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Post by piebaker on Dec 29, 2018 18:25:30 GMT
We enjoyed it!
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Post by hennybutton on Dec 31, 2018 6:25:33 GMT
That was the first movie I saw in a theater- my aunt took me. While I loved it as a child, there's no way I would want to repeat it. Mary Poppins was my first movie in the theater when I was three years old. I saw it with my grandparents. Today, I took my seven year old granddaughter to see it. I was surprised to see how many grandparents were in there with their grandchildren. I guess a lot of us wanted to share the experience with the grands. I thought the film was a worthy sequel. Of course, nothing will ever match the magic of the first. I thought Emily Blunt did a good job of making Mary Poppins her own. It was definitely the same character, but with more of an edge. Lin Manuel Miranda was totally adorable, as slways, but I had a hard time with a New York Puerto Rican playing an English lamplighter. His accent wasn't as bad a Dick Van Dyke's in the original, but it was less convincing. His character was really sweet though and I liked the chemistry between him and Jane. Overall, my granddauter and I enjoyed it very much. She said she liked it better than the first. She liked the sad parts.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2018 14:06:57 GMT
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Post by nitad on Dec 31, 2018 16:18:53 GMT
My brother and I saw it on Boxing Day and we both adored it. Unfortunately we followed it up with Holmes and Watson. I urge you all to avoid that one like the plague!
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Post by nitad on Dec 31, 2018 16:20:13 GMT
My brother and I saw it on Boxing Day and we both adored it. Unfortunately we followed it up with Holmes and Watson. I urge you all to avoid that one like the plague!
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Post by myshelly on Dec 31, 2018 18:17:41 GMT
That was the first movie I saw in a theater- my aunt took me. While I loved it as a child, there's no way I would want to repeat it. Mary Poppins was my first movie in the theater when I was three years old. I saw it with my grandparents. Today, I took my seven year old granddaughter to see it. I was surprised to see how many grandparents were in there with their grandchildren. I guess a lot of us wanted to share the experience with the grands. I thought the film was a worthy sequel. Of course, nothing will ever match the magic of the first. I thought Emily Blunt did a good job of making Mary Poppins her own. It was definitely the same character, but with more of an edge. Lin Manuel Miranda was totally adorable, as slways, but I had a hard time with a New York Puerto Rican playing an English lamplighter. His accent wasn't as bad a Dick Van Dyke's in the original, but it was less convincing. His character was really sweet though and I liked the chemistry between him and Jane. Overall, my granddauter and I enjoyed it very much. She said she liked it better than the first. She liked the sad parts. In a post-Hamilton striving for color blind casting world, I think your comment comes off as racist.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2018 18:58:23 GMT
Mary Poppins was my first movie in the theater when I was three years old. I saw it with my grandparents. Today, I took my seven year old granddaughter to see it. I was surprised to see how many grandparents were in there with their grandchildren. I guess a lot of us wanted to share the experience with the grands. I thought the film was a worthy sequel. Of course, nothing will ever match the magic of the first. I thought Emily Blunt did a good job of making Mary Poppins her own. It was definitely the same character, but with more of an edge. Lin Manuel Miranda was totally adorable, as slways, but I had a hard time with a New York Puerto Rican playing an English lamplighter. His accent wasn't as bad a Dick Van Dyke's in the original, but it was less convincing. His character was really sweet though and I liked the chemistry between him and Jane. Overall, my granddauter and I enjoyed it very much. She said she liked it better than the first. She liked the sad parts. In a post-Hamilton striving for color blind casting world, I think your comment comes off as racist. And I think you're being a bit ridiculous in suggesting it. The film is set in 1935 London and I'm quite confident that there were no New York Puerto Ricans employed as lamplighters in those days. If one is going to set a movie at a certain date then one should expect some level of authenticity. I'm guessing that is what gillyp was referring to. And Hamilton isn't without its criticism either from many a historian LINK
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Post by myshelly on Dec 31, 2018 20:46:09 GMT
In a post-Hamilton striving for color blind casting world, I think your comment comes off as racist. And I think you're being a bit ridiculous in suggesting it. The film is set in 1935 London and I'm quite confident that there were no New York Puerto Ricans employed as lamplighters in those days. If one is going to set a movie at a certain date then one should expect some level of authenticity. I'm guessing that is what gillyp was referring to. And Hamilton isn't without its criticism either from many a historian LINK The historical accuracy of Hamilton has zero to do with anything I stated. What I said was I think it’s racist to say I don’t like watching a [insert race] play [insert fictional character].
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2018 22:52:45 GMT
And I think you're being a bit ridiculous in suggesting it. The film is set in 1935 London and I'm quite confident that there were no New York Puerto Ricans employed as lamplighters in those days. If one is going to set a movie at a certain date then one should expect some level of authenticity. I'm guessing that is what gillyp was referring to. And Hamilton isn't without its criticism either from many a historian LINK The historical accuracy of Hamilton has zero to do with anything I stated. What I said was I think it’s racist to say I don’t like watching a [insert race] play [insert fictional character]. She didn’t say that. Your understanding of what she said is totally wrong. He might be a fictional character in the movie but there should still be level of authenticity for a lamp lighter in 1935 London. If you had read the whole article in that link you would have understood why I linked it, they are pointing out exactly the same thing but in reverse.
