Saving Mr. Banks. Going to see it or not?

[Florida_is_hot]

The premise of the story was that Mr Banks was the one that needed saving and not the children.

In the trailer they actually pointed this out.
The children did not need to be saved, they understand imagination, fun.

But... Mr. Banks
Tied up in his work, losing the ability to really have fun, and not seeing what should really be the most important part of his life his kids.

 

[Master Yoda]

In the trailer they actually pointed this out.
The children did not need to be saved, the understand imagination, fun.

But... Mr. Banks
Tied up in his work, losing the ability to really have fun, and not seeing what should really be the most important part of his life his kids.

The trailer is where I first heard it from. For me, it was one of those great rare moments where you get to see something you have know all your life from a different perspective. I saw it like most where Mary Poppins saves the family.

 

[englanddg]

The trailer is where I first heard it from. For me, it was one of those great rare moments where you get to see something you have know all your life from a different perspective as I had never given the matter much thought. I always saw it like most where Mary Poppins saves the family.

Yeah, it's pretty clear in the movie what she does. Getting the distracted mother / father to "wake up"...

 

[Minnie_girl]

This is one move I am really looking forward to.

Me too, can't wait to see it.

 

[Gabe1]

Saw a clip with an interview of Emma Thompson. Even that was fun. The clip was riddled with quick wit.
Appears to be very enjoyable. Emma can be just snarky enough to make ya smile. Even Emma's descriptions of the horrible perm they gave her with the odor that wouldn't go away was funny.

 

[BuddyThomas]

From what I know, this movie is factually questionable, at best, but it opens in NYC tomorrow, and you'd better believe I will be there. The trailer looks beautiful and a lot of early reviews are positive.

 

[englanddg]

Recreating 1961 for Saving Mr. Banks!

 

[englanddg]

Doug Walker - Disneycember. Reviewing Mary Poppins!

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/vi...sses/specials/41580-disneycember-mary-poppins

 

[Magenta Panther]

Doug Walker - Disneycember. Reviewing Mary Poppins!

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/vi...sses/specials/41580-disneycember-mary-poppins

Thank you. That brought tears to my eyes. It's so refreshing to see a review of a Disney film that's fearlessly, un-cynically, unabashedly supportive, without a political agenda, without an axe to grind. Needless to say, I agreed with that review - every word!

 

[englanddg]

Thank you. That brought tears to my eyes. It's so refreshing to see a review of a Disney film that's fearlessly, un-cynically, unabashedly supportive, without a political agenda, without an axe to grind. Needless to say, I agreed with that review - every word!

I did too. Glad you liked it!

 

[englanddg]

 

[TylerFG]

Doug Walker - Disneycember. Reviewing Mary Poppins!

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/vi...sses/specials/41580-disneycember-mary-poppins

He does these Disneycember things ever year. He's done them on the animated films too, and those are totally worth checking out.

 

[englanddg]

He does these Disneycember things ever year. He's done them on the animated films too, and those are totally worth checking out.

Yep. Watched those already (when he did them).

This year he decided to do "largely live action", which I think is a welcome change.

 

[Magenta Panther]

Well, my cousin and her husband saw "Saving Mr. Banks" last night. The theater they were in was mostly full.

And she LOVED it. She cried - and her husband did too! The audience applauded at the end. According to her, it was like nobody wanted to leave the theater. Everyone stayed put until the credits ended. She said that both Hanks and Thompson were phenomenal. She described the movie as "magical" and "graceful". She's going to order a copy of "Mary Poppins" from Amazon. She'd seen the movie as a kid but hadn't seen it since.

My cousin works at a hospital and she's seen a lot of things and she's kind of hard-bitten. If a movie can get her to cry, then that's a movie I gotta see.

 

[englanddg]

Can't wait for Friday Night!

I'm gonna go see it and then come back to the house and plop down to watch Mary Poppins!

 

[Magenta Panther]

Box office report from Forbes.com:
Also debuting on fifteen screens is the painfully underrated Saving Mr. Banks. The film actually played this week for daily 7:00pm screenings at the Walt Disney Studio lot in Burbank for $50 tickets which included various goodies (a DVD of Mary Poppins, a studio tour, etc.), but this is its official debut. The Tom Hanks-as-Disney film earned a solid $126,000 yesterday, setting the stage for an over/under $400k weekend with an over/under $27k per-screen average. The picture expands nationally on December 20th as well, where it attempts to position itself as the consensus choice among large families going to the movies around the holiday season.


http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottme...x-office-the-hobbit-2-earns-solid-31-million/

 

[bethymouse]

Now I know I must go see it!

 

[Gabe1]

From what I know, this movie is factually questionable, at best, but it opens in NYC tomorrow, and you'd better believe I will be there. The trailer looks beautiful and a lot of early reviews are positive.

And I find factually questionable to be a good thing in a film like this. We'll get the gist of the story. Real life factual accounts would have been a boring film. I'm a fan of fiction for entertainment.

 

[RandomPrincess]

PG-13 for "thematic elements including some unsettling images" so people who have seen it what are the unsettling images? Is this like The King's Speech that got an unfair R rating for using the F word.

 

[englanddg]

PG-13 for "thematic elements including some unsettling images" so people who have seen it what are the unsettling images? Is this like The King's Speech that got an unfair R rating for using the F word.

Walt Disney was a smoker.