Mary Poppins Returns Reviews

Have no interest in this. Love Blunt but the Hamilton guy is so over-rated.

Ouch from the LA Times

"only" 76%

Ouch again.

If Academy voters knock this one off the Best Picture roster, who could benefit? First Reformed? Eighth Grade?

It would be a shame if 76% Mary Poppins got a BP nod instead of 100% Paddington 2.

I'll go see it over the holidays. The only thing near my parents' place is a walmart and a movie theater.

I LIKED Mary Poppins as a kid, but it's never been one of my favorites. Never wanted to buy it on Blu-ray, but I'd watch it if it was on cable. I was a bit surprised to find it so incredibly beloved.

Paddington 2 bombed in the US, which won't help its chances

The two leads are incredibly miscast. In these roles, they have none of the charm of Andrews and Van Dyke. Maybe instead of creating a Hispanic Jack, they could have hired a British song and dance man.

Does the movie explain why there is Puerto Rican in Edwardian England?

It's set in the 1930s. It's possible a Puerto Rican could have immigrated.

This might belong on its own thread, but why have Disney's live action "event" movies (not counting the Marvel or Star Wars stuff; that IS for another thread) been so lackluster? I was just so underwhelmed by Into the Woods and Beauty and the Beast, to name two.

Disney creates products, not movies.

Emily blunt sux bad, so does the Hamilton guy

whole mess is horribly miscast

we lasted 25 minutes

my kids were screaming to get the fuk out, when mary came on they cried bloody murder.

even her wardrobe was Disney bozo

hope Disney has huge flop on their shitass hands

Oh, so looking forward to this. Looked so magical. Damn. Oh well, ♡ out to R10 at least. 😅

R11 😂

Mary Poppins' Revenge.

It's not released yet, R15.

Emily and Lin, along with director Peter Marshall, were all on The Barefoot Contessa cooking show last weekend. I thought Emily was downright bossy to poor Ina. Although, Ina's gay friend, who owns Dean & Deluca, called Ina "bossy" at the florists when he and Marshall went to pick up flowers.

"I was just so underwhelmed by Into the Woods and Beauty and the Beast, to name two."

A lot of people loved Beauty and the Beast, so I think you're alone there

"Does the movie explain why there is Puerto Rican in Edwardian England?"

Did the original have to explain why the chimney sweep was an American with a bad cockney accent?

Lin does a good accent from the clips I've seen.

And that was Rob Marshall, the director on Ina's show- not Peter Marshall.

Mary Poppins returns... and she's PISSED AND KICKING BUTT!!

(and played by Bruce Willis)

Big opening weekend but will ultimately lose money

Expect another reboot in a year or two

I think it will do fine. Perfect time of the year and a family movie.

Emily Blunt is a bit of a cold fish to be playing Mary Poppins...

Would watch R23

Lin never did much for me before, but he seemed like a sweetheart on Ina's show and hot AF.

A lot of the positive reviews on RT are also just middling. Seems like half of the positives are calling it mediocre or passable.

Miscast! should have casted Eva Green as Mary Poppins

I was never attracted to LMM until i saw this movie and saw his thick ass under those high-waisted trousers

Rob Marshall concocted a Mary Poppins pomegranate giblets drink for Ina Garten. It looks very festive with the pomegranate seeds and the red color. I think I'll make it for Christmas Eve.

R26, Mary Poppins was a cold fish. I read the books before I saw the movie, as a kid, and did not like that bitch. I guess it’s better than being saccharine-sweet, but.

It is miscast. Everyone knows Faye Dunaway is the perfect Mary Poppins.

For 2018 they should have made “M. Poppins” trans and pan

[quote]Rob Marshall concocted a Mary Poppins pomegranate giblets drink for Ina Garten.

GIBLETS? Ewwww!

Why do you sound so thrilled, OP? Why does it please you so much?

Oh, I get it. The OP must be the Poppins Loon, Matt, of yore. He hates the original because he was forced to watch it while someone diddled him or something like that.

Saw the trailer and thought I was going to vomit. It looks awful.

Heres one the OP will never link

Her singing is so weird. it feels like she’s a non-English speaker over annunciating each syllable.

Lucy wanted to play Mary in the original. Gary talked her out of it.

Emily would probably make a better Mame than Mary Poppins.

They could have at least hired a soprano.

Not for me, but I know better than predict it will fail. I've learned my lesson with the circus movie last year. P.T. Barnum was a nice guy or something.

Mary Poppins'Revenge will make gazillions.

And R35 beat me to it. A horror MP movie could be very interesting. Imagine if they all started bad tripping ?

I agree with everyone who is saying that Hamilton guy needs to go away. He's not a good actor--he just plays himself over and over again, and he's fugly.

He's not going anywhere.

P. L. Travers is probably rolling thrice in her grave. Lord knows the first movie damn near killed her.

Metoo, r48.

How come no one is talking about me?

Because they're too busy talking about ME!

God what a boring movie. The 1st movie I ever saw (yes Elder Gay) was Mary Poppins and it held up well. This woman playing MP does not have the spark Julie Andrews had.

Meryl Streep though should get an Oscar nom for Supporting. She was great! I didn't know it was her until someone in the cinema said it out loud.

Julie Andrews was never a good singer.

[quote]P. L. Travers is probably rolling thrice in her grave. Lord knows the first movie damn near killed her.

