Posted on 12/31/2013 12:16:35 AM PST by mylife
Wow, that’s two people that actually dislike Mary Poppins. I would also strongly disagree about your assessment of the father. Both parents were largely ignoring their children and foisting them off on the nanny, the father concerned about his career at the bank, the mother concerned about her political activism. I think that was a highly realistic portrayal and by the end of the film, had the parents realizing how important it was to bond with the children (as Bert’s song said, (before) it was too late). Both David Tomlinson and Glynnis Johns were magnificent in their portrayals, as were the children. Certainly eons better than the “dumb dads” and mouthy kids we see portrayed today.
Are the Nanny McPhee movies based on the Nurse Matilda books by Christiana Brand more in the way P. Travers envisioned her Mary Poppins ?
It was an interesting facet in the McPhee movies that as the children learned their lessons Nanny McPhee lost her warts one by one. Doing good for others does you good too.
CK doesn’t have a dull moment. There’s a special effect of some sort in virtually every scene!
He’s pretty serious! Travers hated the film so much that in the 1990s when the stage musical was being planned she stipulated that no one involved with the film take part.
I don’t like it either. It’s a dreary kids’ film that goes on way too long.
I’m a frequent moviegoer.
I no more care what the political persuasion of an actor is than the political persuasion of a surgeon or an airline pilot.
If they’re good at what they do that’s all that matters to me.
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It may reflect poorly on me, but every time I’ve tried to watch CK, I’ve become distracted/bored within 15 minutes.
No offense meant here, but wacky libs are much more fun than conservatives. They should just not be allowed to run anything.
She hated it all the way to the bank.
I’ve read the major Disney bios and well before this movie (which I haven’t gone to see yet) I read the New Yorker article. So I am familiar with her opinions disagreements.
I liked how she complained of how they turned Poppins in to a “soubrette”.
Harlan Ellison a nothing to do with anything.
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