音樂無疆界的魅力了。
Meryl Streep (梅莉史翠普) 的確功不可沒，在耶魯戲劇學院碩士畢業的她，演而優則唱，是戲中靈魂。對她的印象，仍停留在Death Becomes Her (飛越長生1992) 那面容扭曲的造型。事隔16年，大銀幕下第一眼，腦中出現四個字 -- 歲月催人。隨後上網才知，她已接近六十歲了，回想她在戲中舉手投足所散發的活力，腦中又出現四個字，不過是 – 寶刀未老，及加多一個「勁」字！
Meryl Streep 戲中的結拜姊妹 Christine Baranski (左) 及 Julie Walters 兩個角色更加如虎添翼，她們出場必有笑位。我姐姐是那類一笑便一發不可收拾的人，坐在她後面，當然知道為什麼這位女子，時不時前翻後仰，頭部總是瘋狂地震個不休。而我，因坐在兩旁的觀眾有點含蓄，只好收斂一些，內心暗自狂喜，辛苦地忍住笑聲，咀角差點爆裂。戲中的三位疑似父親，沒一個是我特別喜歡的，沒期望所以沒打緊，只替他們可憐，被迫跟著歌詞做動作，未能好好發揮。論唱功，對他們也沒帶著任何期望，所以反而有驚喜。當然，如他們能唱好一丁點，大家都高興，但以本職是演員來說，交到功課了。
知道電影報捷，截至10月2日，本地收$10,034,791，累積票房第四位。製作人聰明的選角應記一功。Amanda Seyfried 與她的小情人兩小無猜，也使整齣容易被標籤為「老餅」或「很女人」的電影產生微妙的催化作用，把不同的年齡族群，且各有自己世界的男女觀眾，全數吸進戲院。
不用想太多，只管搖著頭，知道 you can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life 就夠，齊齊腳印印。
由女兒尋父記開始，發現媽媽年輕時的放蕩不羈，如發生在現實世界中，結果能否這樣皆大歡喜? 突然覺得，這女兒與青梅竹馬的男友仔，頭上好像頂著兩個光環。現實中，誰人沒過去，你也年輕過...
再次證明，隨心去幹的事情，有些時候，總會帶來驚喜。
以下是幾個我特別喜歡的片段，毛管都被打通：
Dancing Queen (Part 1)
以下是幾個我特別喜歡的片段，毛管都被打通：
Dancing Queen (Part 1)
Dancing Queen (Part 2)
在 Youtube 不斷重覆地看，也重覆地笑。像放逐的女性革命曲。
如果可以男女共舞，視覺及感覺會更和諧，更開懷。 歌名「累事」。
“… you are the dancing queen,
young and sweet,
only seventeen …”!
相信，十年一翻，到時又多一批新「知音」
Mamma Mia
以前沒留意內容，完全想像不到這首會是情歌。
Meryl Streep 的愛恨交纏，演活了好一首豁出去的自我催眠曲，
愛與不愛之間，還剩餘「望一眼」的愚念與無知 …
Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything ….
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Mamma mia, now I really know,
My my, I could never let you go
The Winner Takes It All
Meryl Streep 在 Agios Ioannis 山腰聲嘶力竭的唱著這首歌，
有點看歌劇的感覺，也充滿激情。
(可惜「占士邦」不知如何自處，有點大殺風景)
I don't wanna talk
About things we've gone through
Though it's hurting me
Now it's history
I've played all my cards
And that's what you've done too
Nothing more to say
No more ace to play
SOS
聽不到的呼喚
不知何解，很多本是一對的情侶，總好像永遠隔著自製的「時差」
I try to reach for you
But you have closed your mind
You seem so far away
Though you are standing near
Slipping Through My Fingers (full song)
感人的一幕
無需講太多，兒女，在母親眼中，永遠都是長不大的寶貝
DONNA:
Schoolbag in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye
With an absent-minded smile
I watch her go
With a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I'm loosing her forever
And without really entering her world
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Sleep in our eyes
Her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake
I let precious time go by
Then when she's gone
There's that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt
I can't deny
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go
Well some of that we did
But most we didn't
And why I just don't know
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
DONNA & SOPHIE:
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers –
DONNA:
Schoolbag in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
這段曲，缺了這個我最喜歡的溫馨鏡頭
感人的一幕
無需講太多，兒女，在母親眼中，永遠都是長不大的寶貝
DONNA:
Schoolbag in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye
With an absent-minded smile
I watch her go
With a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I'm loosing her forever
And without really entering her world
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Sleep in our eyes
Her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake
I let precious time go by
Then when she's gone
There's that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt
I can't deny
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go
Well some of that we did
But most we didn't
And why I just don't know
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
DONNA & SOPHIE:
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers –
DONNA:
Schoolbag in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
這段曲，缺了這個我最喜歡的溫馨鏡頭
嘻嘻，9x年我也帶著浪漫情懷跑到希臘，還在美得殺人的愛琴海Saronic Islands 的 Aegina Hydra Poros 三島留底過腳毛。不過postcard 常見的 Santorini 小島至今仍在找機會擁抱。Greek Islands 大大小小的島嶼共6,000個，只有220多個是有人居住的。可想而知，希臘人多消遙！電影中Skopelos，現在變成 Mamma Mia Island了，也成為新一代婚禮目的地。雖然這所位於105級岩壁上的小教堂的確別緻，但相信很快又被商業化了，或許要從「很想擁抱的 Greek Islands 名單」中無奈地把她out 走。
延伸貼文
Mamma Mia 同場加映
延伸資料
Mamma Mia 電影官方網
Mamma Mia Soundtrack官方網
Mamma Mia soundtrack 歌詞
ABBA官方網
Skopelos (Mamma Mia Island)
