Fantasy Film Festival: Dancing Queen Edition
Okay, everybody. I can’t keep this up, this parade of Hollywood manliness. You know I love Christian Bale as much as anyone, but can’t we at least talk about his chiseled jaw and sensitive eyes for a bit? We can go back to the testosterone-soaked summer lineup tomorrow; today, it’s Ladies’ Night at CHHQ. Bring on the plucky heroines and dashing young gentlemen. Give me true love preceded by silly antics and misunderstandings. I want to meet the wacky best friends and even the guy who always gets dumped, and don’t forget the pop song at the end.
Speaking of pop songs (did you like that smooooth segue?), tonight’s Fantasy Film Festival is pop-centric. All the oohing and aahing over a certain winged and pointy-eared hero has, for some, drowned out the synthesizers and enthusiastic harmonies from the weekend’s other major release, Mamma Mia!. And if you think disco-dancing Swedes don’t lend themselves to triple-header movies, you’d better stand corrected, because I’ve got not one, but three ABBA films for your viewing pleasure.
There must be a bad ABBA pun I can make here. “S.O.S.”? “Take a Chance On Me”? You get the idea. Fill it in as you see fit, but don’t forget to watch:
Mamma Mia!: You’ll have to wait a few months until it comes out on DVD, but if you’re into disco and dancing and lots of giggly wedding antics, this may be all you really need.
Muriel’s Wedding: Remember when Toni Collette was obscure? And Australian? And was hopelessly single and obsessed with ABBA, until she got married and was still kind of obsessed with ABBA? Man. Those were good days.
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: Who knew Australia was such an ABBA-happy place? Consider this: Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving (yes, that would be King of the Elves), and Guy Pearce, of Memento fame, as two drag queens and a transsexual on a road trip. With ABBA songs. WIN, obviously.
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