Brrrr! The weather is turning cold again, and more rain too, which made for quite a dreary sort of Saturday. Our plan was to head to this outdoor park where there were plans for a Chinese New Year celebration, but unfortunately the cold rain sort of played a spoiler to those plans.
So "Plan B" it was, and that was a marvelous one, because we went to see "Mary Poppins Returns" today, and lo! It was "International Popcorn Day." We got our popcorn for free today, and we actually filled two tubs. And .. faced the consequences afterwards, with somewhat queasy tummies! But at the time, we were in a pretty fine place, and a month later, this theater was actually filled with people to see Mary Poppins, which was surprising to me. I think one thing was the overcrowded Christmas movie list was too big, and like us, many were out to see something we wanted to see a few weeks ago. Add to this the fact that there hasn't been anything new lately, and that made for an auditorium full of people out to see the movies. We were in our traditional spot, and we were pleasantly surprised. I mean, the bar was set amazingly high, and the task near impossible. Let all that go, and just enjoy the movie, and remember there are lots more adventures from the original books that never made it to the big screen. That's what this movie does a lot of.
And it would be impossible to get close to the original Mary Poppins movie's legendary performances by Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews. Even more the star of that original movie are the songs by the Sherman brothers. There is something so amazingly magical with that first movie, still all these years later.
Yet this movie came really close to capturing that once again. One thing we loved about this movie was how it drew from the books. You can look here on this blog how we read through about four of the books by PL Travers. So we recognized certain things as they happened, and it was respectful to the source material. I loved how they incorporated the others characters such Admiral Boom into the miniature adventures, and how there were lingering questions afterwards about if this really happened. And of course the children find one little bit of evidence that proves that it really all did happen.
On top of that, the movie was respectful to the original movie in wonderful ways. Some were subtle, like the font and opening credits, while others were amazing, like the return of Dick Van Dyke. Having Angela Lansbury in the movie as well was such a wonderfully uplifting moment. Which brings us to the new songs: they're really good. We bought the soundtrack right away, and of course how can you even compete with the original songs from the first movie? Ignore the comparisons, and just enjoy these songs for what they are, because that's what we did, and we found ourselves singing along with songs that we've only heard for the first time. Additionally, this score and the songs captured that magic again. It's a movie where you can't help but smile.
And that's what we did today. The three of us loved this movie, and it was too bad we didn't see it any earlier, really. Part of that delay may have been the so-so record of Disney movies over the past year. But this was a great one to end the year on.
We got home afterwards, driving home in the rain of course, and scurried inside to continue our various tasks, like taking down the Nutcrackers, or practicing piano. Intense cold weather may be coming soon, and we've got our eyes on that to see if it is anything significant. We'll see soon enough, won't we?
Madison and Daddy were battling and racing with Mario Kart today, something we've never done together before, if you can believe that. At least, not on the big television with the Switch. But we've purchased this game, and we've been having a fun time with the courses and the battlegrounds. We played this a good while, actually!
It was a day to do some catching up at home, some writing and reading too: we continued with a few chapters from Peter and Molly's adventures as Starcatchers, finding "The Keep," and learning where Molly's father has gone off to. We read from our devotional too, of course. And then we went to bed a little earlier tonight, as we get up earlier tomorrow for one more visit with the Cat in the Hat.
Today was a great day though, even despite the gloomy, dreary weather outside. It's getting profoundly chilly outside now, and tomorrow we're all in for quite a shock. We've been very well accustomed to our reasonable temperatures here, even in the midst of the winter. Somebody forgot to actually turn the outdoor thermostat down this winter, and we've all been enjoying the weather outside lately. But that's about to change pretty dramatically!
So "Plan B" it was, and that was a marvelous one, because we went to see "Mary Poppins Returns" today, and lo! It was "International Popcorn Day." We got our popcorn for free today, and we actually filled two tubs. And .. faced the consequences afterwards, with somewhat queasy tummies! But at the time, we were in a pretty fine place, and a month later, this theater was actually filled with people to see Mary Poppins, which was surprising to me. I think one thing was the overcrowded Christmas movie list was too big, and like us, many were out to see something we wanted to see a few weeks ago. Add to this the fact that there hasn't been anything new lately, and that made for an auditorium full of people out to see the movies. We were in our traditional spot, and we were pleasantly surprised. I mean, the bar was set amazingly high, and the task near impossible. Let all that go, and just enjoy the movie, and remember there are lots more adventures from the original books that never made it to the big screen. That's what this movie does a lot of.
And it would be impossible to get close to the original Mary Poppins movie's legendary performances by Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews. Even more the star of that original movie are the songs by the Sherman brothers. There is something so amazingly magical with that first movie, still all these years later.
Yet this movie came really close to capturing that once again. One thing we loved about this movie was how it drew from the books. You can look here on this blog how we read through about four of the books by PL Travers. So we recognized certain things as they happened, and it was respectful to the source material. I loved how they incorporated the others characters such Admiral Boom into the miniature adventures, and how there were lingering questions afterwards about if this really happened. And of course the children find one little bit of evidence that proves that it really all did happen.
On top of that, the movie was respectful to the original movie in wonderful ways. Some were subtle, like the font and opening credits, while others were amazing, like the return of Dick Van Dyke. Having Angela Lansbury in the movie as well was such a wonderfully uplifting moment. Which brings us to the new songs: they're really good. We bought the soundtrack right away, and of course how can you even compete with the original songs from the first movie? Ignore the comparisons, and just enjoy these songs for what they are, because that's what we did, and we found ourselves singing along with songs that we've only heard for the first time. Additionally, this score and the songs captured that magic again. It's a movie where you can't help but smile.
And that's what we did today. The three of us loved this movie, and it was too bad we didn't see it any earlier, really. Part of that delay may have been the so-so record of Disney movies over the past year. But this was a great one to end the year on.
We got home afterwards, driving home in the rain of course, and scurried inside to continue our various tasks, like taking down the Nutcrackers, or practicing piano. Intense cold weather may be coming soon, and we've got our eyes on that to see if it is anything significant. We'll see soon enough, won't we?
Madison and Daddy were battling and racing with Mario Kart today, something we've never done together before, if you can believe that. At least, not on the big television with the Switch. But we've purchased this game, and we've been having a fun time with the courses and the battlegrounds. We played this a good while, actually!
It was a day to do some catching up at home, some writing and reading too: we continued with a few chapters from Peter and Molly's adventures as Starcatchers, finding "The Keep," and learning where Molly's father has gone off to. We read from our devotional too, of course. And then we went to bed a little earlier tonight, as we get up earlier tomorrow for one more visit with the Cat in the Hat.
Today was a great day though, even despite the gloomy, dreary weather outside. It's getting profoundly chilly outside now, and tomorrow we're all in for quite a shock. We've been very well accustomed to our reasonable temperatures here, even in the midst of the winter. Somebody forgot to actually turn the outdoor thermostat down this winter, and we've all been enjoying the weather outside lately. But that's about to change pretty dramatically!
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