Re: The Real Mary Poppins

CatLoverDogsToo · ‎03-10-2010

@Moonchilde "I'd rather think Harper Lee wrote TKAM and Watchman was a fake."

That is what my final decision had to be too. The other is too painful, as I loved the book, and loved the movie.

Some books just "stay with you" forever, and at different stages of life, mean something different. TKAM is one of those books for me. Watchman was best forgotten. I read TKAM every year in the fall, then watch the DVD. (Am I obsessed? )

As for Capote, I had to read "In Cold Blood", can't say I enjoyed it. Not a book I have chosen to reread. He destroyed his life with jealousy and the choices he made.

“The price of light is less than the cost of darkness.”
– Arthur C. Nielsen

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@CatLoverDogsToo, I too re-read and re-watch TKAM every couple of years - and re-watch Mary Poppins.

I read the book as a young teen before the film came out. It had already made a huge impression on me, but the film really, really has stayed with me throughout the years. Besides everyone's quintessential father Gregory Peck as Atticus, I thought both Mary Badham and Philip Alford were beyond excellent. It was all totally believable. And let's not forget it was Robt Duvall's debut film.

The child actress who played Jane Banks (who no longer acts) is the daughter of a very well-known and beloved British actor (deceased) and has an acting sister. The actor who played Michael died of hepatitis at only 21.

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GSPgirl · ‎01-03-2012

@september wrote:
I'm not sure I'd appreciate the real Mary Poppins! I also don't want to read the alternate version of "To Kill a Mockingbird"

I'd rather keep my good memories of characters, even if they are fictional.

Me too. I have a Mary Poppins doll with all of her outfits from the 60's and a book my mom gave me when I was 5.

I also cannot read Go set a Watchman. I bought it and tried to read it, but I was afraid I would have a different view of the original book or the movie.