Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

IMDb plot summary: Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives.
Directed by Rob Marshall. Starring Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, and Emily Mortimer.

(Spoilers ahead.)

For all the stars' insistence that this is a sequel, not a remake... it's a sequel that is obviously attempting to be a remake. It's almost ridiculous how exactly they copied things over from the original, especially in regards to musical numbers. A group of Cockney street workers sing and dance an elaborate number using their work elements as props? Check. Cheery ending song in the park about flying? Check. Gentle lullaby? Check. A visit to one of Mary Poppins' relatives where they end up hanging out on the ceiling? Check. Animated penguins? Check. And the musical numbers in this movie ARE a lot of fun. But it's missing the coherent narrative that made the original one so great. The message of the original was clearly about how Mr. Banks needed to stop prioritizing work and status over his children, but the message here is... don't worry if you're about to lose all your possessions? Because that's a silly message. And the original movie solved its problems through a change of heart, but the problems here have to be solved through... a fast-paced action sequence that involve all the lamplighters in the area climbing to the top of Big Ben. That's such a departure from the tone of the original that it feels like whoever penned this just watched the songs in the '64 version and then fast-forwarded through all the boring talky bits. It all adds up to a great musical but a far inferior movie as a whole.

How it entered my Flickchart:
Mary Poppins Returns > Peter Pan (1960)
Mary Poppins Returns < Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Mary Poppins Returns > Bridge of Spies
Mary Poppins Returns > Idiocracy
Mary Poppins Returns > The Scarlet and the Black
Mary Poppins Returns > Le bonheur
Mary Poppins Returns > M
Mary Poppins Returns < Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Mary Poppins Returns < What the Deaf Man Heard
Mary Poppins Returns < Under the Skin
Mary Poppins Returns > Topsy-Turvy

Final spot: #743 out of 2891. That seems generous but I'll let it stand. Those musicals numbers were beautifully executed.