Judging by your comments here and elsewhere, I strongly recommend that you watch Saving Mr. Banks. Criminally underrated, and blends the whimsy with the serious underlying themes.
I was just going to make the same comment. Saving Mr Banks is a total must see, especially just after watching Mary Poppins. I also agree about Saving Mr Banks being criminally underrated. Astonishing that it only got one oscar nomination.
That is the beauty of Mary Poppins. Saw it when I was a kid, and I was watching the adventures of Jane and Michael. But now as an adult, it switched to a completely different movie, about two parents disconnected from what's truly important in their lives. Something for everyone, genius I tell you!
The secret to understanding this story is that it is the transformation of Mr. Banks from being a distant father to one who is involved with his children. It improves the whole family to have him involved with the kids.
"Winds in the east, mist coming in. / Like somethin' is brewin' and 'bout to begin. / Can't put me finger on what lies in store, / But I feel what's to happen all happened before." Fun Fact: The filmmakers didn't inform Karen Dotrice (Jane) or Matthew Garber (Michael) about some "surprises" that were going to show up in the movie. Karen's dumbfounded look when Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) takes out item after item from the carpet bag and her little scream when Mary Poppins gave them medicines of different colors were genuine. The children also weren't told who was acting as Mr. Dawes, Sr. (Dick Van Dyke), and were worried that the horrible old man was going to fall down and die at any moment. Bonus Fact: When founder and (now former) chief archivist at the Walt Disney Archives Dave Smith went on a search for the snowglobe from this movie, which featured birds flying around Saint Paul's Cathedral, he finally found it on a shelf in a janitor's office. The janitor explained that he saw the snowglobe sitting in a trash can, but found it too pretty to throw away and kept it himself.
i was just about to comment this. i loved mary poppins so much as a kid and julie andrews is everything but bed knobs and broomsticks....that's still one of my go-to comfort movies all these years later. and the apple dumpling gang :)
@@promisemochi apple dumpling gang was great too. as was chitty chitty bang bang and the original pete's dragon. mmmm, when movies really made you dream ...and sing lol
ALL respect for Dick Van Dike! I saw a video of him remaking a dance from this movie and he was certainly older than dirt and did fantastic!! And of course Julie Andrew’s is still at it as well. Absolutely legends. ❤️
The new "Mary Poppins" is not a re-make, it is a sequel. You might also want to watch "Saving Mr Banks" it`s about how this first film came to be and is also fun.
2:51 I love how, when Mrs. Banks is coming home, she's singing the "Sister Suffragette" song in a less polished manner, more akin to how everyday folks sing in real life when they're just out and about. And to think, everyone cites _Turning Red_ as the first Disney movie to capture that, when Miriam sings *a million* times better than Winifred.
According to what I've read, Dick Van Dyke was told that he'd be receiving dialect training for this movie, but it consisted of around an hour of coaching from an Irish person who didn't know how to do a Cockney accent, either.
The Irish person was famed character actor J. Pat O'Malley who was a master of many types of English accents and did many Disney cartoon voices. He coached as best he could but Dick Van Dyke had absolutely no ear for it. And Van Dyke would be the first to admit it. As someone who has played everyone from Fagin to Col. Pickering, I too have had the opportunity to coach people on accents and believe me, some people just don't have an ear for it no matter what you do.
1964 film techniques.. They enter the cartoon world and Mary Poppins' lace head scarf that's holding on her hat is semi transparent. It is stupidly difficult even today. It's damn near impossible today. That shot of Mary Poppins in the cartoon world with a semi transparent veil could not be replicated with modern things.
The remake you mentioned (Mary Poppins Returns) isn't actually a remake, it's a sequel that carries on the story. There is also Saving Mr Banks which tells the story of how Mary Poppins was made and the conflict between Disney and the author of the book (though in true Disney fashion, it's a bit Disneyfied)
@@katreacts6843 Also, rather than the shameless plagiarism, a better "sequel" would be 1969's "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", where the 007 producer more successfully tried turning another children's book into his own shamelessly plagiarized would-be Mary Poppins, complete with Dick Van Dyke, Sherman Bros. musical numbers, and two even cuter kids: ruclips.net/video/oYU7z6z3N14/видео.html
@@katreacts6843 Bedknobs and Broomsticks was made as a sister film to this, it stars Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson who also played mister banks in Mary poppins I’d definitely recommend watching it
If you like this cast (and who wouldn’t), check of The Sound of Music and maybe Night at the Museum for Andrews and Van Dyke. As mentioned before, Saving Mr. Banks is a great movie about the creation of this film. Very nice reaction.
Rita Shaw American Actress played the Cook, aging American comedian Ed Wynn, famous on first radio and then TV, played the laughing Uncle Albert. Many famous British Actors in this, Elsa Lancaster was the nanny who left in the beginning, Arthur Treacher was the cop, Reginald Owen was the crazy admiral on top of the other house [ what a nut!], Hermione Baddeley was the maid [her reactions were priceless]
You know, many people misunderstand Mr. Banks because he seems too strict for a person of our time. But back then the Father had to teach their kids to grow up very fast, so they would be able to stand up to their own feet so they would survive. I know it's hard to realize, but the Father really just wants the best for his children. He is not so strict because he is a bad person, but because he wants his children to survive. Remember, in those times children had to grow up very fast, the people back there lived in far less pleasant and peaceful times then we do today. Sorry for my bad english ^^
Dick Van Dyke's accent in this movie is notoriously bad. It may be the reason why when he did Chitty Chitty Bang Bang a few years later (which also takes place in England) the producers were like: "You know what, man? Just speak normally..." God, this came out as a dis. I love the man, aye?
