Dear God in heaven, I had forgotten exactly how dreadful Dick Van Dyke's whole role is in Mary Poppins. And I think I'd be happier if the song and dance numbers were shorter.
Mal: Then I call it a win. What's the problem? Inara: Should I start with the part where you're stranded in the middle of nowhere, or the part where you have no clothes?
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Atropa - Dec 21, 2006 8:13:24 pm PST #6579 of 10001
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Theodosia - Dec 22, 2006 1:33:45 am PST #6580 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Jilli, I was small and hadn't ever met an English-type person.
I can probably trace all of my Anglophilic tendencies directly to that movie.
Scrappy - Dec 22, 2006 7:32:24 am PST #6581 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Aw, he's charming, Jilli. He just has an execrable accent.
Atropa - Dec 22, 2006 7:39:01 am PST #6582 of 10001
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Don't get me wrong, there are parts of the Mary Poppins movie that I am very fond of. But I re-read a bunch of the books in the past few days, and the movie is NOT Mary Poppins.
Aw, he's charming, Jilli. He just has an execrable accent.
I couldn't get past the accent last night. I also couldn't get past my "But but but Bert is a minor character! Why is he getting so much screen time? Noooo, not another overly-long song and dance number!" reaction.
Scrappy - Dec 22, 2006 7:50:38 am PST #6583 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I enjoy the movie by pretending it has NOTHING to so with the books. On its own, it's a lovely confection with a great score. The books are deeper and darker.
DavidS - Dec 22, 2006 7:53:01 am PST #6584 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My favorite parts in the Mary Poppins movies are the chimney sweep dance on the rooftops and when they go into the sidewalk painting. Both feature a lot of Bert.
As Scrappy notes, it is one of the best Disney scores ever with many very lovely and plaintive tunes. "Stay Awake," "Feed the Birds," "Chim Chimeree" - all those minor key melodies.
Atropa - Dec 22, 2006 7:56:36 am PST #6585 of 10001
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I enjoy the movie by pretending it has NOTHING to so with the books.
That's what I ended up doing. I think the glass of absinthe I was drinking helped with that, tho'.
On its own, it's a lovely confection with a great score.
Oh, I love a lot of the songs. Not to mention I spent a very long time when I was young teaching myself how to say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious backwards.
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2006 11:22:21 am PST #6586 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
beekaytee - Dec 22, 2006 12:41:56 pm PST #6587 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Prosthetics on Keith Richards? Talk about redundancy in abundancy.
flea - Dec 23, 2006 5:51:59 am PST #6588 of 10001
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I recently learned that there is a biopic of Beatrix Potter coming out soon. Starring Renee Zellweger.
There is not enough NOOOOOOOOO in the world.