Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Data
Title: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Year: 1968
Length: 144 minutes
Director: Ken Hughes
Writers: Roald Dahl & Ken Hughes, with Richard Maibaum, based on the book by Ian Fleming
Starring: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes
Music: Irwin Kostal (score); Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman (songs)
Distinctions: Oscar nomination for Best Song ("Chitty Chitty Bang Bang")

My reaction
Synopsis: a single father renovates a car, then tells a story about it
How I saw it: on video (have on VHS), yesterday
Concept: Indifferent.
Story: Terrible.
Characters: Indifferent.
Dialog: Indifferent.
Pacing: Terrible.
Cinematography: Indifferent.
Special effects/design: Good.
Acting: Indifferent.
Music: Bad.
Subjective Rating: 2/10 (Terrible). Wow, I am shocked at how bad this is. It's like they just figured kids would watch anything as long as it's brightly colored. Or maybe they thought that singing and "dancing" (there are only two numbers in the whole movie that involve any real dancing - usually they just stand in a series of poses while singing, or look like they're concentrating to remember the lyrics) would be enough to carry two hours of crap.
Objective Rating: 1.4/4 (Bad).