Saving Mr Banks

[Dave (imported)]

SAVING MR BANKS -- is a Disney movie about Disney.

IT's supposedly the story of MARY POPPINS.

Yes, Disney pursued P.L. Travers for the rights to her book MARY POPPINS and yes she did come to the USA and assist the adaptation. HOWEVER, some of the movie isn't true. It is about half true.

What is unexpected about the movie is that MARY POPPINS was very much a fictionalized life of PL Travers (Emma Thompson). We see Traver's childhood (her last name is really GOFF) unfold in flashback with Colin Ferrell as her alcoholic father, Ruth Wilson as her mother who is unable to keep her father from booze or consumption. The real Mr Banks of the Mary Poppins' novels is Mr Banks. The movie is the resolution of those hard realities.

In Hollywood, Paul Giametti plays a wonderful and influential limo driver, Bradley Witford and Jason Schwartzman are two of the three - writer and composers, and Tom Hanks as Disney himself. When they read through parts of the script and work through the songs is so much fun to watch.

IT's well cast and well acted. But it isn't a rousing comedy. It's a sweet and touching tale of coming to grips with your childhood and upbringing.

[Prudence (imported)]

Saw this one in the Theater a few months ago. Enjoyed the movie. Great story.

I think Tom Hanks did a really good job acting like Disney. I've only seen Walt Disney a couple times on old TV programs, but from what little I've seen, Tom Hanks got it right.

Also Emma Thompson did a fabulous job acting out the fussy, prissy, PITA (Pain in the Ass) character of P.L. Travers.

Will definitely watch this one again at some point.