Movie #853 "Saving Mr. Banks" --- I loved this film. I wasn't sure I would, being so close to the movie "Mary Poppins" and to the whole Disney world (if you don't know me, then you wouldn't know this, but I have a bedroom/bathroom in two houses dedicated to the wonderful world of Disney, which I have loved since I started to talk (that's a long time ago!) Anyway, then put that together with loving the two main actors, I was so hoping this would work, but my pessimistic side of me (which I've been told is huge) said there was no way this would be that good. But it is. I don't think critics have reacted as gushy as I am about to, but then again, they don't know every word in the Mary Poppins musical or have bathrooms/bedrooms decorated in Mickey, either. So here goes. I loved that there are two stories here ---- if the film were just about Pamela and Walt, it would have run only about 1/2 the film's length. Know that their scenes are woven in between another story --- that of "Pamela's" early life, with her drunken but terribly creative "Da". So what's created here is a mystery ----- and I love mysteries. The mystery is why P.L. Travers wrote this book, and why she is so stubborn about not having it touched by the "tinkle bell, magical" Mr. Disney. What a wonderful storyline. I loved how it went back and forth, and how we didn't know everything mostly because she herself goes through an epiphany, and we are right there for it. There were several scenes I shed some tears, not in sadness but because it was so good, so creative. And this year, there was very little of that at the theatre. The film manages also to somehow bring out the magic of the Mary Poppins books AND the Disney people, who all seem so "Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, it's off to work we go!" Which probably isn't true at all, but it's what I love about the experiences I've had with Disney. It's that "Spoonful of Sugar" attitude they seem to have that draws you in ...........and how can you not be drawn in, when you see the looks on the kids' faces all around you! It's wonderful just because of what it is to kids all over the world! It's then I say I don't care what a big moneymaking corporation Disney is........if they hire people like Paul Giametti who can singlehandedly melt the heart of a crusty lady from England with just being who he is, I say that it is something magical. And if a movie can bring that across, I can then say the film is magical. You might not think so, but then again, you haven't memorized every song in the Poppins' album and decorated your bathroom/bedroom with Disney products. I can dream, can't I?
Saving Mr. Banks2013PG-13 I give this 5 out of 5 stars.
When Walt Disney sets his sights on obtaining the rights to the children's classic "Mary Poppins," he reaches out to the book's author, P.L. Travers, only to find that she proves a tough nut to crack.
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