Also: a very short piece of fanfiction I wrote. For anyone who is interested. *ITEM 14* _”Mary Poppins, don't you love us?"_ The question lingered as I watched the children go skipping off up Cherry Tree Lane with their father, mother, and mended kite- without saying goodbye; as Beaky (that's my umbrella handle) was so kind as to point out. _”And what would become of me, may I ask, if I loved all the children I said goodbye to?"_ Practically perfect people _never_ lie. They simply... evade (when necessary). But the question surprised me, coming from Jane; it was unlike her not to see past the end of her nose. It was right there in the advertisement, after all: Item 14. Between the interdict on castor oil and gruel, and the barley water clause. Did she honestly think I would have accepted any position for which I did NOT meet the qualifications?
Kat, the "remake" is actually the sequel. :O I also recommend watching Saving Mr Banks, that is the biopic of the creator of Mary Poppins and what motivated her to sell her story to Walt Disney.
@@ericjanssen394 Sorry, but no, '...Returns' is not a remake. It's a completely different storyline, and takes place 25 years after the original. It also has a true villain, not just a father who is so bound up in his work that he doesn't understand his children's need. Yes, there were moments that hark back to the original, and cameos by some of the original cast, but they were in-jokes. It's not like 'A Christmas Carol', 'Pride and Prejudice', 'A Star is Born', 'The Canterville Ghost', or any of the multitude of others that *have* been remade many times.
@@ericjanssen394 the movies were based a couple of the books from the book series. They still haven’t made movies about the other books. Many things from the books are changed for the movies. For example, there are actually 5 kids in the Banks family, with Jane and Michael being the oldest.
Hi. Another great reaction. When I was a kid I figured that Burt was an American who happened to be living and working in London. The music is top notch As an adult I’ve gotten to like Feed The Birds the most.
Mary Poppins blew away the competition. EDIT: The end credits had a nice trippy credit for the elderly banker, although you did figure out who played him.
Another film made around the same time was called Bedknobs and Broomsticks. It's often accused of being way to similar to Mary Poppins. It even has one of the same actors! Personally I love it because except during the Blitz of World War II. Honestly how often do you see a musical children's comedy movie set during the London blitz?
I adore Bedknobs and Broomsticks! That movie, along with Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Babes in Toyland were some of my favorites as a kid.
At the age of 63, I still turn on the old Dick Van Dyke Show. Always was my favorite. And yes, that accent is terrible. Why did not Disney get him an accent coach, I'm sure he would have worked with them. Yet, I would not want someone else doing Bert.
2:27 Man, it's so cool seeing "H.M.S." (Her Majesty's Ship), the prefix used for British navy vessels, in one of my childhood movies after discovering that prefix through the comic opera _H.M.S. Pinafore_ by Gilbert & Sullivan. Those little things you never notice as a kid but definitely notice as an adult, and it's especially cool that it's not sexual in nature as that saying usually implies. :)
When Emily Blunt was on Stephen Colbert for "Mary Poppins Returns", Dick Van Dyke's British accent in this film was mentioned. Emily just laughed and said something like "We British look at Dick in this film with great fondness". Also "Mary Poppins Returns" is a follow up movie. Jane and Micheal are grow, with Micheal having children of his own. Not actually a remake.
Your judging the Banks parents by 21st century standards. In middle-class families of the Edwardian era, it was common for the parents to be rather detached from their children.
Loved your reaction! Fun fact: in an episode of Doctor Who (Day of the Doctor), David Tennant is told that "Dick Van Dyke wants his accent back" after he imitates another character's accent (badly).
I love Mary Poppins great film amazing classic starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. For this film Julie Andrews won an oscar for best actress thank you so much Kat great reaction excellent😊😊
Mary Poppins isn't an angel, dead or a witch. She is just magical!...as is this movie 🥰 Now, pleease, you MUST SEE Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music" ...no nonsense, just happiness!
Kat Reacts ...I hate to change the subject, but you keep guessing what Mary Poppins is and you didn't post a discussion thread. However I think you miss the obvious: Poppins is clearly a Fae, or Fairy Folk. She and Uncle Albert don't cast spells, they just do stuff. Bert is most certainly human, because he doesn't do anything magical on his own.
Not sure if you've seen it, but if you like this you might want to add Nanny McPhee to your possible react videos list to get to eventually if you haven't already.
P.L. Travers, the author of the Mary Poppin stories also hated Dick Van Dyke's accent. She also hated the fact that Disney wanted to use music and animation. Tom Hanks played Walt Disney in Saving Mr. Bank which was about the difficulty Disney had getting Travers permission to make a film based on the Mary Poppin stories. I loved this film as a child. 90 something year old Dick Van Dyke is in the Mary Poppin's sequel.
