The Big Picture · Discussion
December 19, 2018/ 35 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins · Juliette Lim
An exit survey on 'Mary Poppins Returns': the songs, the banking plot, Emily Blunt, and whether a sequel 54 years later had any reason to exist.
2 films across 1 segment.
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'Mary Poppins Returns' Exit Survey
Rob Marshall's sequel runs beat-for-beat with the original, down to a Meryl Streep answer to the ceiling gag. The panel agrees Emily Blunt is the whole reason to watch. The Marc Shaiman songs never produce an earworm, and Colin Firth's banker villain baffles everyone. Blunt is pegged as a likely Oscar nominee.
The 1964 original, the last film Walt Disney made before he died. Amanda's formative movie; all three note how strange and pointedly political the second half is. A rare Disney Best Picture nominee, with Julie Andrews winning Best Actress.
Also mentioned raised along the way
Disney's remake era Beauty and the BeastCinderellaThe Lion KingSaving Mr. Banks
Rob Marshall directed ChicagoInto the WoodsPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesMemoirs of a GeishaNine8½
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