Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-03-17 (Sunday)

Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

On St. Patrick's Day I watched:

Darby O'Gill and the Little People (blu-ray) 1959 Disney fantasy movie
directed by Robert Stevenson about a man who matches wits with the king
of the leprechauns.  A young James Bond also stars.  Holds up very well.

Mary Poppins  (blu-ray) 1964 Disney fantasy movie directed by Robert
Stevenson with music from the Sherman brothers about a shady nanny who
drugs children with LSD laced "medicine" which causes the children to go
on hallucinogenic trips which Poppins then gaslights the children into
thinking they never went on.  I love this movie.  I wasn't even in the
mood to watch it, but once it got going, I enjoyed it.

Well, when you're NOT in the mood, the movie to watch is Saving Mr.
Banks. The scenes with the Sherman Brothers are terrific.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (blu-ray) 1971 Disney fantasy movie directed by
Robert Stevenson with music from the Sherman brothers about a witch
(Angela Lansbury) who uses her magic to fight Nazis during WWII.  I love
this movie.  Holds up great.

I disliked this as a kid; saw it in theater in first run. I've never
wanted to re-watch.