For those who want more of Bert, and who have never heard of The Dick Van Dyke Show apart from "Say, that's that WandaVision thing!", Van Dyke couldn't resist slipping a familiar bit of Poppins into one episode: ruclips.net/video/Aoxp7xoYedI/видео.html (And it's a fantasy London, so Bert is speaking fantasy-Cockney...I'm okay with it.)
To answer some of your historical questions here it goes: In the early 1900's/1910's, it was very common for the upper class to have nannies to take care of their children, in fact, the concept of the parents taking care of the child was very foreign to the upper class, and in the case of Mrs. Banks, she reflects many rich suffragettes, who not only had the time of going out but also had the money to invest in such causes. It was the mother's duty to ensure that the children had a nanny to take care of them and the father as well. My great-aunt (who was head of my family and a small farmer in the later years of the Portuguese Monarchy, and was a personal friend of Portugal's last King, Manuel II) writes in her journals about times when she meet people exactly like Mrs. Banks (and my great-aunt was born in the late 1870s). Because my great-aunt was born poor and a farmer, she was always looked down upon by her rich friends, who were suffragettes and had children as well. Hell P.M Travers (the author of Mary Poppins) said that she didn't like the Disney version of Mrs. Banks because she was a suffragette and in the 1960s, especially in the US, people no longer understood how rich families functioned in the 1910s and the movie reflects in a realistic way how it worked. Also, it was common back for couples not to talk about politics in that social and family environment. Also about the cartoon itself, the first cartoon to mix live-action and animation was the first animation made by Walt Disney in the early 1920s (even tho animation has been around since the early 1800's). So yeah I understand how difficult it was to understand why Mr. and Mrs. Banks seem to be ignorant toward their children (hell I also didn't understand that as well), but that was how things were back then. Also, I loved your reaction, MP is one of m favorite movies of all time. Much love 😊😊
Loved this review! One thing at the end - Mary Poppins Returns isn't a remake, it's a sequel, referencing the original Mary Poppins book sequels. If you haven't watched it yet I highly recommend it.
I feel like Mary poppins is her own entity that you can’t label I think that’s what makes her so magical and mysterious and in fact in the books being mysterious is a massive part of her character and charm even if you ask a child what do you think Mary poppins is? The only answer you’re sure to get is “she’s Mary poppins”
I just subscribed. I recently came across your videos.You're so funny!! Some of your comments crack me up so much I cry. Lol! I'm so happy you saw Mary Poppins. It's on of my favorites. My parents grew up on it when it first was mad and then I grew up on it. I love how, even though it's fantasy and whimsical, it deals with real issues and there's strong messages and is heartfelt. Feed the Birds makes me and even my parents tear up to this day. I have the Mary Poppins books. I like the sequel and love Saving Mr. Banks. Sometimes I go to Disney World and for the Halloween event there I dress as Bert in the Jolly Holiday outfit.
Yeah, no; Dick Van Dyke never really got the accent. But he's so amazing as Bert anyway that, well, I love him- bad accent and all. Mary Poppins is *not* a ghost. She is magic. A magic nanny. Possibly a witch, yes, despite the lack of broom, but not a bad one. No, no, Bert is not a witch-- or, a wizard. He has multiple talents and skills, but he doesn't have the same magic Mary does. Notice, _HIS_ attempt to jump them all into the picture doesn't work. You. Recognized. Him. The elderly banker. You knew it was him. --Okay, I'm impressed. That's not his chin. That's his *beard.* The remake / sequel is an okay enough movie... but it isn't THIS.
Don't worry. The English hate Dick Van Dyke's Cockney Accent also. Dick makes an appearance in the 2014 movie "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day".
This isn't a perfect film but it does 'hit' a lot of the goals the movie makers aimed for. If you have a chance to see SAVING MR. BANKS, this is sort of a recreation (not entirely factual, but is true on a good many events) of the movie-making process. At the time. Starring Tom Hanks as Walt Disney.
Dick Van Dyke said in an interview that he wasn't aware his English accent was so terrible. Julie Andrews and Karen Dotrice (Jane) were both from England and never corrected him. He thought he was doing fine and was a bit taken back when he found out. Back then it wasn't as important I suppose. Just a guess.
The movie Saving Mr. Banks plays fast and loose with a lot of the facts that happened behind the scene of this film. My biggest complaint about that being that the author, P.L. Travers is shown to really adore the song “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” when in reality, the song “Feed the Birds” was the song that convinced her to allow this film to be made in the first place. I think this had something to do with the religious overtones of the song, but that’s a rather silly reason to change the facts.
Aw! You couldn’t even use one clip of the song “Feed the Birds”? That’s my favorite song from this film, and it was Walt Disney’s favorite song as well.
The first time I saw this was at a drive-in theater. I still watch it every couple of years, a great fantasy with songs that stick with you (better than the recent sequel's songs which only work when using the originals as the score). Besides "Saving Mr. Banks" I also recommend The Simpsons parody 'Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious'.
Well, the distans the father show to his children in the beginning is very much how it was in Edwardian era England. At least in the social strata that the Banks family is in. For example, it was common that the children were eating dinner with the nanny or even in the kitchen with the staff the mother was able to eat with the children or by herself and the father did eat along after coming home from work. The idiom "Children should be seen but not heard" was still a thing back then.