If she is, good. She was a nasty, hateful woman who ruined the lives of her adopted son and his brother whom she ignored. When the awful stage version came out, with an overdose of Travers imposed on it, it became clear that Disney knew his stuff and cut what needed to be cut from her books.

The stench of Matt the Poppins Loon is strong in this thread.

The competition to play Mary Poppins in the original was fierce.

Andrew the Hunted

R58, hysterical!

Saw it at preview for media. Its a 6 out of 10.

Blunt is an odd choice for Mary... Maybe she intercourse the director.

The director is gay , dear.

They should have cast Tracey Ullman for this.

I totally agree with the poster who said Blunt is way to much of a cold fish for this. Mary has two sides to her personality and I'm sure Blunt nails the steely stuff but what about the really loving, soft side of MP? Emily always reads as bitchy or icy to me. Worse, she's one of these people who appears to know this about herself and tries to hide it beneath a really creepy veneer of fake niceness. So the problem is compounded because she not only comes across as bitchy but also somehow...inauthentic, not trustworthy.

She's a capable actress but the problem lies her how she sees herself and wants to be seen. If I was her agent, I'd tell her to stop taking 'nice people' roles and do a full Charlize. She'd clean up.

Also, Disney is two for two now with the tone deaf Cockney accents. Lin might be creator but a performer he is not. Someone needs to tell him this before it gets embarrassing. Or, you know... *more* embarrassing.

Why is Hollywood so smitten with Blunt? She’s never proven herself as box office draw and her performance are admirable, but she’s never really hit it out of the park in anything. Those “early reviews “ of “practically perfect “ Mary Poppins Returns reeked of damage control for what could be a huge box office bomb.

All of the “positive” reviews are lukewarm. Yet the movie and Blunt are getting Oscar nominations? Is there an electoral college amongst Academy voters with stronger weight given to old white people that enjoy movies with Angela Lansbury and Dick Van Dyke cameos?

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Penis von Lesbian literally ruins the original for me.

R U I N S.

[quote]All of the “positive” reviews are lukewarm.

That's a lie. Hollywood Reporter and AP are raves. Variety is a near-rave. Several others are far better than "lukewarm." Sorry, Loon, you have to suffer through the success of yet another Mary Poppins. But at least no one will be diddling you in this one.

r68 = Mary Tyler Moore

Hilarious review from the SF Chronicle

Matt the Loon is on a tear. Too bad, dear, the odds are still against you. Why don't you start one of your standard tricks, like filling the thread up with nonsense?

AP raves!

78% rotten Tomatoes, r69. Even “Destroyer “ has a higher rating!

Has anyone actually seen it yet?

I saw a preview and couldn’t wait for it to end. It was insufferable.

Destroyer’s Director is like a 100 times better than Rob Marshall.

In the 1930s, a group of British producers wanted to present a stage version of Poppins. Stumped on how to convince Travers, they eventually decided to send their proposed star Beatrice Lillie to charm her.

Indeed she did. After an afternoon with her, Travers became convinced that Lillie was the only possible dramatic Poppins. The London stage production fell through due to financing but Travers remained convinced that Lillie was the only possible Poppins.

She was broke when she signed the deal with Disney but thought she could convince him to cast Lillie. When Disney refused to consider her and cast Andrews she became Disney's mortal enemy. She carried on so badly that she wasn't invited to the premiere but she showed up anyway resulting in security being called and quite a scene being created.

Travers said publicly that she like Andrews but she simply wasn't Mary Poppins. She was right. Bea Lillie would have been a fabulous Mary Poppins.

And yes, Travers was a damaged and toxic woman who was an evil mother.

[quote]Bea Lillie would have been a fabulous Mary Poppins.

Not in 1962-63, when it filmed, she wouldn’t have been. By that point she was in her early 70s, and already showing signs of dementia. It made her hell to work with on High Spirits in early ‘64, and almost impossible to work with in 1966 when Thoroughly Modern Millie filmed. On top of that, since 1959 Lillie had been under the thumb of the nefarious John Huck, who took control of her life, her relationships, and her career. Lillie was a Theatre Star, anyway, and her magic had rarely translated well to film.

PL Travers had no real theatrical sense anyway. Disney knew what he was doing. When they added all the Travers garbage back into the stage version of Poppins, it became clear that Disney had been right to get rid of a lot of her crappy ideas.

Anyone know anything about the 1949 Studio One television version with Mary Wickes?

[quote]I saw a preview and couldn’t wait for it to end. It was insufferable.

Saw it today. I thought it was fair. The songs aren't very catchy or memorable. I'm a fan of Blunt so I think she was great, but there isn't much there with her take on the role. Lin-Manuel Miranda actually gave it his all. I don't see Blunt getting an Oscar nomination for this at all. Lin-Manuel Miranda actually gave it his all. Afterwards I heard one woman remark that it was too childish and someone else say that the person next to them slept through the film.

R15 whines about quality but can't be bothered to spell correctly.

Any review that starts with "Mary Poppins Returns is a delightfully whimsical musical..." won't attract anyone to the theater.

Can you imagine ANY FRIEND, any real person describing a movie that way? "Delightfully whimsical?"

