The Best of the not so good Musicals

This movie is truly odd.

1. The music is excellent. As a long ABBA fan, I just loved all the songs.

2. There are no choreographies. They just moved around and dance a little bit.

2. Is not a traditional musical. The pre-made songs are fit into the story, sometimes awkwardly.

3. The chronology is off. Although the actual Musical play has been eliminating this goofs.

4. The acting is not good, but is funny. They're having a good time and it shows.

5. The actors do their singing. They're not very good at that, although Streep and Seyfried are fair enough.

6. The scenery in Greece is just gorgeous.

7. The story is fun to watch, easy going with no melodrama attached.

8. The editing is choppy, the direction amateurish, and especially the lighting is awful, truly horrendous, like at the scenes outside of the hotel.

9. Not even close in cinematic quality to West Side Story, Moulin Rouge, The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins or Les Miserables.
But better than...High School Musical?

10. But...I love ABBA songs, I liked all the actors, the scenery, the fun story and somehow is just one of the most enjoyable musical films to watch.

So I have to give it a 10/10.