Mary Poppins (1964)

 

Director: Robert Stevenson

Producer: Walt Disney

Cast: Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) Dick Van Dyke (Bert) Karen Dotrice (Jane Banks) Matthew Garber (Michael Banks).

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Ello, gov’nor!

That’s the only word I have to describe this movie.

Get on to the review.

We get introduced to a street performer named Bert, who also serves as our narrator. Bert explains that this is London in 1910, and a former British Navy officer named Admiral Boom, who accurately gets time correct and Greenwich relies on him for time. Boom also fires a firework every day exactly at 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. At 17 Cherry Tree Lane, we see that a wealthy banker named Mr Banks has two rambunctious children, who go missing as usual and later return, with their kite that had gone missing. Their nanny quits because it was the fourth time the kids went missing in the week and their mother Winifred, an infamous suffragette, goes off to protest. Later that night, Mr and Mrs. Banks decide on having a harsh and disciplinarian nanny who will train both the children into being fit for being bankers. Meanwhile, the Banks twins have made their own advert for a nanny, which involved a good, caring and sweet nanny. So later, Mary Poppins arrives and is reluctantly asked to be a nanny by Mr Banks. Poppins turns every chore into a game, starting by cleaning up the nursery by snapping their fingers. Want to know more? Watch the movie!

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Yeah.  Very fun. The soundtrack was AMAZING! Especially ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ and ‘Step in Time’. It was a musical film all along, and only people who were born in London WWI will know it, as it is old-timey 1910-ish British style music. The style of the music is supposed to be 1910’s-ish, since it takes place in 1910! Admiral Boom’s later attack on the chimney-sweeps who were dancing on the rooftop of the Banks house was silly, even Boom commenting on Bert’s defection of a firework was funny.  Did I mention that this movie also included animated animals who were talking and some cute little waiter penguins who performed a little tap dance? I couldn’t find any flaws in this review.

I wholeheartedly recommend this movie because:

1.       The acting is cool.

2.        The storyline is nice.

3.       The. Songs. Are. The. Best.

4.       The characters (especially the animated ones) are also cute.

5.       Overall, THE MOVIE IS SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS!