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Husband shoved his phone in my face earlier to show me a trailer for the new Mary Poppins film. For some really bizarre reason he thinks that I want to go and see it when it's released. Um, no! I'd go just to see if Dick Van Dyke still does a really atrocious Cockney accent, but otherwise ... Why didn't they just remake it it? Because let's be honest, it looks like a remake rather then the follow up it's supposed to be. Same story, just set thirty years-ish in the future. And nobody - NOBODY - will ever be the Mary Poppins that Julie Andrews was. Especially Emily Blunt. Plus, the songs sound rubbish. And Ben Whishaw's moustache looks ridiculous. There are some classic films which should never be ruined, and Mary Poppins is one of those films. I loved it when I was a child, despite not being keen on musicals because I just couldn't understand why a bunch of strangers would suddenly all start singing the same song and following the same dance steps. Indeed, the bit where they're all *high* really irked me as an ickle nipper. I mean, seriously. How does laughing squash your face against the ceiling? My reluctance to engage in musical film as a child also led to a love of Chitti Chittti Bang Bang, The Sound of Music and Cliff Richard's Summer Holiday. So, yep. Maybe I DID love musicals after all, despite my disgust at their non-realistic tendencies.