tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.comments2024-02-25T21:23:09.512-05:00Stale PopcornGlenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5609125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-23016532808988651752013-08-19T12:33:37.627-04:002013-08-19T12:33:37.627-04:00Love this movie, and your post!Love this movie, and your post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-34411456233947257632013-08-02T00:28:29.709-04:002013-08-02T00:28:29.709-04:00I can understand your points here, however I will ...I can understand your points here, however I will urge you to look a bit more into the history of Mary Poppins and her author P L Travers. A lot of everything is going to be explained in <i>Saving Mr Banks.</i><br />The point is, it took 30 years for Travers to release the rights to Disney for Mary Poppins, and thank god too. I don't think they would've done as half a good job of it if it were made any earlier. One of the conditions for the release was that Travers had full script approval, something unheard of in those days considering other authors just allowed Disney to work his magic, so to speak, no strings attached. So you have to understand that the run time of over 2 hours was deemed necessary. <br />The comparison with West Side Story is an interesting one. I find both films visually fascinating. They both use colour to dramatic effect well, however you've criticised Mary Poppins in "reeking of mothballs" which seems a little harsh. The settings are completely different and in being in Edwardian England compared with a modern (at the time) New York City, there must be allowances. <br />The biggest point is how odd and fluttering the film seems. If you read the books, you'll find that Mary Poppins adventures with the children do jump around some, as the film does. Disney took several of those short adventures and molded them into the underlying storyline, which is the transformation arc of Mr Banks. While not obvious, the subtle hints are there. Everytime the children recount their adventure of the day, their father takes a little from it, culminating in his use of superfragilisticexpialidocious, and the wooden leg named smith joke in his disciplinary hearing. Thus his realisation of how much he has neglected his children comes into play, and he transforms into a loving father. <br />While the film seems very all-over the place, knowing and watching it thoroughly brings an appreciation for what Disney was trying to achieve throughout this film. It is visually engaging, entertaining, with an underlying message. Something I find modern films are lacking in, considering the need for everything to be explained. Must we know why Mary Poppins is magic, or what she does on her second tuesday off? It seems to be enough for me at least, that there is hope that life can take a completely new direction, upon meeting a new and unfathomable stranger.Emmandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00715821304043661516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-80347682323872412112013-07-31T21:55:31.882-04:002013-07-31T21:55:31.882-04:00Andy was intentionally left a cipher, per the film...Andy was intentionally left a cipher, per the filmmaker. I agree that its a pretty crappy film, although the surf cinematography was really beautiful.<br /><br />I disagree in your assessment of the Andy / Fergus subplot -- that was by an order of magnitude the best part of the movie, and should have been its own film. Dan Castle said that "Shelter" already did the "gay surfer" thing so he didn't want to re-do it, but I feel like there's room for more than one. How many action films are there, and I have yet to hear an action-film director say "well, someone's already done the rogue-cop-saves-the-day movie, we dont' need another one!"<br /><br />I wish the movie had been a little more explicit about what was happening there -- it seems clear to me that Andy was into guys to some degree (eyes sliding over Fergus at the saltwater-poolside, leaning into him in the jeep, *jerking off* with him in the dunes (ahem? doesn't that count?) and the underwater thing that seemed to be him just grabbing at Fergus' arms to touch him). And of course the post-credit "boyfriend" Easter Egg.<br /><br />Look, sometimes the good guy wins even in real life. Sometimes the hot guy really does want to be with you (I say this as a very plain person who has caught the eye of the guy everyone wanted -- more than once!) If its OK to have the awkward teen girl have the boy of her dreams fall in love with her in *every* teen movie ever made, its OK to have the awkward teen guy have the boy of his dreams, too. Let romantic stories be romantic.KitchenGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064077464533288037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-8184535758262924812013-07-20T04:01:44.602-04:002013-07-20T04:01:44.602-04:00You got it. I watched the film some years ago (tha...You got it. I watched the film some years ago (thanks to you, I the film is so great that I took hours to subtitle it for my mother to see. She loved it). And I still get goosebumps thinking about it. Just checked back to see what you had to say, you being an Aussie and "horror" film devotee. It is not so much a toe-curling scare, more like a story that breaks your heart. At least, that is what remained for me. I work on a study about photography and literature and find it wonderful (and creepy) how the film exploits the old idea of how people being photographed (or filmed, for that matter), leave a bit of themselves (literally, particles) in these photos. As Barthes put it: Every photography is a witness of presence. Dead but there. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-57394988610606684982013-06-27T04:45:49.200-04:002013-06-27T04:45:49.200-04:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-23169553002353478112013-06-18T22:18:35.097-04:002013-06-18T22:18:35.097-04:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08194113062830373898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-58609917607176748032013-06-16T03:48:35.853-04:002013-06-16T03:48:35.853-04:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-58512622168198950252013-06-13T02:57:31.638-04:002013-06-13T02:57:31.638-04:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-60926718312112863402013-06-12T14:15:13.621-04:002013-06-12T14:15:13.621-04:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Prosperohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447141018779024939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-40485501703422636662013-06-05T11:43:59.772-04:002013-06-05T11:43:59.772-04:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01093654246789015650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-73323561284856761162013-05-16T17:49:50.048-04:002013-05-16T17:49:50.048-04:00Great analysis.Great analysis.Antonio Cuestahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890856297468075359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-72976017419336164972013-05-15T20:27:49.255-04:002013-05-15T20:27:49.255-04:00It's my recollection that The Talented Mr. Rip...It's my recollection that <i>The Talented Mr. Ripley</i>/Oscar saga went something like this: Harvey Weinstein was in charge of <i>The Cider House Rules</i>'s Oscar campaign, while his brother Bob was in charge of <i>Ripley</i>'s. Bob was suddenly hospitalized for something or other during awards season, and the <i>Ripley</i> campaign suffered as a result.J.P. (from The Film Experience)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-85576805693222829082013-05-09T23:21:46.647-04:002013-05-09T23:21:46.647-04:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Philip H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-76274873291093057032013-05-08T21:57:11.963-04:002013-05-08T21:57:11.963-04:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08987383983530564029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-47005020187556869392013-05-07T21:36:00.836-04:002013-05-07T21:36:00.836-04:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Angelica Jadehttp://madwomenandmuses.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-17950057133197877362013-05-04T02:01:06.521-04:002013-05-04T02:01:06.521-04:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Keith Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05886217413331590438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-2206263519179780572013-05-03T17:48:02.360-04:002013-05-03T17:48:02.360-04:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Lights Camera Reactionhttp://lightscamerareaction.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-69285646053698453582013-04-26T19:31:27.776-04:002013-04-26T19:31:27.776-04:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Tawdry Livinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04908183702821430216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-2367063546094116002013-04-25T18:42:50.105-04:002013-04-25T18:42:50.105-04:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.will hhttp://twitter.com/subatomiccowboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-40906767922334643292013-04-06T11:14:30.168-04:002013-04-06T11:14:30.168-04:00Good review Glenn. It's a very crazy movie, bu...Good review Glenn. It's a very crazy movie, but it's central message is what really makes it feel grounded in some sense of reality where the future society, aka these kids, are fucked. They love MTV, they love partying, they love drinking, and they love committing debauchery. Everybody loves doing that, but it's become such a toll for life now, it's almost repetitive and stupid, sort of how this movie likes to present itself. 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