Shut up, Matt at r83. Go back to your Aspie slumber.

mick lasalle nailed it. way too many songs and routines. my daughter said 'daddy can we go yet', 20 minutes in...

blunt a horrid miscast poppins.

bea Lillie where are u honey????

The reviews that point out Blunt’s native screen persona (hard, busy & slighly pyschopathic) is at odds with the prim, controlled & chrystalline character that Andrews nailed — because she was that herself, really encapsulate the problems. That and the fact the movie is — in the manner of modern films — far too ‘busy’ : visually, musically, structurally.

It feels engineered and forced. These days its much much harder to find films where everything is looser and unfolds organically and unexpectedly. It’s difficult to imagine a situation in a big studio film like My Best Friend’s Wedding, where several scenes were written while filming to accommodate Rupert Everett’s chemistry.

I took my nephews to see it. Several families got up before it was half over and left. All at the same time. It seemed like once people started getting up, others saw it as their chance too and took off. People who stayed booed those who left. It was very odd.

Will barley break even.

Was alwys perplexed that such a kool guy like Krankinski would marry such a cold fish.

[quote]It feels engineered and forced.

That’s the problem with Disney’s corporate filmmaking under the current regime down to a T. I feel that early laurels including the AFI ten best were simply responding to the immense corporate confidence that Disney displayed going into awards season.

My sense of the film, from what I have seen from the trailer, is that it is merely a bloated, big budget version of the pleasant but corny and forgettable network musicals from the 1990s like Angela Lansbury’s Mrs. Santa Claus or Marshall’s own Annie. I think sensibilities have changed too much for it to have genuine appeal for its intended audience, young families. I think parents in their forties and grandparents will probably like the film best because of nostalgia, but younger parents and children will find it uncool.

R90, it's mutual narcissism. When they gaze lovingly at each other's identical veneers and nascent double chins, it's like staring into the mirror.

I hate to say it, but Anne Hathaway would have killed this role. She has all the right ingredients to bring Mary Poppins to life again. Sometime you wann hug her. Sometime you wanna punch her.

Mostly the latter.

[quote]Will barley break even?

You'll have to wait until commodities futures trading opens on Monday to find out.

A lot of you people sound like the Star Is Born crazies- it's a bomb, people walked out, blah blah.

Tom & Lorenzo and The Film Experience’s Nathaniel give it an enthusiastic thumb’s up.

The first film I ever saw in a theater was " Mary Poppins"- I was four and it was unlike anything I had ever seen. I think that as an original musical for the screen it is right up there with " Oz" and " Singing' In The Rain". It is the best live action film ever made under Uncle Walt's hand. And my love for Julie Andrews has never died.

The problem with the new one is it isn't the old one- that's what all the reviews get wrong. I wouldn't compare the two. It's stupid. One was made for one generation and the new one for another. I think Blunt is an excellent choice. I wouldn't compare her to Julie Andrews. One is an excellent actress and the other is freaking Julie Andrews. As for Lin I think he is a genius. And as long as he is having fun and brings the feeling to the movie so be it. Pity critics are always decrying how old films lack the realism of new one, but are crass when new ones can't live up to their heighten memory of the past. As for that critic with the LA Times, he is always on Fresh Air and he sucks- when did film critics become so juvenile in the way they watch film? Meanwhile if Pauline Kael were around she would probably say it's all sugar for the masses. Eat up or shut up- it's not suppose to be a masterpiece just a new version of an old story none of you have read anyway.

Wake me up when they make a Bedknobs and Broomsticks sequel.

Do they explain why there is a porda riccin in this remake?

Lady Gaga actually would have been great as Mary Poppins, especially since she would have insisted on her own style.

Yes, I can see Gaga now, descending into the nursery in a suit made entirely of meat. Get ready kids!

Just a....mouthful of cow flesh makes...

Paddington 2 rules

Most movie ads or trailers give you a sense of what the story is. When a movie's ad is completely about the special effects, because what story there is sucks, you know it's a stinker. The original movie had great songs and some fantasy, but even if those were taken out, the movie still had a good story and a great moral.

I thibk the story in MPR is better than the one for the original. And the trailers for the original emphasized the special effects, too.

I would love to see Gaga Poppins!

Marilyn Poppins

^ What's that from?

I hope this flops. And the Jungle Cruise movie that Blunt is also in.

R109, The Andy Dick Show.

[quote]I hope this flops. And the Jungle Cruise movie that Blunt is also in.

You sound like a joy to be around.

R112 likes garbage sequels and ride-based movies.

[quote]Do they explain why there is a porda riccin in this remake?

To annoy assholes like you.

[quote]took my nephews to see it. Several families got up before it was half over and left.

The Loon can’t even lie effectively. The film has not been released to the public yet, so that statement is a lie. The only people who have seen it so far have gone to press or guild screenings, where you’re only allowed a plus one (and sometimes not even that).

Almost this entire thread is Matt A the Loon. He goes on a tear and posts from different browsers to pretend he’s several people.

[quote]The Loon can’t even lie effectively. The film has not been released to the public yet, so that statement is a lie. The only people who have seen it so far have gone to press or guild screenings, where you’re only allowed a plus one (and sometimes not even that).

I'm not The Loon but in L.A there was a free screening at LACMA open to the public which is how I saw it. And generally Disney has free advance screenings for their films through SeeItFirst and that's open to the public.