MARY POPPINS RETURNS is a sequel, not a remake.😊. Good catch early on that it's more about George changing than the kids. This was the point P.L. Travers tried to impress on Walt Disney. The fan theory about Bert is that Mary Poppins once took care of Bert as a boy, and taught him how to enjoy life. Furthermore, Bert, Uncle Slbert and The Dawes' are all related, since laughter has the same effect.
We might have to explain the fae to Kat. Fae are the little people, usually faeries, but can encompass all, Brownies included. Brownies are house spirits........think house elves from Harry Potter, mischievous but basically good and protect the house. We are descended from Scottish stock and the wee people have always been honoured in our house - My Grandmother used to leave a little milk in a saucer on the kitchen table for the Brownies. They would not bless and keep the house safe if you didn't.
Julie had hoped to be in My Fair Lady the film as she was already in the stage production, However, Audrey Hepburn got the role of Eliza Doolittle instead. Was that bad? No, as you have now seen the role and film that she got to do instead of My Fair Lady. In case you haven't seen it yet, checkout Victor Victoria. 2 Easter eggs if you will: Blake and Julie's son is also in Victor Victoria. One last thing: the last scene in the movie was improvised. Enjoy.
Takes me back to seeing this a kid (66 now!) and my day is made complete whenever I see one of your reactions...loving your style! Thanks for all the hard work I know it takes!
My only critique of this stellar reaction vid (and it's a tiny, minor one) is the absence of Mary's "Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)" lullaby to the kids. Imho, one of the most beautiful (and meaningful) songs in the movie. I understand Kat couldn't have included much of it anyway due to copyright strike concerns. So, _c'est la vie_ . It is a shame, though, because the song is fundamental to setting up the events of the next day's bank outing which develop into the plot's crescendo and grand turning point.
I saw this movie in the theater back in ‘65, and as a child, it was a complete fantasy and I continue to watch it as a glorious fantasy. Your review sort of made me sad because you watched it trying to make sense out of it with the horrors of this new generation that have invaded our lives. I’m just so glad your inner child won out and you thoroughly enjoyed it. Please watch it again as your 10 year old self.
A note on your closing commentary. The new movie is NOT a remake. It's a sequel of all things, dealing with the children having grown into adults themselves and needing a return of that magic of Mary Poppins.
Mary Poppins Returns is not a remake. It's about the CHILDREN who are now grown up and have problems of their own. And SAVING MISTER BANKS is about the creation and making of Mary Poppins and the trials and tribulation of dealing with the book author.
Judging by your comments here and elsewhere, I strongly recommend that you watch Saving Mr. Banks. Criminally underrated, and blends the whimsy with the serious underlying themes.
I was just going to make the same comment. Saving Mr Banks is a total must see, especially just after watching Mary Poppins. I also agree about Saving Mr Banks being criminally underrated. Astonishing that it only got one oscar nomination.
@@stuberry1875 It also shows what a tragic and traumaic experience led to the creation of this character.
That is the beauty of Mary Poppins. Saw it when I was a kid, and I was watching the adventures of Jane and Michael. But now as an adult, it switched to a completely different movie, about two parents disconnected from what's truly important in their lives. Something for everyone, genius I tell you!
The secret to understanding this story is that it is the transformation of Mr. Banks from being a distant father to one who is involved with his children. It improves the whole family to have him involved with the kids.
"Winds in the east, mist coming in. / Like somethin' is brewin' and 'bout to begin. / Can't put me finger on what lies in store, / But I feel what's to happen all happened before."
Fun Fact: The filmmakers didn't inform Karen Dotrice (Jane) or Matthew Garber (Michael) about some "surprises" that were going to show up in the movie. Karen's dumbfounded look when Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) takes out item after item from the carpet bag and her little scream when Mary Poppins gave them medicines of different colors were genuine. The children also weren't told who was acting as Mr. Dawes, Sr. (Dick Van Dyke), and were worried that the horrible old man was going to fall down and die at any moment.
Bonus Fact: When founder and (now former) chief archivist at the Walt Disney Archives Dave Smith went on a search for the snowglobe from this movie, which featured birds flying around Saint Paul's Cathedral, he finally found it on a shelf in a janitor's office. The janitor explained that he saw the snowglobe sitting in a trash can, but found it too pretty to throw away and kept it himself.
Bed Knobs and Broomsticks ...its a must watch. i promise you'll enjoy it. its along the lines of this movie...a musical/ comedy/ drama made for kids
i was just about to comment this. i loved mary poppins so much as a kid and julie andrews is everything but bed knobs and broomsticks....that's still one of my go-to comfort movies all these years later. and the apple dumpling gang :)
@@promisemochi apple dumpling gang was great too. as was chitty chitty bang bang and the original pete's dragon. mmmm, when movies really made you dream ...and sing lol
the recently late great Angela Lansbury.
"I feel like I've been smoking something. Cause I don't find this weird. I'm just happy." That sums the movie up very well ^_^
ALL respect for Dick Van Dike! I saw a video of him remaking a dance from this movie and he was certainly older than dirt and did fantastic!! And of course Julie Andrew’s is still at it as well. Absolutely legends. ❤️
That was awesome, if its the one I'm thinking about on the dance group doing the "Step In Time".
