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Saving Mr. Banks opened recently, starring Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as P.L.Travers who wrote Mary Poppins.
We liked the movie a lot, much of which is told by a string of flashbacks to the childhood traumas of Travers.
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I just saw this yesterday and quite honestly I was a bit disappointed. I immensely enjoyed the scenes that took place in the 60's with Walt and the Sherman brothers and although I understand the reason for the flashbacks I felt they were a bit excessive and out of place at times. It felt like I was watching two movies at the same time. Tom Hanks did a great job as Walt though.
Lots of flashbacks, a bit annoying. If they'd told the entirety of Travers' early life up front it would've been too much, so they piece-mealed out that background material as needed during the progress of the story to support each advancing scene of her visits with the Disney people.
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We went to see this today and absolutely loved it.
It took a while for me to buy into Tom Hanks as Disney, but after awhile, he WAS Walt Disney; Emma Thompson deserves an Oscar nod for her role. Even the supporting actors were really good.
It was well acted, up-lifting, and we talked about the movie all the way home. Can't say that about most of the garbage out there.
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We enjoyed it, but I think it's more meaningful to people like us that saw Mary Poppins in the theater as kids, or have at lest shown the video version to their kids. I imagine that people with no familiarity with that old Disney classic wouldn't find it nearly as entertaining.
We enjoyed it, but I think it's more meaningful to people like us that saw Mary Poppins in the theater as kids, or have at lest shown the video version to their kids. I imagine that people with no familiarity with that old Disney classic wouldn't find it nearly as entertaining.
Oh yes, I agree. You probably have to be a Mary Poppins fan to really enjoy this film.
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