Rami Raff (ramiraff)

Scorsese's aggressively shot costume drama has all the energy of Goodfellas but the tone of a Jane Austen adaptation. A painful story of lost love that is unfortunately hampered by the limited range of Winona Ryder. Pfeiffer and Day Lewis are aces though.

This is it. Everyone's favorite film, the best of the best. Yet for all its universal appeal the family really is a personal favorite. You can pull just about anything you want from this movie; being so packed with juicy themes, incidents, characters, performances and dialogue. Though at the end of the day there are two key concepts at its core; making one's way in America and how to be a man. I could go on and on but you know what, why don't you just go and watch it again. It's not as good as you remember...its better.

Truly every day is a holiday with Mary. There is not once ounce of hate or bile in a single frame of this film. So good and genuine. Julie Andrews is practically perfect in every way. Dick van Dyke always make me smile and David Tomlinson makes me a little sad. Terrific songs, gorgeous matte painting and the greatest dancing penguins ever (well, jury's still out on Happy Feet). I pity the poor soul who doesn't have a place in their heart for Mary Poppins.