The new "Mary Poppins" is not a re-make, it is a sequel. You might also want to watch "Saving Mr Banks" it`s about how this first film came to be and is also fun.
2:51 I love how, when Mrs. Banks is coming home, she's singing the "Sister Suffragette" song in a less polished manner, more akin to how everyday folks sing in real life when they're just out and about. And to think, everyone cites _Turning Red_ as the first Disney movie to capture that, when Miriam sings *a million* times better than Winifred.
According to what I've read, Dick Van Dyke was told that he'd be receiving dialect training for this movie, but it consisted of around an hour of coaching from an Irish person who didn't know how to do a Cockney accent, either.
Interestingly they only point to his character of Bert as an example of a bad accent, but not when he's Mr. Dawes Sr.
@@AngelusBrady A slightly posh accent isn't as difficult.
The Irish person was famed character actor J. Pat O'Malley who was a master of many types of English accents and did many Disney cartoon voices. He coached as best he could but Dick Van Dyke had absolutely no ear for it. And Van Dyke would be the first to admit it. As someone who has played everyone from Fagin to Col. Pickering, I too have had the opportunity to coach people on accents and believe me, some people just don't have an ear for it no matter what you do.
Sadly,the little boy died aged only 21😪🎩
I feel the chap laughing on the ceiling is a perfect metaphor for Bipolar. Happiness is too high and the crash is devastating- brilliant film
She's magical
1964 film techniques.. They enter the cartoon world and Mary Poppins' lace head scarf that's holding on her hat is semi transparent.
It is stupidly difficult even today. It's damn near impossible today.
That shot of Mary Poppins in the cartoon world with a semi transparent veil could not be replicated with modern things.
Witches use Broom Sticks. Guardian Angels don't.
The remake you mentioned (Mary Poppins Returns) isn't actually a remake, it's a sequel that carries on the story. There is also Saving Mr Banks which tells the story of how Mary Poppins was made and the conflict between Disney and the author of the book (though in true Disney fashion, it's a bit Disneyfied)
Oh! I didn't know that! Now I have to watch it :D
@@katreacts6843 I support all the others who've recommended _Saving Mr Banks_ -- it's wonderful.
@@katreacts6843 Also, rather than the shameless plagiarism, a better "sequel" would be 1969's "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", where the 007 producer more successfully tried turning another children's book into his own shamelessly plagiarized would-be Mary Poppins, complete with Dick Van Dyke, Sherman Bros. musical numbers, and two even cuter kids: ruclips.net/video/oYU7z6z3N14/видео.html
@@katreacts6843 Bedknobs and Broomsticks was made as a sister film to this, it stars Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson who also played mister banks in Mary poppins I’d definitely recommend watching it
If she was actually a witch, she would have said "Accio measuring tape!"
The new Mary Poppins is not a remake, it's a sequel.
You must watch saving Mr. Banks ( it's from 2013)
A Practical Perfect reaction!!! Well done. Another great film from back then is 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! - 1968.
You got it wrong at the beginning, Dick Van Dyke's accent isn't supposed to be mainstream English, It's cockney English.
If you like this cast (and who wouldn’t), check of The Sound of Music and maybe Night at the Museum for Andrews and Van Dyke. As mentioned before, Saving Mr. Banks is a great movie about the creation of this film. Very nice reaction.
Mary Poppins was originally a book.
Rita Shaw American Actress played the Cook, aging American comedian Ed Wynn, famous on first radio and then TV, played the laughing Uncle Albert. Many famous British Actors in this, Elsa Lancaster was the nanny who left in the beginning, Arthur Treacher was the cop, Reginald Owen was the crazy admiral on top of the other house [ what a nut!], Hermione Baddeley was the maid [her reactions were priceless]
You know, many people misunderstand Mr. Banks because he seems too strict for a person of our time. But back then the Father had to teach their kids to grow up very fast, so they would be able to stand up to their own feet so they would survive.
I know it's hard to realize, but the Father really just wants the best for his children. He is not so strict because he is a bad person, but because he wants his children to survive.
Remember, in those times children had to grow up very fast, the people back there lived in far less pleasant and peaceful times then we do today.
Sorry for my bad english ^^
Yes Julie Andrews ..Mary Poppins is her first movie ever and she wins an Academy Award for Best Actress
Dick Van Dyke's accent in this movie is notoriously bad. It may be the reason why when he did Chitty Chitty Bang Bang a few years later (which also takes place in England) the producers were like: "You know what, man? Just speak normally..."
God, this came out as a dis. I love the man, aye?
Also: a very short piece of fanfiction I wrote. For anyone who is interested.
*ITEM 14*
_”Mary Poppins, don't you love us?"_
The question lingered as I watched the children go skipping off up Cherry Tree Lane with their father, mother, and mended kite- without saying goodbye; as Beaky (that's my umbrella handle) was so kind as to point out.
_”And what would become of me, may I ask, if I loved all the children I said goodbye to?"_
Practically perfect people _never_ lie. They simply... evade (when necessary).
But the question surprised me, coming from Jane; it was unlike her not to see past the end of her nose. It was right there in the advertisement, after all: Item 14. Between the interdict on castor oil and gruel, and the barley water clause.
