hey guys i'm writing regular type for now, and i've read your reviews and the winning movie i'm reviewing today is...
"MARY POPPINS!"
yep! mary poppins the movie that stars julie andrews, and dick van dyke. this was one of the movies that got people wild to watch! it's fun, it's friendly, and hey it's a musical, what else can i say? well...
lets start with the story...
the story starts off with bert playing in his one man band to get a little extra money, and i'm guessing he's a chimney cleaner...i don't know there's a musical number about chimneys and dancing on smoke. oh well he's playing his music and we move along to the house of gorge banks.( i know there is a part where two guys in a house blows fake cannons and stuff but i'm not even getting to there.) so the previous nanny quits because the banks children jane and micheal is missing, hmmmm i wonder why? then the banks childern return with a cop and a broken kite, it just so happens that their kite flew away and they went to go get it.
it turns out that the father is a control grow-up-when-your-young kind of man and the mother is a free spirited woman who wants women to vote, go-figure. and both parents have no time for their children so they hire nannies to take over. well it seems that most movies with over worked parents have nannies that either don't like kids or too stupid enough to figure out that the children are more wild then the parents say they are. well at this time frame you can't really blame them.
so the children feel bad for upsetting the nanny and disappointing their father so they fix it by writing a nanny wanted letter which is actually a song. i'm serious go watch the first 20 mins of the movie the like second song is about finding a nanny! it's sooo cute you just want to go in there and pinch those kids faces.
so the father takes the letter under consideration and once the children are gone he...tears up the paper? wow your a good father, ( she said sarcastically.) but that doesn't stop, we soon see mary poppins getting the letter even tough it's been teared up and thrown in the fire pit. and she feel that she needs to go and apply. did i mention she was in a cloud when she got the letter? yea... awesome! so the next day dozens of nannies line up at the front door to apply for the nanny job. i'm not kidding there is like 50 at the door, dear me, it's like when me and my family lined up for the grand opening of pet smart... that line is HUGE! but thanks to the magic of film editing all those nannies are being blown away by a huge gust of wind! ( ha,ha, that's always my favorite part. go away stupid nannies there is only one person for the job.) ok so every nanny is gone and mary poppins shows up at the door and she tells mr. banks about the letter. at mr. banks is confused because he remembers himself ripping the paper and throwing the paper away. let me fast forward mary introduces herself to the children and invites them to come with her on a outing, but the children can't go because they have to clean their room, well that's all fix by a musical number, trust me if you go on youtube and check out the song 'a spoon full of sugar' it's one of the best songs ever! there is even a part where mary calls her mirror self cheeky, i was hoping she would say show off.
after the room is clean they get on their suits and head outside where they find bert mary's long distance friend who loves to paint, is a chimney worker, and a excellent band player. bert tells the kids that they can go into one of the pictures a particular one with a yellow road. after a couple of failed attempts mary shows bert how it's done. now this is my favorite part of the movie where the kids ride on magical horses, sing the most catchy song with a bunch of cartoons, dance with penguins and go on races. it's the most colorful part of the movie. but all colorful scenes have to end somewhere and that when it started raining! oh-no. well mary, the kids and bert escape the painting and now all of the paintings are ruined.
wait then what happened to the cartoons and penguins? did they die? i hope not. ( broken heart)
oh well mary and the children go back home to dry up and get ready for bed but with all that rain pouring down the children and mary all have to take medicine, which the children hate. but once they taste it , the flavor is magic too! WOW! you know what why can't real medicine taste like something we like? i mean i try not to get myself sick just because i hate the taste of cherry and grape but right now i wish marry poppins would be my nanny! I WOULD CHUG THE WHOLE BOTTLE OF MEDICINE IF IT TASTED LIKE ICE CREAM! it won't be healthy but i would do it. thats said time too move on. the children state that their way too excited so mary just let them be, but she makes a comeback and sings a soft song about not going to sleep, and i'm not going to lie here i almost fell asleep too! you did it again julie andrews!
is it just me or does something seems strange here? ok have you seen sound of music before? well julie andrews also plays main role in that movie and she's a nanny for a group of children who father is strict, british, and name is gorge. and this movie she plays the main role of a nanny for a smaller group of children who father is strict, british, and name is gorge...? ehh? does that seem like a coincidence to you i mean i just noticed that right now, and ive been watching it for like all my life. *sigh* story of my life.
