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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: Waterloo (2018)
Just as good as the first!
Don't see it unless you've seen the first as it makes much more sense and the humour is greater if you have...... but do see both. I wasn't sure you could make another just using ABBA songs but the writers have done a great job. Nothing seemed contrived - the story continued seamlessly from the first, albeit a number of years later in the character's lives. A truly feel good movie.
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Too PC
Having just come from living in Hong Kong I thought that this might be funny. Despite the diplomatic idea that the world's populations are all the same, the cultures are all different (i.e. we can be equal in value but different in culture) and within these differences there is much humour (and frustration and confusion etc but again - also humour). I thought that this might be the Asian equivalent of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" ..... or the Australian movie "The Castle" or any number of other movies that send up their own national idiosyncrasies. However, perhaps it is 10 years to early - to close to the mass arrival of Asian immigrants to the West for the script writers to truely embrace the stereotypes and pull out all stops because they started strong with the first scene from the 90's and then backed away from growing the comedy from there. In the end, it was just (and I emphasise 'just') a western rom-com set in Singapore with Asian stars. I thought the acting was strong and it was a good cast but the 'Crazy' characters were introduced and then passed over where they needed to have there own minor storylines to add comedic value...... it just lacked the confidence with the writing to push the envelope and revel in the comedic opportunities that the title "CRAZY Rich Asians" implied.