MARY POPPINS RETURNS | Disney | 12.19.18 | Rob Marshall directing | Emily Blunt, Lin Manuel Miranda

[lorddemaxus]

I was going to watch it in cinemas with family during the Holidays but I guess I might go watch Spiderman with them instead. Less to do with the rating (since I am still going to watch Aquaman) but because people in my film critics circle seem very mixed about it. 

[VTKajin]

Not to sound hyperbolic, but yikes. MC is down to 70. 

[DMan7]

Marshall vs Wan vs Knight vs Lord & Miller.

 

Who would've thought that Lord & Miller would have the best reviewed film this Christmas season consider just at the beginning of the year they were booted out of directing a SW movie?

[narniadis]

That AV club review reads like someone with an ax to grind at Disney more than anything 

[ThomasNicole]

6 minutes ago, VTKajin said:

Not to sound hyperbolic, but yikes. MC is down to 70. 

back to 72

 

you're sound hyperbolic 

[lorddemaxus]

5 minutes ago, DMan7 said:

Who would've thought that Lord & Miller would have the best reviewed film this Christmas season consider just at the beginning of the year they were booted out of directing a SW movie?

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Miller wasn't involved with the film. But either way, Lord also made The Lego Movie which was pretty much the best movie of 2014 so... everyone would have thought what you said.

[Lucas]

9 minutes ago, DMan7 said:

Marshall vs Wan vs Knight vs Lord & Miller.

 

Who would've thought that Lord & Miller would have the best reviewed film this Christmas season consider just at the beginning of the year they were booted out of directing a SW movie?

Can't say I'm any less surprised.

[Nova]

Not to sound dramatic as this is getting good reviews but I do wonder if say this wasn't released during "awards season" if it would even be in consideration for any awards outside of maybe Blunt for acting and a Golden Globe nom for best musical. 

 

The initial reactions for this and the amount of awards buzz it was getting, I legit thought this would be critically acclaimed.....

[DAR]

11 minutes ago, DMan7 said:

Marshall vs Wan vs Knight vs Lord & Miller.

 

Who would've thought that Lord & Miller would have the best reviewed film this Christmas season consider just at the beginning of the year they were booted out of directing a SW movie?

Technically Spiderman isn't a Lord and Miller movie

[lorddemaxus]

Just now, Nova said:

Not to sound dramatic as this is getting good reviews but I do wonder if say this wasn't released during "awards season" if it would even be in consideration for any awards outside of maybe Blunt for acting and a Golden Globe nom for best musical. 

  

The initial reactions for this and the amount of awards buzz it was getting, I legit thought this would be critically acclaimed.....

Musicals usually do better than they should in awards season. Same reason why Bohemian Rhapsody got nominated for Golden Globes and SAG and why Greatest Showman got awards buzz even though it was utter shit.

[Eric Duncan]

20 minutes ago, Nova said:

Usually a 7.8 warrants a 90%+ RT score. I guess people gave it really high scores and loved it while others gave it average scores but it was rated rotten on RT. 

Pretty much. Just about all of the Rotten reviews with a rating has it in the C range or the 2/4 range. Basically, some people don't hate it, but they're not really all that enchanted by it. Which is a good thing for me. Even the  negative reviews are saying that this has all the things I wanted and done competently, so I'm probably gonna love the hell out of it.  

[shawntyrel]

76% with 51 reviews

 

Critics Consensus: Mary Poppins Returns relies on the magic of its classic forebear to cast a familiar -- but still solidly effective -- family-friendly spell.

[VTKajin]

RT tweeted that it's at 77% with 53 reviews, but I don't see it. Average score down to 7.5 (MC at 71), though. Bumblebee is about to be "officially" better than MPR. A shocking twist. 

Edited December 12, 2018 by VTKajin

[Krissykins]

Similar percentage of positive to negative reviews to Aquaman then, with 54 reviews. 

[KJsooner]

Bumblebee best reviewed of the three big time Christmas movies. Who saw that one coming?

[Rebeccas]

1 minute ago, KJsooner said:

Bumblebee best reviewed of the three big time Christmas movies. Who saw that one coming?

Anyone who saw Kubo and the Two Strings!

[Hades]

Disney made another lazy rehash of a movie...Big surprise....

[WrathOfHan]

TFW Bumblebee has a higher RT score than the Oscar contender  

 

[MrFanaticGuy34]

You know, i’m starting to get really tired of ”Mr. Anti-Disney” Hades there. Hating Disney for no other reason, despite the Disney villain name.

[SnokesLegs]

Purely anecdotal, but I don’t know a single person who’s interested in seeing this. Ever since the first teaser trailer dropped I’ve questioned who exactly this is aimed at, because it sure as hell isnt catching on with children. Singing nannies might have been all the rage back when the original came out, but I think the only people who will be guaranteed to turn out for this are people over 50 who grew up with the original. Kids will be dragging their parents to see Aquaman, Spider-Man and Bumblebee, and I think the latter two will be the leggier of the 4 films over the festive period despite lower openings.

 

I don’t think this is going to be as big as many have been predicting.