Did she honestly think I would have accepted any position for which I did NOT meet the qualifications?
First saw this over 50 years ago. Still one of my favourite movies.
Kat, the "remake" is actually the sequel. :O
I also recommend watching Saving Mr Banks, that is the biopic of the creator of Mary Poppins and what motivated her to sell her story to Walt Disney.
Returns is...still a shameless scene-for-scene remake, though. She's not wrong.
@@ericjanssen394 Sorry, but no, '...Returns' is not a remake. It's a completely different storyline, and takes place 25 years after the original. It also has a true villain, not just a father who is so bound up in his work that he doesn't understand his children's need. Yes, there were moments that hark back to the original, and cameos by some of the original cast, but they were in-jokes. It's not like 'A Christmas Carol', 'Pride and Prejudice', 'A Star is Born', 'The Canterville Ghost', or any of the multitude of others that *have* been remade many times.
@@ericjanssen394 the movies were based a couple of the books from the book series. They still haven’t made movies about the other books. Many things from the books are changed for the movies. For example, there are actually 5 kids in the Banks family, with Jane and Michael being the oldest.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious use to be the longest English word to my knowledge meaning perfect
Hi. Another great reaction. When I was a kid I figured that Burt was an American who happened to be living and working in London. The music is top notch As an adult I’ve gotten to like Feed The Birds the most.
Mary Poppins blew away the competition.
EDIT: The end credits had a nice trippy credit for the elderly banker, although you did figure out who played him.
Happy thoughts _(and laughter)_ lift you up, sad thoughts drag you down.
It's as easy as that.
Another film made around the same time was called Bedknobs and Broomsticks. It's often accused of being way to similar to Mary Poppins. It even has one of the same actors! Personally I love it because except during the Blitz of World War II. Honestly how often do you see a musical children's comedy movie set during the London blitz?
I adore Bedknobs and Broomsticks! That movie, along with Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Babes in Toyland were some of my favorites as a kid.
At the age of 63, I still turn on the old Dick Van Dyke Show. Always was my favorite. And yes, that accent is terrible. Why did not Disney get him an accent coach, I'm sure he would have worked with them. Yet, I would not want someone else doing Bert.
8:09 that woman just accepted her destiny of being blow away
2:27 Man, it's so cool seeing "H.M.S." (Her Majesty's Ship), the prefix used for British navy vessels, in one of my childhood movies after discovering that prefix through the comic opera _H.M.S. Pinafore_ by Gilbert & Sullivan. Those little things you never notice as a kid but definitely notice as an adult, and it's especially cool that it's not sexual in nature as that saying usually implies. :)
When Emily Blunt was on Stephen Colbert for "Mary Poppins Returns", Dick Van Dyke's British accent in this film was mentioned. Emily just laughed and said something like "We British look at Dick in this film with great fondness". Also "Mary Poppins Returns" is a follow up movie. Jane and Micheal are grow, with Micheal having children of his own. Not actually a remake.
Omg kat your reaction the cannon fire is hilarious! I bet you’d be like grabbing the perishables if the cannon shot off like that.
If my neighbors would do this every morning at 8 o'clock I'd move!
Your judging the Banks parents by 21st century standards. In middle-class families of the Edwardian era, it was common for the parents to be rather detached from their children.
Loved your reaction! Fun fact: in an episode of Doctor Who (Day of the Doctor), David Tennant is told that "Dick Van Dyke wants his accent back" after he imitates another character's accent (badly).
I love Mary Poppins great film amazing classic starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. For this film Julie Andrews won an oscar for best actress thank you so much Kat great reaction excellent😊😊
7:48 that's Mary Poppins way of blow the competition away
you should watch bed knobs and broomsticks too!
Mary Poppins isn't an angel, dead or a witch. She is just magical!...as is this movie 🥰 Now, pleease, you MUST SEE Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music" ...no nonsense, just happiness!
This is my new favourite reaction channel 100%
I'm glad! :D Welcome aboard! :D
Kat Reacts ...I hate to change the subject, but you keep guessing what Mary Poppins is and you didn't post a discussion thread. However I think you miss the obvious:
Poppins is clearly a Fae, or Fairy Folk. She and Uncle Albert don't cast spells, they just do stuff. Bert is most certainly human, because he doesn't do anything magical on his own.
Not sure if you've seen it, but if you like this you might want to add Nanny McPhee to your possible react videos list to get to eventually if you haven't already.
I highly recommend you watch “The Love Bug” (1968) if you haven’t yet.
P.L. Travers, the author of the Mary Poppin stories also hated Dick Van Dyke's accent. She also hated the fact that Disney wanted to use music and animation. Tom Hanks played Walt Disney in Saving Mr. Bank which was about the difficulty Disney had getting Travers permission to make a film based on the Mary Poppin stories. I loved this film as a child. 90 something year old Dick Van Dyke is in the Mary Poppin's sequel.
Cleaning IS that easy when you do it correctly, with love and joy!
in Dick's defense, Julie Andrews and David Tomlinson (2 native Brits) were quick to stand by him when critics had something to say about his accent.
Mary Poppins and her bag - thats timelord technology! Poppins is from Gallifrey!
