Mary Poppins

I just got done watching Mary Poppins with the boys. While I was watching, I had a few realizations.
It has been much longer since I have seen this movie than I thought. I thought I knew the movie pretty well, but thinking back, I don't think I understood a lot of the jokes that were made. I totally missed the whole women's suffrage thing. I don't think I had any idea what Mrs. Banks was talking about through the entire movie. I totally missed the entire point of the movie, about Mr. Banks. Once it started focusing less on the kids I think I stopped paying attention. I don't think I often watched to the end of the movie. I think I must have wandered off during the 'Feed the Birds' song, and often didn't come back in until 'Let's Go Fly a Kite.' Despite having been so long since seeing the movie, I still remembered most of the songs perfectly. Although I only vaguely remember the song the bankers sang, and I think I totally missed the point of Step in Time, because the only words I could remember were "step in time."I did find it cool that the owner of the bank's name was Dawes. I never would have noted that earlier. I didn't remember that the old man Dawes died laughing at the end either. Andrew loved parts of the movie, but he lost interest around the same part I always used to. Deano, however, loved it, and watched attentively to the end. Isaac loved the music of the first few songs, until I put him to bed. That movie is a lot longer than I expected.

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  1. M HiattFebruary 7, 2015 at 7:02 PM

    I have the same kind of feeling about Mary Poppins. After the 'Feed the Birds' song, it gets kind of dark, and a little scary until the happy ending.

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