Post by bigtuna on Mar 24, 2009 5:00:28 GMT -5
I almost typed Mary Poopins in the title. Does it make me a bad person that I giggled at that?
Anywho, a few days ago, Dave and I decided to go to Walmart to pick up Guitar Hero. We went into the electronics section, and comparing the differences between Rockband and Guitar Hero, looking to see what other video games they had, yadda yadda, when I look up at the rows of display tv's.
I tap Dave on the arm, and say "HOLY (poop)! IT'S STEPPING TIME!" That's right, they were playing Mary Poppins. I stood there and watched Dick Van Dyke and company as they went galavanting on the roof tops, turned to dave and said "(screw) it, i'm buying this movie." and so i did.
The last time i'd watched Mary Poppins was well over 14 years ago, so watching it again now was like experiencing it all for the first time. When I was 6, all I cared about was Dick Van Dyke's funny faces, the funny songs, the bright colours, the cartoon penguins, and that was it. I'd never really been able to comprehend just what was going on in the film. Never payed attention to the lyrics in the songs, never payed attention to the implications of Bert and Mary's relationship, or the lesson at the end of the film, and never really gave any thought to the wonderful special effects.
I can't imagine anyone here having not seen Mary Poppins (almost typed poopins again), but i'm going to summarize it just in case.
It starts out with Bert (Dick Van Dyke) doing a one man band performance with a whacky contraption, that looked like something out of Caractacus Potts' workshop. He delivers some expositional dialogue and shows us the main setting for the film, Cherry Tree Lane.
We're soon introduced to the Banks family, who live at 17 Cherry Tree Lane. We learn that the banks children have run off in search of a kite, and their nanny is sick of their (poop), and peaces out. Then we meet the parents, Mr. Banks, a stiff-ass brit, and Mrs. Banks, a sufferagette. They're both well meaning enough, but aren't particularly good parents, mom never being home because she's throwing eggs at political figures, and the dad always making a big fuss about rules and order blah blah blah.
Since the last nanny bounced, Mr. Banks decides that since he thinks women fail at everything, he'll hire the new nanny instead of leaving it to his wife.
The children write a list of things they want in a nanny, and after having the list sung to him, Mr. Banks tears it up and throws it in the fire place, and then it flies away. The list, not the fireplace, although that woulda been neat too.
Mary Poppins gets the children's list, and after force pushing the line of would-be nannies out of the way, shows up and pretty much tells Mr. Banks that she's the new nanny.
This is where stuff starts to get cool. After pulling some impractically large items out of a small-ish bag (MAGIC!) and decorating the room, Mary Poppins shows the kids the lazy way of cleaning the nursery. Soon enough all kinds of whacky hijinks ensue, involving laughing men, levitation, chalk drawings, tap-dancing cartoon penguins, a horse race, and well, you get the idea.
(on a side note, if you listen to Mary's verse in Jolly Holiday, she pretty much tells Bert that he isn't getting any action from her. didn't notice that last time i saw the movie. mostly because I was 6.)
Mr. Banks decides that fun is nothing children should be having, and after a failed attempt at firing Mary Poppins, gets tricked into taking them to the bank. The kids don't want their money in the bank though, cause a big scene and end up getting their father fired. Then Mr. Banks loses his (poop) and i guess learns his lesson about how being a stiff-ass brit is bad, and takes his kids kiting. Is kiting a word? He flies a kite with them.
The story isn't really anything special, what makes this movie timeless is the visuals. It's all clearly done on a soundstage, but it's an absolutely gorgeous film. The sets are fantastic, with some of the most beautiful matte paintings i've ever seen.
The special effects blew my mind. THEY CLIMB A STAIRCASE MADE OUT OF SMOKE! MAN! HOW'D THEY DO THAT?! I DON'T KNOW BUT IT WAS AWESOME.
The songs are all fantastic. I would like to make specific mention of the song Feed The Birds. Hands down, my favourite song from the movie. It's just a gorgeous piece of music. I used to ask my mom to sing it to me when i went to bed when i was little, so it brought back pleasant memories. But not only that, the scene is beautiful. If you haven't seen the movie, youtube that scene, you won't regret it.
It's an absolute delight to watch Dick Van Dyke on screen. his faces are hilarious, he has all kinds of funny lines, and man can that guy dance. his legs are like 11 and a half feet tall and made out of rubber.
The kids are ugly and can't really act, but their kids so i'll let it slide, just this once.
Julie Andrews is amazing. and by amazing, I mean she was so hot when this movie was made, i'd have sex with her now just because of what she used to look like. She has the voice of an angel. That woman could make me watch anything. I'd have watched Bloodrayne if she was in it.
Anywho, yeah. This movie rocked my face 7 ways to sunday. If you've never seen it, my condolences. Go see it. If you haven't seen it, like me, since you were a kid, go out and pick it up. It brought back a lot of memories, and it was great to re-experience, now that i understand what's going on.