Dick van Dyke is 93 years old and STILL dances like that. just redid the "Step In Time" bit for an ABC special.
Saving Mr. Banks is a MUST WATCH!!
I wonder how many times Mary's had to go before the Ministry of Magic for interfering with muggles.
Oh, Mary was totally a Slytherin! After all, “she’s tricky.”
For those who want more of Bert, and who have never heard of The Dick Van Dyke Show apart from "Say, that's that WandaVision thing!", Van Dyke couldn't resist slipping a familiar bit of Poppins into one episode: ruclips.net/video/Aoxp7xoYedI/видео.html
(And it's a fantasy London, so Bert is speaking fantasy-Cockney...I'm okay with it.)
To answer some of your historical questions here it goes:
In the early 1900's/1910's, it was very common for the upper class to have nannies to take care of their children, in fact, the concept of the parents taking care of the child was very foreign to the upper class, and in the case of Mrs. Banks, she reflects many rich suffragettes, who not only had the time of going out but also had the money to invest in such causes. It was the mother's duty to ensure that the children had a nanny to take care of them and the father as well.
My great-aunt (who was head of my family and a small farmer in the later years of the Portuguese Monarchy, and was a personal friend of Portugal's last King, Manuel II) writes in her journals about times when she meet people exactly like Mrs. Banks (and my great-aunt was born in the late 1870s). Because my great-aunt was born poor and a farmer, she was always looked down upon by her rich friends, who were suffragettes and had children as well. Hell P.M Travers (the author of Mary Poppins) said that she didn't like the Disney version of Mrs. Banks because she was a suffragette and in the 1960s, especially in the US, people no longer understood how rich families functioned in the 1910s and the movie reflects in a realistic way how it worked. Also, it was common back for couples not to talk about politics in that social and family environment.
Also about the cartoon itself, the first cartoon to mix live-action and animation was the first animation made by Walt Disney in the early 1920s (even tho animation has been around since the early 1800's).
So yeah I understand how difficult it was to understand why Mr. and Mrs. Banks seem to be ignorant toward their children (hell I also didn't understand that as well), but that was how things were back then. Also, I loved your reaction, MP is one of m favorite movies of all time.
Much love 😊😊
Loved this review! One thing at the end - Mary Poppins Returns isn't a remake, it's a sequel, referencing the original Mary Poppins book sequels. If you haven't watched it yet I highly recommend it.
I feel like Mary poppins is her own entity that you can’t label I think that’s what makes her so magical and mysterious and in fact in the books being mysterious is a massive part of her character and charm even if you ask a child what do you think Mary poppins is? The only answer you’re sure to get is “she’s Mary poppins”
I love that!
Spot on! I feel Disney & Co. alluded to this intention directly by including Mary's line where she says, "I never explain anything."
Kat, The film like Mary Poppins herself is practically perfect in everyway. Cheers, Chris Perry.
Check out WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT for mixing live action with cartoons. More recent vintage and catered more towards adults.
I really don't know how we sat through this whole long thing in the Movie House as kids....
I just subscribed. I recently came across your videos.You're so funny!! Some of your comments crack me up so much I cry. Lol! I'm so happy you saw Mary Poppins. It's on of my favorites. My parents grew up on it when it first was mad and then I grew up on it. I love how, even though it's fantasy and whimsical, it deals with real issues and there's strong messages and is heartfelt. Feed the Birds makes me and even my parents tear up to this day. I have the Mary Poppins books. I like the sequel and love Saving Mr. Banks. Sometimes I go to Disney World and for the Halloween event there I dress as Bert in the Jolly Holiday outfit.
Yeah, no; Dick Van Dyke never really got the accent. But he's so amazing as Bert anyway that, well, I love him- bad accent and all.
Mary Poppins is *not* a ghost. She is magic. A magic nanny. Possibly a witch, yes, despite the lack of broom, but not a bad one.
No, no, Bert is not a witch-- or, a wizard. He has multiple talents and skills, but he doesn't have the same magic Mary does. Notice, _HIS_ attempt to jump them all into the picture doesn't work.
You. Recognized. Him. The elderly banker. You knew it was him. --Okay, I'm impressed.
That's not his chin. That's his *beard.*
The remake / sequel is an okay enough movie... but it isn't THIS.
Fun fact the guy that played Michael died when he was around 17-18
have this movie nearly memorized, have seen this and loved it since a little child. The songs are so great.
I love your channel Kat and this is a great movie you chose to react to!
Thank you :D
Don't worry. The English hate Dick Van Dyke's Cockney Accent also. Dick makes an appearance in the 2014 movie "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day".
This isn't a perfect film but it does 'hit' a lot of the goals the movie makers aimed for. If you have a chance to see SAVING MR. BANKS, this is sort of a recreation (not entirely factual, but is true on a good many events) of the movie-making process. At the time. Starring Tom Hanks as Walt Disney.
Dick Van Dyke said in an interview that he wasn't aware his English accent was so terrible. Julie Andrews and Karen Dotrice (Jane) were both from England and never corrected him. He thought he was doing fine and was a bit taken back when he found out. Back then it wasn't as important I suppose. Just a guess.
