Disney's Mary Poppins Blog Post

• I still find it odd that in the earlier Disney films the credits are in the beginning of the movie instead of the end.
• Julie Andrews just does not look as conceited and arrogant as the Mary Poppins in the book.
• I do not believe that there was a musician in the book version.
• It is an interesting perspective to have the actor talking to the perspective audience instead of just to each other.
• They did a great job an Admiral Boon’s house.
• It is interesting that they have Mrs. Banks coming home from a women’s protest. Was there some sort of thing going on politically at the time that this movie was made?
• How in the world was one cannon shot enough to knock around all the breakables in the house?
• There is a ton of references to the upcoming storm.
• Is Mr. Banks a bit OCD? Or a lot?
• Is it not supposed to set in the 1800s, but Mr. Banks said that it is 1910?
• The others are very protective of the children.
• There is a very obvious struggle of power between Mr. and Mrs. Banks.
• Why must the nanny be pretty? That is kind of mean.
• Where are the twins? Did the Disney version not have them in the movie?
• Yikes, did they purposely make the nannies in the line mean, scary, and not as conventionally pretty?
• If the wind was enough to blow away the nannies, would it be blowing trees and sheds over?
• In the book the mother was the one that saw to the nannies, and Mr. Banks never caught on to Mary Poppin’s magic. Is he smarter in the movie?
• The boy playing Micheal is wayyyyyyy too tan.
• “Mary Poppin is practically perfect in every way” That’s a bit entitled.
• The animation is actually quite detailed for the times period.
• The children can do magic in the movie?! Interesting.
• Did the magic get out of hand?!
• The paintings are gorgeous. Oh the painter is the same as the musician.
• The first time Mary Poppins runs into Bert in the book was without the children.
• He frustrated her until she gave into showing them how it was supposed to have been done.
• There's the association with innocent woodland creatures again.
• Is that a reference to being scared around some men, about being pressed into something they do not want to do.
• Here is the seen from the book, but in the book the waiter was human.
• Here is the setting woman against woman that is seen throughout the book too.
• The merry go round makes an earlier appearance than the book, and Mary Poppins is not leaving right now.
• They are in the painting scene for a lot longer than the book.
• Was that a reference to Britain?
• Mary Poppins is almost regal like in this movie.
• Here’s the medicine that taste like what they like.
• They kept the way she refuses to acknowledge the magic in the movie.
• Why is everyone so much more cheerful in the movie than the book.
• It is the laughing scene, it is hilarious.
• The fact that Mr. Banks was so disturbed by the joy filled house that he always said he wanted, shows that what he wanted was a house instead controlled by himself. No frivolity.
• Mary Poppins is right when she says numerous people walk through life not truly seeing the wonderous and small parts of the city and the people living there.
• Although it is odd that in the book she does not like the bird woman, but in the movie she does.
• Where is Mary Poppins?
• That’s different from the book, he did not let them feed the birds. I wonder if Mary Poppins will later.
• It seems that although the others respect the “bank giant” they do not truly approve of his actions.
• Why is Mr. Banks the only person who works in the bank that doesn’t have graying hair?
• I wonder why most of the clothing in the movie is consistent with the time, except for Jane’s clothes.
• I do not blame the children for running, the bank people were pushy and the crowds terrifying.
• The children ran into the bad part of town.
• The children are right, Mr. Banks does not seem to like them very much.
• Why do the people all walk with their feet turned out?!
• Did she just ask a random stranger to take care of her children?! What kind of mother does that?
• Mary Poppins is mad for the first time in the movie version. Did she just dust more ash onto her face?
• “Clean” soot?
• Could I walk on air? That looks like fun.
• Bert is quite the leader of the other chimneysweeps.
• Mary Poppins must be the best even at spin jumps.
• The silhouettes are cool looking!
• The admiral is just watching this happening.
• How many fireworks did he shoot off!
• Why did they all jump into the Bank’s house? Mr. Bank’s face when he comes home.
• That was an artful way Bert let Mr. Banks know that his treatment of the children was not going to help anything.
• Has Mr. Banks gone insane…?
• Are they talking about Mr. Banks maybe committing suicide?
• That’s a happier ending than the book.
• The parrot head talks!!!!!
• There are a lot of stories they left out of the movie version, but I can understand that to have them all would be impossible.