Comments on: Mary Poppins: 45th Anniversary Edition

By: Disney to Produce Mary Poppins Documentary “Saving Mr. Banks” » DVDs Worth Watching

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 13:36:30 +0000

[...] movie will cover how it took Mr. Disney 20 years to get the film rights for Mary Poppins from author Travers and the struggles between the two while the movie was being made, along with a [...]

By: The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story » DVDs Worth Watching

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story » DVDs Worth Watching — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:19:40 +0000

[...] won the Best Song Oscar in 1965; the score also won an Oscar and a Grammy) and the other music for Mary Poppins; songs for “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (the theme song of which got them another Oscar [...]

By: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Special Deal » DVDs Worth Watching

Bedknobs and Broomsticks Special Deal » DVDs Worth Watching — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:07:09 +0000

[...] Broomsticks is available for $7 (list price $30). I know it’s a bargain-basement remake of Mary Poppins, from the voyaging to animated lands to the wacky associates, but I still like [...]

By: Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse » DVDs Worth Watching

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:12:44 +0000

[...] or or Jafar or Cruella de Ville — all served food and drinks by the penguin waiters from Mary Poppins! Even obscure Disney characters appear, such as Panchito and Jose Carioca (from The Three [...]

By: Roger A.

Roger A. — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:09:10 +0000

Great review, KC. I like the fact that you pointed out the real message of the movie. This is not a children’s movie as many would claim, but a family movie. What Disney did with many of his classic movies was make something that was enjoyable for the 8-year-old but equally enjoyable for the adult watching it with them. That’s not easy to do well, but he did it numerous times.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:02:39 +0000

Aw, Brigid, what a touching story! Teary.

Santo, one of my favorite recent SNL bits was watching Anne Hathaway do a perfect Julie Andrews.

By: El Santo

El Santo — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:52:37 +0000

The bank scenes are what Mary Poppins is all about!

That’s what I took away from my business classes, in any case. That scene where there’s a run on the bank came up in at least two of my classes.

Also, why is every new actress determined not to become the next Julie Andrews? It seems like a helluva honor. I’ll warrant her career will be remembered more fondly than a lot of her contemporaries.

By: Brigid

Brigid — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:42:09 +0000

My dad took me to see Mary Poppins when I was four years old, and I thought it was fantastic. Like you, I had the soundtrack album, although I thought “Feed the Birds” was beautiful and it made me teary. Then I got the books, which I found very disappointing compared to the movie, and I even had a real Mary Poppins doll, complete with umbrella and carpetbag.

We got the DVD when my kids were little, and like you, I was impressed with how slooooow it was compared to what we are used to.

The last time I saw it was also with my dad–he was in an Alzheimer’s unit, and they were playing it one day on the big-screen TV in the rec room. We sat together and watched, munching on watermelon cubes. What I noticed that time was the class sensibility, marked by things like Burt’s accent, and the subtle social commentary. I really enjoyed it, and so did Dad, except the roles had pretty much reversed from the first time we saw it together.

And yeah, “Feed the Birds” is always going to make me tear up now.

By: Paul Hammond

Paul Hammond — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:36:52 +0000

I have been a MP fan since I was little. I played the album to death and could say supercalifragilistic expialidocious backwards and forwards. I have watched it occasionally since, but on a visit to Manhattan I got handed a ticket to the Broadway musical. It took me about 5 minutes to get over not having Julie Andrews in the lead. Besides reliving my childhood favorites I was a amazed by the sheer production values. I highly reccomend it.