This is my favorite movie from childhood, along with the sound of music. I recommend watching the sequel it's very good also.
Another classic from this era is Pete’s Dragon.
The movie Saving Mr. Banks plays fast and loose with a lot of the facts that happened behind the scene of this film. My biggest complaint about that being that the author, P.L. Travers is shown to really adore the song “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” when in reality, the song “Feed the Birds” was the song that convinced her to allow this film to be made in the first place. I think this had something to do with the religious overtones of the song, but that’s a rather silly reason to change the facts.
.. and it still looks awesome today!
Aw! You couldn’t even use one clip of the song “Feed the Birds”? That’s my favorite song from this film, and it was Walt Disney’s favorite song as well.
No I'm afraid not. RUclips is very strict, and when it comes do Disney, they use an iron fist filled with copyright claims!
The first time I saw this was at a drive-in theater. I still watch it every couple of years, a great fantasy with songs that stick with you (better than the recent sequel's songs which only work when using the originals as the score).
Besides "Saving Mr. Banks" I also recommend The Simpsons parody 'Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious'.
Loved that joke since I heard it...been least 25 years at least.
Well, the distans the father show to his children in the beginning is very much how it was in Edwardian era England. At least in the social strata that the Banks family is in. For example, it was common that the children were eating dinner with the nanny or even in the kitchen with the staff the mother was able to eat with the children or by herself and the father did eat along after coming home from work. The idiom "Children should be seen but not heard" was still a thing back then.
Unless I’m mistaken, Mary Poppins is one of the Seven Sisters of the Pleides.
Delightful reaction. Thanks! A true classic, even with DvD’s charmingly horrible accent. So glad you enjoyed the film.
Because fun makes sense as long as you don't take it too seriously.
You need to see Mary Poppins June 18, 1965 and in 2022
MARY POPPINS RETURNS is a sequel, not a remake.😊. Good catch early on that it's more about George changing than the kids. This was the point P.L. Travers tried to impress on Walt Disney. The fan theory about Bert is that Mary Poppins once took care of Bert as a boy, and taught him how to enjoy life. Furthermore, Bert, Uncle Slbert and The Dawes' are all related, since laughter has the same effect.
Someone made a Mary Poppins trailer, but as a horror, lol.
Definitely suggest "Saving Mr.Banks"and even "Mary Poppins Returns"wasn't bad.
Definitely watch "Mary Poppins Returns"!
Yes Dick Van Dyke's English accent was truly atrocious but we forgave him completely because, well he's Dick Van Dyke !
It took me years to realize that the elder Mr.Dawes was Dick Van Dyke! I just found that out this year!
I was so proud of myself that I noticed that because usually I'm not that sharp on those things!
never invite the fae into your house
We might have to explain the fae to Kat. Fae are the little people, usually faeries, but can encompass all, Brownies included. Brownies are house spirits........think house elves from Harry Potter, mischievous but basically good and protect the house.
We are descended from Scottish stock and the wee people have always been honoured in our house - My Grandmother used to leave a little milk in a saucer on the kitchen table for the Brownies. They would not bless and keep the house safe if you didn't.
Julie had hoped to be in My Fair Lady the film as she was already in the stage production, However, Audrey Hepburn got the role of Eliza Doolittle instead. Was that bad? No, as you have now seen the role and film that she got to do instead of My Fair Lady. In case you haven't seen it yet, checkout Victor Victoria. 2 Easter eggs if you will: Blake and Julie's son is also in Victor Victoria. One last thing: the last scene in the movie was improvised. Enjoy.
If my children went missing, I'd call out the SBS.
Takes me back to seeing this a kid (66 now!) and my day is made complete whenever I see one of your reactions...loving your style! Thanks for all the hard work I know it takes!
Watch Bedknobs and Broomsticks!!!
My only critique of this stellar reaction vid (and it's a tiny, minor one) is the absence of Mary's "Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)" lullaby to the kids. Imho, one of the most beautiful (and meaningful) songs in the movie. I understand Kat couldn't have included much of it anyway due to copyright strike concerns. So, _c'est la vie_ . It is a shame, though, because the song is fundamental to setting up the events of the next day's bank outing which develop into the plot's crescendo and grand turning point.
I saw this movie in the theater back in ‘65, and as a child, it was a complete fantasy and I continue to watch it as a glorious fantasy. Your review sort of made me sad because you watched it trying to make sense out of it with the horrors of this new generation that have invaded our lives. I’m just so glad your inner child won out and you thoroughly enjoyed it. Please watch it again as your 10 year old self.
Saw this in the theatre when it first came out ! Still love it ! It shows encouraging kids to use their imagination.
A note on your closing commentary. The new movie is NOT a remake. It's a sequel of all things, dealing with the children having grown into adults themselves and needing a return of that magic of Mary Poppins.
Great reaction to a wonderful film.
Mary Poppins: "I never explain anything."
Dick Van Dyke reprised the role of the old man in the newest movie.
Fun movie fact here. Mr.Dawes is seen in Hook and Toys (Robin Williams) movie.
Mary Poppins Returns is not a remake. It's about the CHILDREN who are now grown up and have problems of their own.
And SAVING MISTER BANKS is about the creation and making of Mary Poppins and the trials and tribulation of dealing with the book author.