ok moving on, gorge... what can i say the man is mean! after mary took the job the house is more cheerful, but mr. by the book says otherwise.( god i want to punch him.) mary and the children take off again and a dog tells mary that there is trouble at uncle albert's house. so the kids go and check it out. the kids find bert and uncle albert and guess what one of them is flying! yep uncle albert is the one who is flying, it turns out that only in that house it also has magic powers where if you laugh enough you will float to the ceiling. now i find that funny. mary tries to get him down but it won't work and she is supposed to have a tea party or something... sorry i can't explain that. now there is a musical number on this it's called ' love to laugh' i almost peed myself listening to that song. so the kids and bert make it up to the ceiling and none of them will come down so mary does the right thing and not go against them but to join them, almost. she flies up there with the tea table and stuff and they have tea in the ceiling. and now i really wish mary was my nanny! but that has to end, the children ask how can you get down and albert says the only way to get down is to think of something sad. and it works the children and the two men got down and mary follows. the children and mary leaves and bert is back in the air with albert. go-figure.
ok so when they got back home the children tells their dad about the fun day they had, and of course the dad doesn't listen. now this is sounding like the sound of music, i mean strict father, nice nanny, misunderstood children, does that at all seem familiar to you? of course the story plot is different but the characters seems the same. right?
ok so mr. banks doesn't like the way that mary is taking care of his children so he plans that the next day he takes them out to the real world to learn about money, good god! their children how old are they like nine? i mean my dad is teaching me this stuff right now but i'm a teenager i'm almost a adult i need to learn these things but not these children at this age! that's like...a dog who doesn't bark or get dirty, that's...that's not right!
so mary goes with the idea but tells the children that they will be passing a old friend, a woman who feeds the birds everyday. guys at the second bedtime scene i cried... it's so sad... people needs to help that woman because she is helping the animals and we need to help her. * sheds tear* the next day the children do pass by the old woman and micheal wants to give his money to the woman, and banks being as his cold hard self refuses his son to do just that. in the bank the children is given a lesson on what saving the money can do to him. i'm not getting all into detail here so let me tell you what happens after that scene. the heads of the bank give a all out fit on getting the money and the little boy motivates the other bankers to get back their money this ends up as the children running away from the chaos and once again meeting bert. who just got done finishing his job as a chimney cleaner. bert walks the children home and the mother asks bert to watch over the kids while she goes off on her little debates on woman's vote. bert shows the kids his job by cleaning their chimney and micheal by accident get swept to the chimney, mary soon shows up and bert tells her that the boy is now on the roof. then the girl goes up with him. and then mary and then bert. this leads to the song 'step in time' which starts with a bunch of chimney cleaners on the roof and ends up in the house of the banks where mr. banks comes home with all the chimney cleaners leaving in a musical form.
after that gets fired at his job at the bank because of the chaos and he blames it all on mary poppins. the children makes it up by giving gorge the money the bank wants. this leads to gorge going to the bank and telling the heads that he is a changed man, and he finally tells a joke witch makes the head, head laugh for the first time. now i can't tell you the ending because i don't want to ruin it . i guess you'll have to find out for yourself .
now i'm going to talk about the characters in the movie:
mary poppins: a fun loving woman who finds time for fun and being serious, but in a caring way. she understands children but knows the right time to explain something to them.
bert:a poor chimney cleaner with high spirits a talent for art and music. friend of mary.
micheal banks: he is the youngest of the banks children.
jane banks:oldest of the banks children
gorge banks:strict father of the banks children but changes in the end
winifred banks:mother of the banks children, rebellion.
uncle albert:the uncle of mary, spends most time in the ceiling and is taken care of by bert.
songs:
" sister suffragette"
" the life i lead"
" the perfect nanny"
" a spoonful of sugar"
" jolly hoilday"
"supercailfragilisticexpialidocious"
"stay awake"
" i love to laugh"
"feed the birds"
"fidelity fiduciary bank"
"chim, chim, cher-ee"
"step in time"
" a man has dreams"
" let's go fly a kite"
facts about mary poppins:
1: the release date for this movie was december 23 1964 two years after walt disney died.
2: it was nominated for a oscar for best picture
3: the producer was walt disney himself and his co-producer was bill walsh
4: this was a musical in 2006 in the new amsterdan theatre
5: walt disney said that it was one of the crowning achievements of his life time.
6: the person that plays uncle albert also voiced the mad hatter in disney's alice in wonderland
7: dick van dyke also plays a part in night in the musuem 1 and 2 and plays the father in chitty chitty bang bang.
now here are the good things about mary poppins
1: it's good for kids
2:the songs are great
3: the scenes and pictures are very pretty
4: it brings a good message
5: the acting is great
6: it has good conflict and humor at the right times
7: it's friendly for the whole family.
now in these reviews i would point out the good and bad about each movie but what bad thing is in this movie? it stars julie andrews! that just proves it mary poppins is the movie that gets us laughing and singing all the time.
i mean how many of you watch this movie and ended up singing a spoon full of sugar while working?
or started singing supercailfragilisticexpialidocious when your making a point?
to me mary poppins is the movie that i will always love and will see over and over again.
so over all mary poppins is really a amazing movie to watch. so go check it out!
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