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Not even worth repeating, frankly.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

No contradiction there. I prefer the original music. And they sampled from that score and I enjoyed it. And I think the 2nd film tried too hard to be just like the first (and part of that was shown by tapping into the Sherman Brothers score). I also think the songwriters of the 2nd film...

Peg and I saw Mary Poppins Returns this afternoon. I was buoyed by the reports here about how fabulous it was. But I'm not going to get on that train. The movie was ok. Good, in fact. If there hadn't already been 1964's Mary Poppins, I'd probably be much more enthusiastic. But this...

Hmmmmm. Who was available that they could have gotten to write the songs.....? There must've been someone...! :D

Oh...I got what ya meant. But, first, I still had to check to see if I had clicked on the wrong link! :D

This made me triple-check if I was really in the Mary Poppins Returns thread... :laugh:

Pre-ordered (with coupon). Thanks, Jake. Weirdly, when I went to the Amazon page to order just now, it was still showing the first image for me (not the actual cover art). I'm encouraged by the two songs Disney put up on YT. I'm reserving judgment still, but continue to remain hopeful. :D

While I still wish he was an active participant (because I have such an admiration for the man's unparalleled talent), It is good to hear that things were at least run by him. :thumbsup: I'm looking forward to seeing what they've done with this movie. Thomas' quick review is very encouraging:

Her impression of a cow was quite mooooooooooving.

I believe the word we're looking for is pablum, then. "Very important," indeed.

Huh?

All of it (not an easy experience for me). From my perspective, a clear majority of Hamilton is rap and there was maybe only one or two songs (out of dozens) that I didn't hate. But that's just me. I'm all for people liking Hamilton and being introduced to the stories of the amazing men who...

The subject of the founding fathers never fails to entrance me. Put it in front of me and I will devour it. And I love musicals. But I can't abide Hamilton. Like you, Chris, I've tried and tried. It's a total fail for me. Even if (and, of course, this is a big IF as I have no idea what's...

So everyone who wants to hear Lin Manuel-Miranda rap again...can do so a couple weeks before they go see the movie! Yay! :rolleyes: I'm sorry. I'm acting rather trollish here. I should probably bow out of this discussion until after the film hits. I've got so much negative angst about so...

Merriam-Webster only needs to make the change if they want to get it right. Things have never been right since they bought out ol' Noah Webster's estate. Been downhill (and sloppy) ever since.

That's really all I was saying. It's difficult to take seriously anything in an article that refers to Emily Blunt as a "legend"--no matter how big a fan of the actress one might be. And I've really liked a number of her films. That's the thing. Wanna be a legend? You gotta have a long...

That's fine. Like I said, that's not my understanding of proper usage.

I guess we have different understandings of the meaning of legendary, Jake.

The two big take-aways for me from that article: 1.) Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda are "legendary performers." 2.) Lin-Manuel Miranda is going to rap in this movie. Yay.

I watched the trailer again tonight (actually, I showed Peg...who basically agreed with me. Love that woman!). And...I realized that three members of the cast of the film Mamma Mia are in this film. Take THAT for what its worth! :laugh:

Wasn't the purpose of Disney's 1964 Mary Poppins to set things right for a depressed, dysfunctional parent who used the children to help in the task of setting things right?

Of course not. Me neither. In fact, it would be stupid if it ddn't.

Philip: If you haven't seen Saving Mr. Banks, you should.

It's always possible they specifically designed the trailer to include nothing but call-backs to the original film in order to put people in the seats who WANT a contemporary version of the same story. And then, maybe, we get a new story as the film plays out. A new story. I assume all ten...

Then I'm more than happy to explain, Jake. Everything in that trailer is a call-back to the original film...too many things for me to take the time to enumerate them all. So I look at the trailer and see a 2018 remake of 1964's Mary Poppins. But the one thing that won't make the transition to...

Kinda looks like a remake...don't it?!? :( Almost a scene-by-scene copy. But without the Sherman Brothers? Maybe THAT'S why they have been holding back on the release of a trailer.

Yeah, I was only joking. I watched Cinderella 2 instead.

Mary Poppins Returns = Stupid. (I was going to write "Stupid Idea" but, then, it's really not much of an idea, is it?) How did the Travers estate ever go along with this? I guess they don't have the concern for the characters as their creator did. Much like the way the Disney company...