Truly disappointing that P.L. Travers hated the film given what a cultural touchstone it became. The stage musical is more accurate to the source material, but I love what Disney created in the movie. Dame Julie Andrews was so perfect for the title character and her chemistry with the cast along with that beautiful angelic voice is why it continues to be shown to youths 60 years later
In her memoir julie Andrews said that when she working with rex Harrison in the stage version of my fair lady was horrible he was a total jerk she hated working with him so that was another good thing that she didn't get hired for the movie version
Hi Laura! Great video! I felt just as you do about the Mary Poppins book after I read it the first time. However, when I read it again, I had a complete change of feeling towards it - totally enchanted! I can't explain it! I think it has to do with my own expectations. The second time around I knew what it was, so it allowed me to see it for what it is, and not what I thought it was going to be like - if you know what I mean? I think that may be what Travers was afraid might happen once Disney made the movie - that people will begin to want more out of the book and it will lose its magic. I don't know just an idea...but anyway, after the second reading I was totally in love, which was very much a surprise. I loved your video - back from travels and have been looking forward to seeing this one! Did not disappoint😍!!!
That's a good point, I'll have to give it another read at some point! It also didn't help that I wasn't totally in the reading mood in general when I was reading it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and I'm glad you liked the video! 😁
If you do, let me know if anything changes for you...I'd be curious because when I talked about Mary Poppins in a video recently, I didn't mention how I felt the first time because I just thought it was me and that I had not been paying attention! @@WhytheBookWins
I love, love, LOVE the books!!!!!! Both as a kid and an adult I find them charming. Yes May was not so "nice" in the books but.... Honestly the adventures had me hooked from age 6 when I had them for Christmas from my parents. (And I lived the different characters which either weren't mentioned or were so very briefly during the movie) OK so snapping off your fingers as sweets (IYKYK) for babies was when unsettling at the time, but you know!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing! I can see the charm and humor from the books, and I want to read it a second time. I think the episodic style of the book threw me off because I was expecting a consistent narrative throughout the story. But going in a second time I would know what to expect.
@@WhytheBookWins I can understand that, and maybe my love affair with the books is twofold. 1 I've always simply loved books!!! I started reading age 2!!!! And 2I read the books before I had the attention span for a3 hour movie. I also love the movie, though I never liked the prolonged scene on top of the chimneys with the chimney sweeps. (Though love the Chim Chiminee song!!!!) ❤️ I'm legally blind now (Severely Visually Impaired, if, like me, you're British) but I have the Audio versions of the books and love them!! Sometimes kids books can be a guilty pleasure!!!!!❤️❤️
Thank you for mentioning the "Saving Mr. Banks" movie. I thought I was one of the few....And you make the Mary Poppins movie more interesting than I thought when I was a kid, way back then.
@@WhytheBookWins Yep. I thought it was very interesting. Watched it on a whim, just because of respect for both Emma Thompson (well, also a movie star crush on her since "Dead Again" movie long ago) and Tom Hanks . There's only a handful of actresses and actors I'll watch any movie just because they're in it. I think it's called Class and Discernment. Pretty rare, nowadays...
Also in the new Mary Poppins DVD was the only one to return but og Julie Andrews was offered to return but she declined apparently for 2 reasons 1 she felt she was too old to play mary poppins and 2 she was too busy at the time and couldnt do it.
18:00 U know imo I think that's the right way to do sequels if u want to but the author/creator doesnt want to. So many spinoffs sequels etc are made right after the person who said no died and imo I think that's a bit disrespectful cause its saying "oh just wait till the old man/woman dies and then we can make sequels off their work" which IMO says u want them dead. So that's why I actually like how Disney waited to do a sequel till enough time passed since the author's death that its not taking advantage of the situation.
Walt Disney was right to hire julie Andrews she was perfect in mary Poppins she deserved the win especially after jack Warner decided to give the role in my fair lady to audrey Hepburn ms Hepburn wasn't good in the role and she apologized to julie years later for taking the role
Truly disappointing that P.L. Travers hated the film given what a cultural touchstone it became. The stage musical is more accurate to the source material, but I love what Disney created in the movie. Dame Julie Andrews was so perfect for the title character and her chemistry with the cast along with that beautiful angelic voice is why it continues to be shown to youths 60 years later
Yeah Julie Andrews is incredible! Authors get so attached (understandably so) to their books it must be hard to see someone making changes to it.