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Post by myshelly on Dec 31, 2018 23:00:16 GMT
The historical accuracy of Hamilton has zero to do with anything I stated. What I said was I think it’s racist to say I don’t like watching a [insert race] play [insert fictional character]. She didn’t say that. Your understanding of what she said is totally wrong. He might be a fictional character in the movie but there should still be level of authenticity for a lamp lighter in 1935 London. If you had read the whole article in that link you would have understood why I linked it, they are pointing out exactly the same thing but in reverse. This is a movie where dolphins are in the bathtub and a woman flies on an umbrella, but people think a lamplighter in a scene with BMX stunt riders needs to be historically accurate? That’s some good thinking right there.
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Post by gillyp on Dec 31, 2018 23:08:44 GMT
@dottyscrapper umm, I think the remark that was commented on was made by hennybutton, not me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2019 0:07:22 GMT
@dottyscrapper umm, I think the remark that was commented on was made by hennybutton , not me. Oh I’m really sorry gillyp my apologies.
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Post by Skellinton on Jan 1, 2019 0:08:17 GMT
And I think you're being a bit ridiculous in suggesting it. The film is set in 1935 London and I'm quite confident that there were no New York Puerto Ricans employed as lamplighters in those days. If one is going to set a movie at a certain date then one should expect some level of authenticity. I'm guessing that is what gillyp was referring to. And Hamilton isn't without its criticism either from many a historian LINK The historical accuracy of Hamilton has zero to do with anything I stated. What I said was I think it’s racist to say I don’t like watching a [insert race] play [insert fictional character]. Well, if she has said she didn’t like LMM playing Jack because he is Puerto Rican that would be racist, but that is not what she said. Not even close.
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Post by OntarioScrapper on Jan 1, 2019 2:49:07 GMT
In a post-Hamilton striving for color blind casting world, I think your comment comes off as racist. And I think you're being a bit ridiculous in suggesting it. The film is set in 1935 London and I'm quite confident that there were no New York Puerto Ricans employed as lamplighters in those days. If one is going to set a movie at a certain date then one should expect some level of authenticity. I'm guessing that is what gillyp was referring to. And Hamilton isn't without its criticism either from many a historian LINK Eh, considering the movie is full of "magical" stuff that actually can't happen, I let the casting slide.
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Post by hennybutton on Jan 1, 2019 3:35:36 GMT
Mary Poppins was my first movie in the theater when I was three years old. I saw it with my grandparents. Today, I took my seven year old granddaughter to see it. I was surprised to see how many grandparents were in there with their grandchildren. I guess a lot of us wanted to share the experience with the grands. I thought the film was a worthy sequel. Of course, nothing will ever match the magic of the first. I thought Emily Blunt did a good job of making Mary Poppins her own. It was definitely the same character, but with more of an edge. Lin Manuel Miranda was totally adorable, as slways, but I had a hard time with a New York Puerto Rican playing an English lamplighter. His accent wasn't as bad a Dick Van Dyke's in the original, but it was less convincing. His character was really sweet though and I liked the chemistry between him and Jane. Overall, my granddauter and I enjoyed it very much. She said she liked it better than the first. She liked the sad parts. In a post-Hamilton striving for color blind casting world, I think your comment comes off as racist. I am horrified that I came off as racist. I really, truly love Lin Manuel Miranda. He is one of my favorite people. He's super talented, super smart, and adorably geeky. His upbeat, positive attitude is a light shining in a troubling world. I saw Hamilton when it came on tour to my area and was blown away by the music and the story. The diversity of the cast is one of its strongest points. I think a lot about race issues in America. I am troubled and saddened by the way white supremacy is rearing its ugly head. When someone says something racist or bigoted, I speak out. I don't want to be complicit. However, I am a white woman and realize there is a certain privilege and a lack of awareness that comes with that. I appreciate the correction. I have to admit that I was surprised to learn that one of the biggest criticisms about the original Mary Poppins was that Dick Van Dyke's accent was so bad. I didn't realize that it was terrible. I had that in mind going into Mary Poppins returns, so I did have misgivings about Lin Manuel Miranda based on that. I did like him, even if I thought the character was superfluous. I have no idea if his accent was good or bad. There's a plethora of actors they could have cast in various parts that would have caused the same misgivings. (Could you imagine Robert DeNiro in the evil banker role? Or, Lady Gaga as Mary Poppins?)
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Post by flute4peace on Jan 1, 2019 18:26:13 GMT
Haven’t read the thread yet but I have no desire to see it. How can anyone expect to top something that is already Practically Perfect in Every Way?
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Post by Dixie Lou on Jan 1, 2019 19:11:40 GMT
My 24 year old daughter loved it. I thought it was OK but glad I saw it. I thought the children were adorable. I expected better music. I loved the ending when DVD came in. Love that man!
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Post by txdancermom on Jan 1, 2019 20:24:51 GMT
We saw it yesterday, it was ok, the songs won't have the staying power of the first one. Lin Manuel Miranda was good, as was Emily Blunt.
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Post by J u l e e on Jan 1, 2019 22:48:59 GMT
We loved it too. I didn't expect it to top the original. I kind of barely remember the original, although my daughter watched it constantly when she was little. It stood alone to me, with obvious tie ins to the original. I thought it was fun and visually beautiful - the locations, the costumes, the choreography - just fabulous. I thought EB and LMM were perfect. All the actors really. The music was my least favorite part. Nothing memorable, but okay for what it needed to be in the movie. Overall, we thought it was great.
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