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MatthewLouwrens · 12-13-2006, 06:48 PM

I would say, break down and watch them. Here in NZ, there are six Laughs films that are completely unavailable full stop, in either VHS or DVD. So you're in better position than I am.

Wow, it has been tough in the past few months to find time to watch anything. I did manage to watch Mary Poppins a few weeks ago, but never got around to posting anything at the time.

I didn't really like it at all. There were some good moments - the park sequence was really great - but overall it just was very episodic, with very little follow-through of events from one scene to the next. Mary Poppins was just so sickly and sweet - I was intrigued to learn that P L Travers' version was much more stern, and the books much darker, which I think would have been quite interesting.

Some of the songs are good, and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" is a very cool fun song that I do enjoy. Some of the other songs, though - I know Walt loved "Feed The Birds", but he was wrong.

And, my gosh, that accent. I sat down, thinking "Surely it's not as bad as they all say." But it just hurt to listen to.

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MatthewLouwrens Member Location: New Zealand Join Date: Mar 2003 Local Time: 09:39 AM Local Date: 10-14-2008 Posts: 2,906	Re: AFI 100 Years Series Discussion & Challenges, vol. 2 I would say, break down and watch them. Here in NZ, there are six Laughs films that are completely unavailable full stop, in either VHS or DVD. So you're in better position than I am. Wow, it has been tough in the past few months to find time to watch anything. I did manage to watch Mary Poppins a few weeks ago, but never got around to posting anything at the time. I didn't really like it at all. There were some good moments - the park sequence was really great - but overall it just was very episodic, with very little follow-through of events from one scene to the next. Mary Poppins was just so sickly and sweet - I was intrigued to learn that P L Travers' version was much more stern, and the books much darker, which I think would have been quite interesting. Some of the songs are good, and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" is a very cool fun song that I do enjoy. Some of the other songs, though - I know Walt loved "Feed The Birds", but he was wrong. And, my gosh, that accent. I sat down, thinking "Surely it's not as bad as they all say." But it just hurt to listen to. AFI Top 100 lists: 100 Movies, 100 Thrills - Completed 100 Laughs - 24 to go - last seen: The Freshman 100 Passions - 39 to go - last seen: Breakfast At Tiffany's 100 Heroes & Villains - 10 to go - last seen: Tom Powers in The Public Enemy 100 Songs - 45 to go - last seen: "Moon River" from Breakfast At Tiffany's 100 Quotes - 19 to go - last seen: "Toga! Toga!" in Animal House 100 Years of Film Scores - 3 to go - last seen: How the West Was Won 100 Cheers - 43 to go - last seen: Philadelphia TOTAL (458 movies) - 145 to go - My AFI movie list here. My blog / Films watched in 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008.