In her memoir julie Andrews said that when she working with rex Harrison in the stage version of my fair lady was horrible he was a total jerk she hated working with him so that was another good thing that she didn't get hired for the movie version
Oh wow! That's too bad, but yeah sounds like get not getting the role could have been for the better
I read that Audrey Hepburn said the same thing. She did not like Rex Harrison at all. She found him to be very arrogant and condescending.
@@bunchberry9957 many people who worked with rex didn't like him at all
Hi Laura! Great video! I felt just as you do about the Mary Poppins book after I read it the first time. However, when I read it again, I had a complete change of feeling towards it - totally enchanted! I can't explain it! I think it has to do with my own expectations. The second time around I knew what it was, so it allowed me to see it for what it is, and not what I thought it was going to be like - if you know what I mean? I think that may be what Travers was afraid might happen once Disney made the movie - that people will begin to want more out of the book and it will lose its magic. I don't know just an idea...but anyway, after the second reading I was totally in love, which was very much a surprise. I loved your video - back from travels and have been looking forward to seeing this one! Did not disappoint😍!!!
That's a good point, I'll have to give it another read at some point! It also didn't help that I wasn't totally in the reading mood in general when I was reading it.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and I'm glad you liked the video! 😁
If you do, let me know if anything changes for you...I'd be curious because when I talked about Mary Poppins in a video recently, I didn't mention how I felt the first time because I just thought it was me and that I had not been paying attention! @@WhytheBookWins
I saw the movie first.
So I went into the book with a more positive view of the characters.
I love, love, LOVE the books!!!!!! Both as a kid and an adult I find them charming. Yes May was not so "nice" in the books but.... Honestly the adventures had me hooked from age 6 when I had them for Christmas from my parents. (And I lived the different characters which either weren't mentioned or were so very briefly during the movie) OK so snapping off your fingers as sweets (IYKYK) for babies was when unsettling at the time, but you know!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing! I can see the charm and humor from the books, and I want to read it a second time. I think the episodic style of the book threw me off because I was expecting a consistent narrative throughout the story. But going in a second time I would know what to expect.
@@WhytheBookWins I can understand that, and maybe my love affair with the books is twofold. 1 I've always simply loved books!!! I started reading age 2!!!! And 2I read the books before I had the attention span for a3 hour movie. I also love the movie, though I never liked the prolonged scene on top of the chimneys with the chimney sweeps. (Though love the Chim Chiminee song!!!!) ❤️
I'm legally blind now (Severely Visually Impaired, if, like me, you're British) but I have the Audio versions of the books and love them!! Sometimes kids books can be a guilty pleasure!!!!!❤️❤️
Thank you for mentioning the "Saving Mr. Banks" movie. I thought I was one of the few....And you make the Mary Poppins movie more interesting than I thought when I was a kid, way back then.
Did you like Saving Mr. Banks?
@@WhytheBookWins Yep. I thought it was very interesting. Watched it on a whim, just because of respect for both Emma Thompson (well, also a movie star crush on her since "Dead Again" movie long ago) and Tom Hanks . There's only a handful of actresses and actors I'll watch any movie just because they're in it. I think it's called Class and Discernment. Pretty rare, nowadays...
Also in the new Mary Poppins DVD was the only one to return but og Julie Andrews was offered to return but she declined apparently for 2 reasons 1 she felt she was too old to play mary poppins and 2 she was too busy at the time and couldnt do it.
Oh interesting! I didn't know that
18:00 U know imo I think that's the right way to do sequels if u want to but the author/creator doesnt want to. So many spinoffs sequels etc are made right after the person who said no died and imo I think that's a bit disrespectful cause its saying "oh just wait till the old man/woman dies and then we can make sequels off their work" which IMO says u want them dead. So that's why I actually like how Disney waited to do a sequel till enough time passed since the author's death that its not taking advantage of the situation.
Yeah that's a good point!
I going to have reread the book, since it’s has been since I read the book
You'll have to let me know what you think of it!
Walt Disney was right to hire julie Andrews she was perfect in mary Poppins she deserved the win especially after jack Warner decided to give the role in my fair lady to audrey Hepburn ms Hepburn wasn't good in the role and she apologized to julie years later for taking the role
Agreed! Even though I love Audrey Hepburn and I think she is good in the role, it was messed up they didn't hire Andrews!