Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Blu-ray

My father chose to take me to see Fitzwilly back in the day because we both loved Dick Van Dyke, but we both hated it, and I used to say I wish we had gone for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang instead. I was wrong.I don't know how this movie wasn't sued into oblivion, especially by Disney. It takes so much from Mary Poppins, it's an abomination. And throw in The Sound of Music, Peter Pan, My Fair Lady, Wile E Coyote cartoons...bits of business, choreography, and the music, one song is a direct rip off of With A Little Bit of Luck! I just thank God DVD didn't try another British accent, bad enough we've had to listen to the English bang on about his bad Cockney for the last 60 years.Talented cast, no mistake, but ill-used. I loved seeing Benny Hill, he did a good job, and laughing to myself, I said, where's the nurse in the garter belt and stockings! The next scene, the King's consort does a number in a merry widow wearing garter belts and black stockings, and I almost blew my teeth out. I was going to start singing Yakety Sax, but I was afraid Josh Hawley would start running past my living room, and if nothing else, I had just cleaned. Looking at the Child Catcher's nose, all I could think of was William Holden lighting Lucy's cigarette...kind of make up job someone would do in their personal bathroom on no notice.I watched this in five sittings, I wanted to finish it, but I just couldn't stick with it for an extended period, and it is painfully long and slow -- that Toot Sweets number was like one of those bugs you keep swatting but it never seems to die? I don't believe in lesser entertainment for kids -- if you are going to be bored with something that your kids will watch, you're aiming them low for a couple of hours peace, or you've lost something special you once had. I know what this film is trying to be, but it fails, because it is derivative and lazy, and everyone in this and everyone watching this deserve better.