<p>All my gal pals have bailed on me…
Will hubby hate Mama Mia! ?</p>
<p>Yes. It’s very much a chick flick.</p>
<p>My husband would be very unhappy to have to sit through Mamma Mia. I saw it with my daughter and loved it and am looking forward to owning it on DVD. The lack of real plot and embarrisingly funny singing of Pierce Brosnan would not bode well with most guys. I did get him to sit through Sex in the City but he was just doing me a favor.</p>
<p>My Macho Fire Captain hubby is a HUGE Abba fan, so he loved it. The only problem is that he is tone deaf and I am a vocalist, so when we saw it, he was frustrated that the couldn’t sing along with the rest of the theatre!! :)</p>
<p>My husband went with my D and I to see Mama Mia - and loved it! He recommended it to a male friend at work, who took his wife and the friend also liked it.</p>
<p>haha…a wonderful change from politics!
please let us know how he likes it!</p>
<p>Ha, my husband liked Mamma Mia better than I did. Perhaps it’s because he’s from India and thus used to improbable musicals a la Bollywood!</p>
<p>The movie is a million times better than the stage show, but it’s still pretty bad. And, as someone else said, Pierce Brosnan’s performance is embarrassing.</p>
<p>My husband loved both the stage production and the movie. </p>
<p>So I guess only you can say whether your husband will like it.</p>
<p>Well, he didn’t hate it. Thought there was too much singing, though (roflol). “Entertaining.” “Liked the scenery.” “Not bad.”</p>
<p>Verdict - not the most painful movie he’s sat through to humor me. That “honor” still rests with Hannah and Her Sisters, the movie by which all awful chick flicks are judged by, in DH’s eyes.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the advice.</p>
<p>And I agree about Brosnan’s singing…</p>
<p>I haven’t seen the movie yet. I saw the play in Toronto, though, and LOVED it. I am certain H would have enjoyed that very much - not so sure if he would have liked the movie as much. There is something very cool about being in the midst of the excitement of a play that doesn’t translate in the same way in a movie.</p>
<p>I watched it on one of those free internet movie sites. I turned it off after those 3 guys had to stay in a room together. I though it was awful.</p>
<p>Oh … sounds different than the stage play.</p>
<p>Probably… but not as much as he’d hate Bottle Shock.</p>
<p>“the movie by which all awful chick flicks are judged by”…</p>
<p>is, to me, “The English Patient”, although I enjoyed the book.</p>
<p>I am a big fan of “Hannah and Her Sisters”.</p>
<p>“Mama Mia” is a Netflix queue at best.</p>
<p>Well I admit H would not watch the English Patient although I loved it. </p>
<p>His chick flick nadir, would probably have to be * Tess of the d’Urbervilles* the 1979 Polanski version- in whose defense I say " it may be three hours long, but NYT liked it: ;)</p>
<p>My 18 yr old saw Mamma Mia- not so much she said.
I agree plays/musicals are much different than films.</p>
<p>First, let me say that my whole family saw the stage musical a number of years ago in Philadelphia and none of us loved it (and we are all into musicals). My daughters just saw it on Broadway again last month (even though they really don’t care much for the show) because D’s friend is starring in it and so they wanted to see her and then got to go backstage and onstage after the show. </p>
<p>I wanted to see the movie because some friends (all women) told me they enjoyed it. I am not an ABBA fan. I do like Meryl Streep. I saw the movie with my husband last weekend. I enjoyed it as entertaining fluff and I liked some of the acting, including Meryl (and yes, Pierce Brosnan cannot sing…my husband could not believe they cast him). My husband’s reaction was "eh, not the worst movie I’ve seen but nothing I really like a lot either…kind of just, exists). I don’t think it is a great movie but I thought it was enjoyable. It is hard to know what another guy would say. My husband was willing to watch but it is nothing he really enjoyed. He simply didn’t hate it. And he isn’t into ABBA but he is very into music and also into musicals (just not an ABBA one). I must admit being teary eyed on Meryl’s song about her daughter (being the mom of two daughters in that age range).</p>
<p>Why would he hate Bottle Shock? We were thinking (DH and I) of going to see it soon since it got good reviews and is about one of DH’s hobbies (wine). We loved “Sideways”. Is it a bad flick?</p>
<p>To seiclan: Bottle Shock is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen–so bad that forty-five minutes into the film, I fell asleep and started snoring (to the chagrin of my companions and the amusement of others seated nearby). Fifteen minutes later, my equally bored/disgusted companions and I walked out.</p>
<p>I’ve seen a lot of movies during my lifetime. The last time I fell asleep in a movie theater was twenty years ago, when a friend talked me into accompanying him to retro showing of *Escape from New York<a href=“1981”>/i</a>; the last time I walked out of a movie theater was nearly twenty-seven years ago, when I fled the astoundingly awful *Buddy Buddy<a href=“1981”>/i</a>.</p>
<p>I looked forward to seeing Bottle Shock because it is based on a true story, the subject matter is unusual, and the cast includes three of my favorite actors (Alan Rickman, Dennis Farina, and Miguel Sandoval). My companions and I expected to see an off-beat, engaging comedy-drama; instead, we endured an hour-long Folger’s Moment. I swear–I wouldn’t have been surprised to see Dr. Phil oil his way into each scene to spout some of his signature psychobabble at the oh-so-sensitive characters.</p>
<p>Let me put it this way: If your husband likes Dr. Phil, then he’ll love Bottle Shock. Otherwise, I suggest he bring a barf bag to the movie theater, or better yet, save his time and money and stay home.</p>
<p>Now… back to the OP and Mamma Mia!</p>
<p>The Pebble and the Penguin… back when I had three LITTLE kids, and the swimming pools in August were about 90 degrees. We saw ALL the kiddie flicks, just to get out of the heat (and with three kids under 6) to give me a break…</p>
<p>The Pebble and the Penguin is what I bring up when my kids don’t seem to appreciate me as a mom. 14 nights spent sleeping in a chair in the hospital when you had appendicitis and peritonitis? Mommy points for sure, but I also SAT THROUGH THE PEBBLE AND THE PENGUIN.</p>
<p>And if that’s how hubby feels when I make him watch a chick flick, well, I always knew he was a great guy, but now I REALLY owe him…</p>
<p>PS - we liked Sideways, too, and I’m disappointed to hear that Bottle Shock is a loser.</p>