Disney is pulling the film and reshooting Emily Blunt's scenes with the disinterred corpse of Beatrice Lillie.

Back at 76% on Rotten Tomatoes. Even Bumblebee is beating it. Why does drivel like this get Oscar nominations?

omg gaga woulda been fab

blunt cant sing. who dubbed her voice.

who cast her in this? weird

Jesus I can’t believe Bumblebee will be one of the best reviewed movies of the year.

Bumblebee IS the matinee Mary Poppins!

ide pay for bumble fore ide pay for anything with that turgid Blunt in it...

Bumblebee should’ve played Mary Poppins

"Back at 76% on Rotten Tomatoes. Even Bumblebee is beating it. Why does drivel like this get Oscar nominations?"

Uh, 76% is good. And the Oscar nominations haven't come out yet - but you knew that, right?

Give me some tomatoes, how dare Blunt tarnish the legend of Julie Andrew by bein her in sequel. GIMME SOME TOMATOES TO HURL AT HER FUG FACE!

R125, it’s an Oscar front runner despite a middling 76% rating. Duh!

76% isn't middling and it's not an "Oscar front-runner"

It’s considered a shoo-in for Best Picture and Best Actress nominations. These reviews are clearly not slam dunks to warrant any Oscar buzz.

Havent averagely reviewed movies been nominated for Oscars several times?

Lin-Manuel Miranda is a good choice for Disney films because he's so sexless.

And won.

At this piint, Mary Poppins at 78% (or 76%) on RT is way ahead of Vice at 58%.

The anti-MPR, anti-Blunt Troll is going to have a terrible next few months.

[quote]Paddington 2 bombed in the US, which won't help its chances

Exactly. Paddington Bear is a "thing" strictly for the Brits. Mary Poppins is a global icon.

Global icon? LMAO!!

Why didn't they ask Brie Larson? Everyone knows she's adept at musical comedy

Brie only does transformative feminist roles. Those better highlight her cuntiness.

Isn’t this a kiddie film? When is the last time that a kiddie film (not counting animation) been a big awards contender?

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Emily Blunt Troll is an alcoholic Brit, I'd say somewhere in late middle age, who has no friends whatsoever.

[quote]Brie only does transformative feminist roles

Like "Hello, Dolly"!

good god, sooo much singing, hardly a bit of plot or dialogue. miserable 3 hrs....seemed like 5.

Yea, Blunts face has cold bitch written all over it. maybe her sexy hubby hoochy kooed with the director for her to git the part

Ouch

A truly charmless film. Emily Blunder was a terrible choice.

Given that Lady Gaga sang The Sound of Music and got raves from Julie Andrews, I wish Gaga had been the new Mary Poppins. It would show her versatility after A Star Is Born.

Her post- Prada nose job killed her singing ability.

la GAGA is magnificent.

Gaga, like most people, knows that a Poppins reboot is a dumb idea

At this point, Blunt Loon, you're just masturbating. No one is reading you anymore, you're just posting for your own gratification, as if you can make the movie a flop by posting.

You are truly pathetic! Not since "The Three Lives of Thomasina" has a Disney film faced such a noxious asshole.

"Given that Lady Gaga sang The Sound of Music and got raves from Julie Andrews, I wish Gaga had been the new Mary Poppins. It would show her versatility after A Star Is Born."

I like Gaga, but who would buy her as a prim Englishwoman?

I don't know, but there is a reason it's called acting.

r151, you really think she has that much range? She's getting awards for basically playing herself.

I think the Emily Blunt troll is her fangurl who keeps posting and defending her against this imaginary one person alcoholic British troll.

R152, you never know. Cher had a pretty good acting career playing various versions of herself, which she admits.

I guess we'll have to wait and see for Ga.

Poppins and Blunt are so boring that people here would rather talk about Lady Gaga and A Star Is Born

r155, Poppins hasn't even come out yet.

Hawt!

[quote]When Meryl Streep shows up in a small role, the sense of pleasant recognition is followed by a grim understanding – “Oh no, now she’s going to want to sing.”

Oh, dear.

The anti-Blunt Troll is just a painted clown.

The Irish love it!

Her husband did send naked pictures to The Rock.

Stick this up your tight ass, Blunt head! A pan from Trump’s favorite newspaper.

It seems like for all the money and time Disney spent reverse engineering in 1960s movie, what made “Mary Poppins” a classic was merely a happy accident of career peak Julie Andrews and the Sherman Bros coinciding with each other.

I agree R163. And that helped form the perfect storm that included our own unique connection to the movie at a certain age. I think that I read somewhere that the films we loved before either age 12 or 9 remain favorites no matter how old we get. My mother saw "Gone With The Wind" when she was nine. It effected the rest of her life, even though she could see it great flaws. She loved watching that movie and spoke about like you would your favorite ice cream. This film may try to bridge itself to the first film in some way but it is not " our" Mary Poppins. And any new version is going to fail to live up to our memory. And to some degree that can't be helped. If you love it great. If it fails- well, when you play the dice.

Some of us who count Mary Poppins as an early fave are eager and excited to see the new one. I’m not worried about it living up to my memory. I like what I’ve seen in the trailers. I like the score. I’m not psychotic about Emily Blunt. Can’t wait!

^^shill

Honey, they don't need shills.