Either way, i highly suggest that you go out and rent it, sit down with the family and enjoy it. Disney is always going on about how everything they do is magic, but this movie truly is.
Anywho, a few days ago, Dave and I decided to go to Walmart to pick up Guitar Hero. We went into the electronics section, and comparing the differences between Rockband and Guitar Hero, looking to see what other video games they had, yadda yadda, when I look up at the rows of display tv's.
I tap Dave on the arm, and say "HOLY (poop)! IT'S STEPPING TIME!" That's right, they were playing Mary Poppins. I stood there and watched Dick Van Dyke and company as they went galavanting on the roof tops, turned to dave and said "(screw) it, i'm buying this movie." and so i did.
The last time i'd watched Mary Poppins was well over 14 years ago, so watching it again now was like experiencing it all for the first time. When I was 6, all I cared about was Dick Van Dyke's funny faces, the funny songs, the bright colours, the cartoon penguins, and that was it. I'd never really been able to comprehend just what was going on in the film. Never payed attention to the lyrics in the songs, never payed attention to the implications of Bert and Mary's relationship, or the lesson at the end of the film, and never really gave any thought to the wonderful special effects.
I can't imagine anyone here having not seen Mary Poppins (almost typed poopins again), but i'm going to summarize it just in case.
It starts out with Bert (Dick Van Dyke) doing a one man band performance with a whacky contraption, that looked like something out of Caractacus Potts' workshop. He delivers some expositional dialogue and shows us the main setting for the film, Cherry Tree Lane.
We're soon introduced to the Banks family, who live at 17 Cherry Tree Lane. We learn that the banks children have run off in search of a kite, and their nanny is sick of their (poop), and peaces out. Then we meet the parents, Mr. Banks, a stiff-ass brit, and Mrs. Banks, a sufferagette. They're both well meaning enough, but aren't particularly good parents, mom never being home because she's throwing eggs at political figures, and the dad always making a big fuss about rules and order blah blah blah.
Since the last nanny bounced, Mr. Banks decides that since he thinks women fail at everything, he'll hire the new nanny instead of leaving it to his wife.
The children write a list of things they want in a nanny, and after having the list sung to him, Mr. Banks tears it up and throws it in the fire place, and then it flies away. The list, not the fireplace, although that woulda been neat too.
Mary Poppins gets the children's list, and after force pushing the line of would-be nannies out of the way, shows up and pretty much tells Mr. Banks that she's the new nanny.
This is where stuff starts to get cool. After pulling some impractically large items out of a small-ish bag (MAGIC!) and decorating the room, Mary Poppins shows the kids the lazy way of cleaning the nursery. Soon enough all kinds of whacky hijinks ensue, involving laughing men, levitation, chalk drawings, tap-dancing cartoon penguins, a horse race, and well, you get the idea.
(on a side note, if you listen to Mary's verse in Jolly Holiday, she pretty much tells Bert that he isn't getting any action from her. didn't notice that last time i saw the movie. mostly because I was 6.)
Mr. Banks decides that fun is nothing children should be having, and after a failed attempt at firing Mary Poppins, gets tricked into taking them to the bank. The kids don't want their money in the bank though, cause a big scene and end up getting their father fired. Then Mr. Banks loses his (poop) and i guess learns his lesson about how being a stiff-ass brit is bad, and takes his kids kiting. Is kiting a word? He flies a kite with them.
The story isn't really anything special, what makes this movie timeless is the visuals. It's all clearly done on a soundstage, but it's an absolutely gorgeous film. The sets are fantastic, with some of the most beautiful matte paintings i've ever seen.
The special effects blew my mind. THEY CLIMB A STAIRCASE MADE OUT OF SMOKE! MAN! HOW'D THEY DO THAT?! I DON'T KNOW BUT IT WAS AWESOME.
The songs are all fantastic. I would like to make specific mention of the song Feed The Birds. Hands down, my favourite song from the movie. It's just a gorgeous piece of music. I used to ask my mom to sing it to me when i went to bed when i was little, so it brought back pleasant memories. But not only that, the scene is beautiful. If you haven't seen the movie, youtube that scene, you won't regret it.
It's an absolute delight to watch Dick Van Dyke on screen. his faces are hilarious, he has all kinds of funny lines, and man can that guy dance. his legs are like 11 and a half feet tall and made out of rubber.
The kids are ugly and can't really act, but their kids so i'll let it slide, just this once.
Julie Andrews is amazing. and by amazing, I mean she was so hot when this movie was made, i'd have sex with her now just because of what she used to look like. She has the voice of an angel. That woman could make me watch anything. I'd have watched Bloodrayne if she was in it.
Anywho, yeah. This movie rocked my face 7 ways to sunday. If you've never seen it, my condolences. Go see it. If you haven't seen it, like me, since you were a kid, go out and pick it up. It brought back a lot of memories, and it was great to re-experience, now that i understand what's going on.
Either way, i highly suggest that you go out and rent it, sit down with the family and enjoy it. Disney is always going on about how everything they do is magic, but this movie truly is.
