> I'd wager that one of the first things Sam thought when he hit the Post Message button was "I wonder how many Labyrinth fans will come out of the woodwork?"

I did wonder that, but I didn't care. Labyrinth, the movie, has the manner and maturity of that letter I got from its twelve year old fan. I can see liking it as a BAD movie, and I can see David Bowie fans liking it as a historical curiosity, and for those criminally young enough to have seen it as a child, I can see being sentimental about it, but I *cannot* see how a discerning mind of any taste whatsoever could be duped into thinking it's not a hollow, heartless sham.

But I didn't even consider how many heathens would come out against Mary Poppins. I'm not surprised about you, Mike the Pennystamp Man, as you've pretty consistently formed strongly passionate opinions that run contrary to everything I know and love, not just in movies but in every area of life we've ever discussed. But the rest of you? No matter. As far as I'm concerned, the subject is not even open to debate. Forget Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (those are decent if thin and syrupy children's movies but hardly enduring). If you don't know how to love Mary Poppins, my heart weeps for you, for you are either cynical or jaded or just tragically grown up. Et tu, Wolf? Well, at least you had a proper reason for your opinion, and I can respect that, but I would argue that the songs in Mary Poppins are as seamless as movie music gets, which was admittedly not usual for musicals of that era, good or bad.

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