Bumblebee will be the sleeper hit of the weekend with Aquaman devouring the box office. Mary Poppins Returns won’t be an outright flop, but it’s opening weekend will be nothing spectacular - might make $30-40m by Sunday. Factor in the so-so reviews, Oscar buzz will dim fast.

$20 says this is another one where the critics are divided, favouring a pan, and the public loves it. It's going to be a smash.

^ Venmo it baby! Nobody wants to schlep outside their homes to see a revival of Mary Poppins.

Who is this idiot who is so psychotically wrapped up in hoping MPR flops? What does he get, what kind of pleasure, in that thought?

Is it the Poppins Loon of yore, who felt abused by the original? Or is this a new Brit Loon, indeed a painted clown with a screechy voice who hates it because he hates Disney and his fellow Brit Emily Blunt? Or a Euro Loon, French or Italian?

Whichever it is, this poor disturbed thing is pathetic.

my 9 yr old daughter looked at me and said can we leave yet? after 20 minutes...

it will be #one for a couple weeks then capsize...

It's starting to look like it will be a bust like Wrinkle In Time

My parents moved to the middle of nowhere next to a walmart and a multiplex so hopefully it's a decent Christmas distraction. I like Poppins as a kid, but it was never a FAVORITE. Fraulein Maria was my Julie Andrews of choice

thrilled to see Disney make such a flop. couldn't happen to a more asshole corporation.

LOL about the 9 year old who wanted to leave. A kid said to her parents she wanted to leave, 'it's hurting my eyes'. The parents told her to close them. We were given lobby cards/survey after the lights went up. A lot of people were grumbling. I did say it would have been better if Lady Gaga or Joanne Froggart played the part and people agreed.

The NY Times review is pretty rough.

I knew it was Manohla Dargis without even look R178

Deservedly so r178 and r179. This is easily one of the most overrated movies ever made.

She is too young and pretty for the part which calls for a more cozy, older, "mumsy" type.

She's older than Julie was

Meryl is getting panned.

she was wearing this odd yellow wig on Colbert, alwys has that snippy element in her voice an eyes.

SHE AINT NO MARY POPPINS

GIMME ANGELA LANSBURY

Nutcracker already flopped hard last month, didn't it?

^ Yes, it totally bombed

A thousand times over ‘why Emily Blunt?’ She sucks!

I know everyone hates her but surely this part was made for Anne Hathaway?

Anne Hathaway??? Please.

The problem with Blunt is that she tends to be humorless - onscreen and in person. It's too bad this couldn't have been made when Emma Thompson was younger - she would have been much better.

Yes! Young Emma Thompson would have been perfect.

I agree that Hathaway could have sailed through the role easier than Blunt, but the part would also require her to amplify the sanctimonious qualities we all hate about her.

Could BOTH Aquaman and Bumblebee beat Mary Pooping Returns at the box office?

Mary Poppins is wonderful, great fun, great surprises. Emily Blunt is terrific, perfect little Christmas present

Theater was not crowded. I got lonely and decided to leave as well.

How crowded would a theater be this early in the day? Aren't most people at school or work? Maybe you're unemployed.....

Julie Andrews could gaslight the children and still be charming. I imagine Blunt would come off as disturbed if she tried it.

This sounds like the Mary Poppins Bette Davis should have done.

So much bullshit in this thread. No one's been leaving the theater in all of these "sneak previews" you supposedly have been in. And Blunt's perfectly fine.

Does Blunt have IBS? There were a few scenes where she looked uncomfortable.

I fell asleep at the 7:30 screening in an empty theatre .

Didn’t Disney originally want Bette Davis as Mary Poppins, and then thought better of it?

“The Nanny” two years later affirmed that he was right. And Davis, as usual, couldn’t do an English accent to save her life.

Saw it at 3:45. Sold out, although few kids, mostly adults. I loved it. Streep was amusing. Lin-Manuel really had a charming presence, and danced well in Light Fantastic. Blunt was great. What was jarring about her was that they tried to write her a little closer to the books, rather than Julie Andrews. In the books she’s a real bitch. The definitive book Mary Poppins wasn’t Bea Lillie, but Elaine Stritch.

Sold out at 3:45 on a Wednesday? Puh-lease.

I loved it! I was predisposed to feel that way as my parents took me to see the first Mary Poppins when it first came out in Hollywood for my graduation from 6th grade!

So, DL Denizens, who remembers when Marc Shaiman (composer of MaryP music) was an authenticated DataLounger!? Who remembers the wonderful time he offered to give/hold at the theatre 2 tickets to the smash Broadway show, Hairspray (he wrote) for some poor fellow who was bemoaning how expensive tickets were for poor little old him. Well he never came back to take Marc up on the offer, but Marc's good will to all shined through. Love the music, Marc. Very clever and resonant of the original.

The El Capitan in Hollywood, r1199. Disney’s flagship. It was probably similarly full with the earlier shows as well.

Put Meryl's name on another Oscar for Supporting. I guess she can't be lead at this point. It would be so cool if Gaga won Best Actress and Meryl Supporting on the same awards show!

Loved the lamplighter dance scene, reminded me of the Aggie dance in Best Little Whore House.

I agree with r106 that MPR has a stronger plot than the first one. Blunt is fine but seems (compared to MP) to be barely in it—the focus is on Jane and Michael, who were both excellent. Just as in MP, the production numbers wear out their welcome.

