Saving Mr. Banks - Disneycember

Originally aired in December 2013. Doug takes a look at Saving Mr. Banks.

[isirlaughsalot]

So underrated. Criminally so.
This film needs more recognition. My favorite live-action Disney film and in my top 10 favorite films.
Why did this never come off the ground?

[BlackLegion]

I'm surprised you doubted Hanks as Disney. I mean, as the Nostalgia Chick once said, "he's like Hollywoods fun uncle. That gives good hugs AND thoughtful gifts." He was perfect casting.

[jeffsanders]

One line of the movie that always stuck out to me was when Travers says “I don’t want Mary to be another one of your silly cartoons.”

And then the look Disney gives is like “Wow. My entire life’s work has just been dismantled in one sentence.”

[davidmetlesits]

As someone with major daddy issues, this movie is one of the best I've ever seen. The scene where the author is telling Disney not to make Mr. Banks' character look bad because he's not a bad man... I just lost it, I was crying like a baby.

[bigbangtheorymanic]

No idea why you thought Tom Hanks would bomb as Disney; he's one of the most versatile actors in the world

[kierantobin]

Hanks as Disney was mesmerizing.
You can see how he inspires so many people with his imagination.
But you also see how brutal, intimidating, and cutthroat a business man he is, one who isn't used to hearing "no" as an answer.

[mindmaster]

It's weird to hear "Disney" describing a person. I've spent my entire life hearing it as a studio, a theme park, etc that it's really strange to have it as a last name.

[isaiahwilliams]

Next, I want to see a movie about Walt making Snow White.

[miaria]

I cry every time Mickey gives his arm to PL. I know it probably didn't happen. But to me it doesn't matter.

[pseudofox]

Tom Hanks is seriously one of the greatest living actors that are still around. Totally.

[buttonprince]

Oh god, this movie made me cry my eyes out. It may just be because I'm a big baby, but god it was beautiful and worth watching

[mishamuses]

One of my top 3 Disney live-action films.

[orlof]

This movie is directed to the people who have watched mary poppins, most of which are adults right now and have deep emotional feelins towards this movie, I can't imagine a kid wanting to watch this movie, they might, but they're the exception. So Disney was clever to didn't bother with big restrictions because of that

[mattmcgee]

I absolutely LOVED this film. I'd love to see more films like this concerning other films. An exploration of the creation of Snow White would be really interesting.

[getmario]

"Saving Mr. Banks" is a great true story that talks about how to create a unique storytelling of making a good Disney film. This is actually well done film where people started to sit down and starting to talk about how to make "Mary Poppins" with Ms. Travers who wrote the her own book. It's more like a making a movie where "Ed Wood, " "Hugo, " and "Shadows of the Vampire" who shown their technique experiences to make a film and here it's a social group to develop a good story to start "Mary Poppins" right away. The performances did great including Emma Thompson did fantastic and this should be winner for her Oscar role which she got snubbed. It's nice to see Travers back story and it was pretty sad that her father loses his health and how is she is going be better if she makes the good right for Mr. Disney and it's pretty touchy. Overall, fantastic event and probably of one my favorite 2013 films.

[cgs]

I really liked this movie. One of my favorites.

[Spat]

This movie made me cry so many times that I could have filled a glass partially half way with my tears. I'm a 20 year old man.

[chillsahoy]

I view Saving Mr Banks and The Imitation Game in a similar vein: if you're looking for historical accuracy, you won't like them; but as a story of their own, they are interesting, entertaining, well acted and overall enjoyable. Ultimately, if I wanted a history lesson, I'd watch a documentary, but I go to the cinema to enjoy a film so I don't mind if some historical accuracy is sacrificed in order to deliver a more satisfying or compelling story.

[dangurney]

If we're gonna go by historical accuracy, Travers had already handed the rights over to Disney the minute they met and everything she said on her tape recorder were nothing more than suggestions. She never had any actual control in the filmmaking process. So (spoilers) Disney meeting with her in England, yeah that didn't happen. Obviously that wasn't put in the movie because it wouldn't make a very interesting movie.

[legionaireb]

Just gonna say that my favorite part of the movie was during the credits where they actually play one of the development tapes recorded during the planning sessions. I always love when these 'historical' movies bring a part of the reality into the production, like at the end of The Ryan White Story when the photograph of the movie family shifts into the photo of the real family.