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Mary Poppins Returns opens today
| December 20th, 2018 at 11:06:58 AM permalink | |
| beachbumbabs Member since: Sep 3, 2013 Threads: 6 Posts: 1600 | Part of the fun of it, Mary Poppins is a truly heinous witch. It's not all sugar by a long way. Never doubt a small group of concerned citizens can change the world; it's the only thing ever has |
| December 20th, 2018 at 11:15:09 AM permalink | |
| reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 |
It's not my favorite Disney movie, but it is the only Disney movie with a musical scene sung by bank executives: "You can purchase first and second trust deeds Think of the foreclosures!" |
| December 20th, 2018 at 11:21:20 AM permalink | |
| reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 |
Incorrect. Disney's Song of the South was released in 1946. Mary Poppins was released in 1964. Incidentally, there's a ride at Disneyland based on Song of the South even though it was never released on VHS, DVD, or Blu-Ray! One of the lead actors in film was prohibited to attend the movie's premiere in Atlanta due to his skin color. |
| December 20th, 2018 at 11:27:35 AM permalink | |
| reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 |
Incidentally, Walt Disney mistakenly thought that Mary Poppins' goal was to save the 2 kids. But PL Travers (the author of the books) corrected Walt, explaining that Poppins' goal was to save the horrible father from his own worst tendencies, hence the film title Saving Mr. Banks. It's probably not a coincidence that Mrs. Travers was an unpleasant person that Walt couldn't stand. |
| December 20th, 2018 at 12:11:17 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
WW gave me the creeps, never seen most of it. I like Johnny Depp but know I would hate him in WW. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| December 20th, 2018 at 12:39:13 PM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12533 |
Glad there's still one person out there who likes him. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| December 20th, 2018 at 12:48:07 PM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 |
The Gene Wilder original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is much better than the remake. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| December 20th, 2018 at 12:56:52 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Good god, really? The orig was creepy and awful, and the remake is worse? Not possible. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| December 20th, 2018 at 1:02:46 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 |
You don't like seeing a chicken get its head cut off? I heard the PC Police were all over the color of the ooompa loompahs in the remake. The President is a fink. |
| December 20th, 2018 at 1:16:36 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
I pride myself on not knowing what the heck an oompa loompa is. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |