Starring: Emily Blunt and Lin-Manual Miranda
Rated PG
Decades
after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks
siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their
lives.
“Mary
Poppins Returns” is a film audiences want to like. But when
compared to the original 1964 film, the new sequel is out of its
league.
At it's heart “Mary Poppins” and “Mary Poppins Returns” are musicals. But the musical score in “Mary Poppins Returns” is unmemorable at best.
Compare the new score to the original's score which included “Jolly Holiday,” “Spoonful of Sugar,” “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” “Feed the Birds,” Chim Chim Cheree” and “Let's Go Fly a Kite,” all songs the audiences were humming as they left the movie theater in 1964.
The new film really lacks that big blockbuster song.
Also gone in “Mary Poppins Returns” is a sense of childhood whimsy and fun, as the new film is laden with sorrow in the first few moments of the movie.
Although Emily Blunt takes on the iconic role in earnest, her Mary Poppins is written to languish in the background, smiling and knowingly nod. She is hardly the protagonist we remember.
Lin-Manual Miranda plays 'Jack,' a new character taking the place of Dick van Dyke's 'Bert,' but again the character seems to be only added in to provide some songs here and there.
At it's heart “Mary Poppins” and “Mary Poppins Returns” are musicals. But the musical score in “Mary Poppins Returns” is unmemorable at best.
Compare the new score to the original's score which included “Jolly Holiday,” “Spoonful of Sugar,” “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” “Feed the Birds,” Chim Chim Cheree” and “Let's Go Fly a Kite,” all songs the audiences were humming as they left the movie theater in 1964.
The new film really lacks that big blockbuster song.
Also gone in “Mary Poppins Returns” is a sense of childhood whimsy and fun, as the new film is laden with sorrow in the first few moments of the movie.
Although Emily Blunt takes on the iconic role in earnest, her Mary Poppins is written to languish in the background, smiling and knowingly nod. She is hardly the protagonist we remember.
Lin-Manual Miranda plays 'Jack,' a new character taking the place of Dick van Dyke's 'Bert,' but again the character seems to be only added in to provide some songs here and there.
“Mary
Poppins Returns” is not unlikeable, but is is unremarkable.
It
gets a C and is rated PG.
Spider-Man into the Spider-Verse
Starring the voices of: Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld
Rated PG
Rated PG
Miles
Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his reality and crosses paths with
his counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat to all
reality.
One
of the few surprises in film last year, “Spider-Man into the
Spider-Verse” is a white knuckle, action adventure film that will
rivet you to your seat from beginning to end.
Along with a compelling and well thought out story, “Spider-Verse” is stunningly animated with amazing detail and is brilliantly presented.
For those reasons it brought home an Oscar for best animated feature.
It deserves an A and is rated PG.
Along with a compelling and well thought out story, “Spider-Verse” is stunningly animated with amazing detail and is brilliantly presented.
For those reasons it brought home an Oscar for best animated feature.
It deserves an A and is rated PG.
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