To say the wizard of oz is vastly superior to Mary Poppins.

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Having endured enjoyed both films over Christmas with the kids, I think that Mary Poppins is a little bit lame. The songs and effects in Wizard of Oz piss all over supercafragalistic quote frankly.

You could certainly have ruby slippers. But are you sure you are suited to someone who does not want to skip down the yellow brick aisle accompanied by munchkins?

reviving it is a question I ask myself everyday.

I love Oliver! Didn't see it at all this Christmas though.

Where does bed knobs and broomsticks fit in with this thread

I love bed knobs and broomsticks!!!!

Oh yes love bedknobs and broomsticks. Still prefer Mary Poppins though.

Bedknobs and broomsticks fits into this thread as being vastly superior to all of the aforementioned films. HTH

Christmas isn't christmas without watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang either.

YABVU.....however return to Oz is on a par with MP

Return to oz is scary!!!!

It doesn't have to be either/or.

But both films do seem to go on forever, I guess Poppins is a bit more episodic in its narrative.

I love them both. Some fantastic shots of London in MP, very evocative. The bit where Dorothy lands in Oz and gets the welcome from the tiny people goes for a bit too long. I suppose both have a similar moral, the importance of home life and so on.

DVD's accent never bothered me, but then I was a middle class kid thank you very much; when was I ever going to encounter a real cockney?

I like them both, never felt the need to compare them.

i dont think this needs to be a thread...it's so obvious :) not even in the same universe

My favorite is Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory original of course, as much as i love Johnny Depp, Gene Wilder is much better at this film.

Is it true that Bruce Forsyth is in Bedknobs and Broomsticks? I've looked for him in it before but have never seen him.

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I obviously wasn't taking much notice was it?...

It might be because you are looking for the older Bruce rather than the younger Bruce

Bedknobs, Mary Poppins and Chitty are all way Breyer than the wizard of oz!

YANBU. The Wizard of Oz has an awesome start and for that it wins.

I only really like Singing in the Rain myself.

YANBU. Love Wizard of Oz and also The Wiz -mainly because MJ was so awesome as Scarecrow-

YABU. Mary Poppins all the way

Yep, Wizard of Oz definitely trumps Mary Poppins. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang trumps both. However, my Christmas has been ruined by the absence of The Amazing Mr Blunden. All those channels and I couldn't find it anywhere. I'm consoling myself by reading the book (The Ghosts) instead.

Hate the film, the Wizard of Oz (I suspect that you needed to watch them as a child to really enjoy them). Loved all the books though.
I used to like Mary Poppins, but have now watched it far too often, with a totally obsessed child!
I prefer Bedknobs and Broomsticks as well.