~~ Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ~~ It is back to my collection of musicals and here I review the classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. When I started to think about the movie, I asked myself what comes to mind when I think about it, is it the characters, the silly jokes, all the production numbers. No; it is the car and that fun song Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; I love you. Even now in my head I am singing away to that song. It will take me days to get it out of my head now, I know, I know I need to get a life, he, he. ~~ The Film ~~ You put your DVD in and start the film, but you are faced with a blank screen and just the sound of a car engine ...  Read the complete review

An Ian Fleming novel produced by Albert ‘Cubby’ Broccoli featuring loads of gadgets and a flying car…you’d have to guess I was talking about one of the many James Bond movies but it fact and improbably it’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! From the first Bond film in 1962 to his last in 1989 ‘Cubby’ Broccoli devoted himself to producing what was to become the multi-million dollar James Bond movie franchise. However 1968 was a rare exception and sitting in between ‘You Only Live Twice’ (1967) and ‘On Her Majesty's Secret Service’ (1969) we find the unlikely children’s film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ...  Read the complete review

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) is one of my favourite childhood movies, we even went to the West End to see the stage show a few years ago and I recently bought a copy of this for my daughter to watch as it was something we only watched when it was on TV but I thought she might like to watch it. A bit about Ian Fleming (of Bond fame) wrote the novel and Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes wrote the screenplay for this wonderful film. At the start of the film, two children called Jeremy and Jemima play in a car at a scrap yard and want their dad to buy it for them to play in. Their dad (Dick Van Dyke) is struggling to make ends meet and can't afford to buy it as he ...  Read the complete review

An epic amongst children's entertainment is a good way to describe the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, with a running time of 2 hours and 25 minutes it is extremely long for a children's film. Remarkably however children as young as two or 3 will watch the entire film with interest such is the level of entertainment it provides. THE STORY: Dick Van Dyke takes the lead role as Caractacus Potts, an inventor whose enthusiasm is far greater than his level of success. He lives in a windmill with his children Jeremy and Jemima and his own eccentric father. His latest invention is a sweet, sadly overcooked and indeed full of holes, ...  Read the complete review

Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, O you pretty Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, We love you ……….OK! OK! I have to stop singing this song, although it is a fine song and was nominated for an academy award in 1968. The reason I cannot stop singing this song from the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang film, is because my 5year old has discovered this classic film. And anyone who owns a 5 year old and a video/DVD player will know how many times a person of this age can watch a movie! The car, which is named Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by the Potts family on their first outing in the restored car, is the centrepiece of this film. ...  Read the complete review