Tribute to Mary Poppins

[innerSpaceman]

Oh my, from my earliest childhood -- when, btw, I saw it within a few days of opening at Radio City Musical Hall in NYC, I have loved loved loved this movie. I love the songs, I love the sentiment, I love the dialogue, I love the art direction, the characters. It's Julie Andrews' finest moment, and one of Walt's as well.

That being said, I cannot bear to watch the DVD I purchased. Thanks to the persnickitiness of Al Lutz, I have had it demonstrated to me that neither the DVD nor my laserdisc display the film in its proper aspect ratio. I'm either missing part of the top or part of the sides, and why Disney would matte the film incorrectly twice while bothering to matte it at all bugs me no end.

But alas, when I watch the film, I am too cognizant of the image imperfection ... ah, but yes - the film is practically perfect in every other way.


Thanks to this thread, I will surely sit down and watch it again someday soon. I will be both a four-year-old boy discovering a world of cinematic fantasy unimagined that sparks a lifetime of imagination - and a 46-year-old manchild who routinely balances youthfulness and responsiblity in most things. Mary Poppins is cream of the crop, tip of the top.


Thank you, CP, thank you very much.