Review of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) by Brandon W — 17 Mar 2016

I was pretty interested to see this as this has Roald Dahl who wrote Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and this movie, and also because I heard that it's a kid's classic movie. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a good movie, but I don't quite see why this is a classic.

The acting is really good, especially Dick Van Dyke who puts a bit of energy into this although not as much as his performance in Mary Poppins, but I'm fine for what he brung to this. The design for Chitty looks nice, and the effects, while dated now, looks good at that time.

The writing is good, and there's some funny jokes that at times, does make you think of Tom and Jerry or The Three Stooges. I was at the point in the third act of not caring much about it, which it was losing my interest because the movie is overlong.

The songs are decent, but not memorable enough for me to start singing it until when the characters sing the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang song which is the the only song that I find memorable. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a bit of a fun time still with adults that grew up with this, and the kids too, but probably not as much.