Kids who went to the preview I attended were crying and upset at what was depicted on the screen. Several had to be comforted and taken out of the theater. It seemed very strange the effect the 'magic' had on these children. One kid shouted 'I HATE her' at the sight of Emily Blunt.

R202, What is Meryl's screen time?

Emily Blunt reminds me of Sarah Miles, aka homely.

Hard to believe Michael Buble once chose her.

About ten minutes, r206.

Meryl is in it for one brief number, as is Dick Van Dyke and Angel Lansbury

Emily Blunt adused me when I was younger!

Rex Reed loved it, so that means it is terrible

lol....kids were screaming I HATE HER when Blunt came onscreen.

I want to take those bozo hats she wears and make her eat them!

Lets address the elephant in the room:::WHAT IN HELL IS JOHN HOTTIE N FUN KRASINKSI DOIN WITH HER??

He bottoms for Matt Damon. So does Chris Hemsworth.

Blunt is a famewhore. She dated Buble when he was hot and she was a nobody and traded up to beard for Krasinski since he’s part of Damon’s inner power circle.

Destroyer has a fresher rating than Mary Pooping Returns.

Watch Nicole climb....

I saw it at a midnight screening. Full house, a lot of chanting, mostly kids. They roared when Emily Blunt first appeared on screen and almost immediately starting throwing things... anything, really, animal crackers, foie gras, seats they pried loose. The last thing I remember was a six year old screaming "Why was she so mean to AnnE Hathaway?" and then I came to in hospital, having been knocked out by a flying sippy cup. I think I'd try to see it again but probably not until it's on iTunes or cable.

Does one of the Bank's children finally yell at her 'I hate you!' and run off crying? Does Bert start pressing his advantage because he's sick of Mary being a ct and in a PG film and because he's latino he wants at least a little action? Do the children ever play doctor? Does the menu change and they get an appetizer and entrée with the raspberry ice and then some cakes and tea because they're on the Dining Plan and it's a 2 credit Signature restaurant like the California Grill? Or is it a 1 credit buffet like Biergarten and they're stuck eating with strangers because nobody wants to eat there and it's one of the few places they can get a reservation with enough time to eat before Illuminations?

And forget about the Rose and Crown. No way are they going to get a reservation there. Anyway it's from My Fair Lady.

lol above::::flying sippy cup, brings bak memories of roy rogers n dale evans matinees on sat bak in 1959

#217 ur insane

I luv ye

i hope its a huge flop and Blunt is strapped with this albatross till Krasinski divorces her dry hole.

Any theater/musical queens, check out Lin and Emily on James Corden. The 3 do a mashup of musicals that is brilliant.

we found it silly, redundant, too lyp sinky, narcissistic and exhausting.

I love james tho, he is amazing. and has the heart of a thespian.

r202 "Cool" for WHOM, exactly?

How much money did it make?

here lazy ass

omg her satanic face there says it all. … mary aleister Crowley poppins….

BLESS THE BEASTS AND THE CHILDREN.

RUN KIDS RUN

the Daily News called it MARY FLOPPINS and said LMM tries to smile through bruised cheeks.

Why are you lying, r228? The Daily News didn’t say anything of the kind. The worst they said of LMM is that he is a bit too “mild.”

Streep appears at the movie’s opening.

Glad I saw it, glad I loved it

I hate cutesy-pie and people who love cutesy-pie.

How about people who write “cutesy-pie”?

No one cares what you hate, r232.

Really, you take over threads (as usual) and make it all about your hate for Poppins, and you're just masturbating. Doing it for youself. No one reads it because most have you on “ignore” anyway.

My 10 year old nephew loves calling her Mary POOP-ins. He hated the movie. They gave away free passes at his Catholic school. My sister took him and said it was pretty dull and that kids were restless. She said if they made Mary Poppins an interactive game where they could shoot at her as she descends from the clouds, kids would love it.

Damn that's really hateful. Your sis sounds evil.

On its opening day (19th) it made the same amount of money Spider Man made the day before (18th) on its fifth day of release.

Emily's attempt at conservative UP is something quite atrocious.

Were no dialect coaches available?

This thread has become a bore. It's all the same person talking to himself. A monologue on DL is deadly.

The theater I saw it in had a bus load of Down syndrome kids who all seemed to love it, it appeals to everyone.

The theatre I saw it in was quite festive until the very end. When Angela Lansbury came on screen, children started screaming and parents had to take them out.

Many cries of "It's a witch! It's an old witch!"

The theater I saw it at, there were numerous standing ovations and cheering after every musical number. When Angela appeared, several children asked their parents why she didn't play Mame in the movie.

Ten bonus points for r242!

Rofl R242

R205 said : Kids who went to the preview I attended were crying and upset at what was depicted on the screen. Several had to be comforted and taken out of the theater. It seemed very strange the effect the 'magic' had on these children.

So it is a classic Disney film, then !

The theatre I saw it in was originally a gay porn palace so not only did the audience love it but I shot five loads, boffo!

"My 10 year old nephew loves calling her Mary POOP-ins. He hated the movie. They gave away free passes at his Catholic school. My sister took him and said it was pretty dull and that kids were restless. "

This. Never. Happened.

Back to reality for a moment. I saw it tonight and It really is an utterly delightful confection and just what we need in these trying times,

My four year old nephew said the word “bitch” for the first time in his life when Emily Blunt descended with her umbrella. This movie casts a bad influence on young, developing minds.

At the screening I went to, a little boy in the row in front of me turned to his mother and asked “Mummy, is Mary Poppins trans?”

At future screenings Grief Counselors will be available for the nightmares/terrors that children are expected to have as they watch the movie.

At the theatre I went to, they advertised a trained nurse standing by in case anyone was overcome with nausea. Of course, people came running and the entire performance was sold out.

Several people in my audience fainted when Mary Poppins performed that spinal tap.

I cannot believe the choreography during the Two Girls, One Cup number. What were they thinking?

I liked the revelation that Lin Manuel was the Devil and would save the Banks's house in exchange for one of the children, but I kept thinking that the Sherman Bros. would have had a lot more interesting rhymes for "Mephistopheles."

Pan from WSJ

I thought it was ok but several frau's in the audience had coronaries during the scene where Ben Whishaw starts performing fellatio on Lin-Manuel Miranda

I liked the scene where Mary walks in on Ben Whishaw masturbating to that shirtless publicity photo of John Krasinski from 13 Hours and she goes, "Cheeky!"

My precocious nephew was bored and asked if Lin was going to present hole.

I loved the song “I Ain’t Got Me No Testosteronies”, Lin really sold it during the extended fisting break. Loads of fun!

[quote] Paddington Bear is a "thing" strictly for the Brits.

????

I loved the Paddington books when I was growing up in Minnesota.

[quote]Lin Manuel was the Devil and would save the Banks's house in exchange for one of the children

"Take her! Take my baby!"

At the performance I attended, they had a drag competition beforehand, to see which little boys could do the best Mary Poppins. I was amazed to see 200 little boys line up with their umbrellas and hats stylishly placed on the sides of their heads.

But Lin-Manuel Miranda is a national treasure! How can he not be box-office gold? What am I missing?

You're missing the fact that you are humor-challenged, r264. That was pretty weak.

I still can’t believe Mary used the musical hall number with the animated creatures to “MeToo” Uncle Albert.

I saw a listing for the movie on a theater chain's website: "Starring Emily Blunt, Dick Van Dyke, and Meryl Streep."

Lin's publicist has some 'splainin' to do.

I just returned from seeing the movie. I'm in London and saw the movie and was one of 10 in the theater. It was deja vu watching this movie from beginning to end. To be blunt, it was a total rip off from the original. For instance, the chimney sweeps are now gas lamp lighters and even did their dance in the same place in the movie where the chimney sweeps danced in the original movie. The best thing I can say about the movie is that it was pretty with many colors. The scene with Meryl Streep was silly and was too similar to the Bert Lahr / Uncle Albert scene from the original. The movie should have been named, "Mary Poppins Ripoff". 5/10

I love Ed Wynn in The Wizard of Oz.

Ed Wynn was almost The Wizard in the Garland Wizard of Oz. The part of The Wizard was first offered to W.C. Fields, who demanded too much money, and then to Wynn, who didn't get the part for the same reason. MGM finally gave the part to MGM contract player Frank Morgan, who turned out to be wonderful.

Why is this dud up for Oscar consideration?

R271 It's very wishful thinking by the OP. If it flops, and all indications are it is going to, it isn't going to get a Best Picture nomination.

R264 As alluded to in other threads, the studios are kissing his ass and sticking him in their movies in the hopes of getting the movie rights to Hamilton. Once he sells the movie rights, expect studio interest in him to end.

Oscar noms haven't been announced, what are you talking about r271? All films released theatrically during the appropriate time period are eligible for "consideration."

Movie was visually stimulating. The Achilles here was Blunt. She couldn’t deliver the charisma required in a lead role.

It's out today? Or has it been in theaters for a while?

Saw it this week. Not a fan of the original so not a fan of this one. That said, most of the people in the audience (it was a SAG screening) loved it. Lin Manuel (who defines the word "Unctious" was better than I would have thought but he still turns my stomach. Of course they had to give him what was as close to a rap number as they could get away with. But I was bored through a lot of it (that lamplighter number went on forever!) yet I can appreciate what it looked like visually. Blunt, I thought, did very well, but was a bit cold in the part. Not her fault she had to follow Julie. It was fun seeing Dick Van Dyke, even if his accent was even worse this time, and the ending just was too cute for words. Ugh.

At least DVD isn’t doing a Cockney accent this time. I thought what he came up with was fine.

[quote]the scene where Ben Whishaw starts performing fellatio on Lin-Manuel Miranda

That went over fine in my audience, but the coprophilia scene later was too much. The fact that it was being performed by animated penguins only partially mitigated the disgust factor.

R116, who is this Matt A troll and does it only stick to this thread?

I thought you guys were being too harsh, but I saw it tonight, and it really is a disaster. They took all the classic moments from the original movie, replicated them and dumbed them down. This isn’t a sequel, it’s a Xerox. I guess every generation needs it’s own Return To Oz.

R216, They were throwing fois gras at my screening too. At least I hope it was fois gras.

Blunt is not leading lady material. She has too much of a 'soft' presence on screen.

R216 is the painted British clown who hates Blunt. You can tell because he says "in hospital."

[quote]They were throwing fois gras at my screening too.

At my screening they were throwing Porterhouse steaks and used condoms. And that was just the children.

R285. We ALL hate Blunt!

No actually WE all don't. Only the painted British clown with the screechy voice and our own insane aspie, Matt the Loon, hate her.

I’m really disappointed in the movie’s pro Hard Brexit stance. There were several audible boos in the audience when Mary used her wind power to blow the Polish housecleaners of Cherry Tree Lane back to the Continent.

"Wind goes take my lady!"

Mary Poppins glorifies getting high.

You completely misread that scene, r289. It was actually a gaggle of Polish lesbians, and Mary Poppins was saving the children from being exposed to alternative lifestyles at too early an age.

Which is what makes the scene where their father Michael services Jack's long lighting-pole so poignant.

Will this be the first film to get both Oscar and Razzie nominations for Actress?

Does Harvard have a School Shooting Survivor Scholarship?

I liked that Mary confronted Cousin Topsy about her enabling of sex pest Uncle Albert. The audience applauded when Mary snapped her fingers and melted Topsy’s prized gold statuette and the music score went “ whomp whomp.”

Like Emily Blunt ! Loved her in The Devil Wears Prada and Young Victoria

[quote]The audience applauded when Mary snapped her fingers and melted Topsy’s prized gold statuette

I've played that scene over and over on my SAG screener!

Emily Blunt is on the Barefoot Contessa this a.m. to promote this train wreck....

Saw it last night and loved it, but they could have cut the whole bukkake scene down to about 3 minutes instead of 5:05.

[quote][R264] As alluded to in other threads, the studios are kissing his ass and sticking him in their movies in the hopes of getting the movie rights to Hamilton. Once he sells the movie rights, expect studio interest in him to end.

Hamilton would flop as a film, just like Phantom and Les Miz did. Do they really think that young audiences will go see a political musical?

Les Mis did $444 million worldwide

And what was the worldwide marketing budget?

I'm not sure there's going to be a studio film of Hamilton. The producers made a pro shot HD video of the show with the original cast which is being held back until the show closes on Broadway or for at least a few more years. PBS did a documentary on Hamilton that uses clips from it.

Oh, look, M's not dropping a hint about her Norma Desmond.

Face it, bitch, neither one of us gets to play it on film.

its so cloyingly sweet, I had a diabetic attack....

blunt does herself no favors on talk shows, her evil eye and tongue is intact, but not in a fun way. I pity her poor hubby, she mus be so dom with him...

You’re so boring, Loon. Just the same thing, over and over. Don’t you have any variety innyour repertoire?

[quote]its so cloyingly sweet, I had a diabetic attack....

Too bad it didn’t put you in a coma.

Mary Poppins -- know for decades as a proper, but warm soprano -- is now being portrayed by a frigid alto. What could go wrong?

Not a fan of Mary Poppins. Or Emily Blunt.

How about Bedknobs and Broomsticks?

Angela has refused to talk about B&B except in one single interview in which she deflected from answering questions except to make clear it wasn't a an experience she wished to discuss.

Angela has been quoted as saying she wished Julie hadn’t turned Bedknobs and Broomsticks down, because the whole thing was “garbage.”

Angela is the one joyous thing in the movie.

Angela was so incontinent during filming, they had to change her diaper after ever other take.

R282 we should be so lucky.

Return to Oz is a CLASSIC

The Lamplighters look like the Tiki Torch dudes from the Charlottesville riots

Online Film Critics excludes Mary Poppins Returns from all categories including Best Actress

Poor r317. Those nominations are meaningless, as they always are. The list of nominees is telling.

It's weird to me how vested some people are in seeing this thing bomb. It's a movie.

Blunts farting alone should disqualify her from all award shows.

bitch can clear a whole row with a big rip...

must be why john wears a gas mask to their outings...

Unless someone owns Disney stock, who cares if it flops or makes a billion dollars?

They invested a shitload in this bomb. when has blunt had a bona fide hit???

Bumblee made more internationally than Mary.

Mary Poppins Returns snubbed by PGA

I saw it. It sucked. My kids hated it too. Not one song that I remembered right after it was sung. Way too long. I would have left about half an hour in if I didn't have kids in tow.

Saw it yesterday. It was more enjoyable than I expected, but the songs are mostly meh, Blunt is very arch and can't really deliver the humor, and Miranda's performance is of the "look at me, look at me!" variety (plus he can just barely carry a tune). The music hall number was fun, but completely out of character for Poppins.

Streep looked like a P-town relic in that horrid orange wig. Frankly, Ben Whishaw was one of the best things in the film, and the three kids were delightful.

The entire audience stood up 10 minutes in and fled the theater screaming when I saw it.

Saw it Christmas Day. I enjoyed it. It seems to be in the profit margin (not factoring in marketing)

Disney is going to be in trouble when Aladdin flops right after Mary Poppins flopped. They better hope that The Lion King smashes.

R328 - it has made $250 million and its budget was $130 million. There will be another sequel in the works.

Latest numbers: Domestic = $166,771,840 Foreign = $153,982,913 for a worldwide total of $320,754,753 for a film with a $130,000,000 production budget. So however bad the reviews (or some of the reviews) may have been, it is now nearly $200 million in the black.

Do we have to go through the financials again?

Jesus R330 you must be the only one who doesn't know that studios only recoup 50% of the domestic gross and much less on the international gross.