Saving Mr. Banks is a biographical comedy-drama film about how Mary Poppins came alive on screen, and this exactly 50 years after the film Mary Poppins got released. Starring Tom Hanks, who has taking on the role of Walt Disney, and who’s the best man for the job. Although Tom Hanks was very good it is the amazing Emma Thompson that strikes your attention the most. She plays the reserved Pamela “P.L.” Travers, the author of Mary Poppins. A film directed by John Lee Hancock who also has directed the blind side.
The film starts in London 1961 in the house of Mrs. Travers. The beginning can be quite hard to understand if you don’t know what the film is about. She is on the phone and talking about a ‘he’ and a ‘she’. Once you know who she is talking to it’s easier to understand. The ‘he’ is Walt Disney and the ‘she’ is Mary Poppins. Walt Disney wants to make a film about Mary Poppins. The one thing Mrs. Travers doesn’t want is to see her book being turned into a ‘silly cartoon’ as she calls it. She is holding of the offer for a good 20 years now. Due to financial problems her agent is trying to persuade her to take the offer. During that whole time Mrs. Travers comes across as a very cold person and somebody that hasn’t have a lot of friends or family.
After promising to Mrs. Travers that they will only work with real actors and no cartoons, Walt Disney gets her to come to Hollywood to consider signing over the film rights after all. Mrs. Travers is dreading to go to Hollywood and has no intentions at all to sign over the rights to her book series Mary Poppins. She is very protective about the character.
From then on the flashbacks of her childhood start. The overflow from the scenes in 1961 to those in 1906 is very good. Mrs. Tra...
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... film was very endearing, informational and very pleasant to watch. It could have been a very dull film but that wasn’t the case. Especially when you have already seen Mary Poppins. The film was very well written. In the beginning you could have had the feeling that it would get boring very easily but after a while you get sucked into the story. The more you get to know about the character the more interesting it gets. It’s definitely a film worth watching.
Watching a movie without Dutch subtitles wasn’t something I hadn’t done before. I regularly download films or series and watch them without the Dutch subtitles. With some films it’s harder than with others. This wasn’t a film that was that hard to understand. There weren’t any thick accents or really difficult words. I found it a fun assignment to do but I found 2 pages of text a bit too long for a review.
Mary Poppins, the classic novel and movie is based around a nanny who comes with the wind to help a family. Its prequel Saving Mr Banks, is the story how how the movie was created and the hardships they went through to create this masterpiece. Walt Disney and his producers encountered many issues while creating this film but they persevered to make this enjoyment available worldwide.
This film unlike most others on the same topic had no real event to focus on. There was not just one climax or specific scene that the others built up to or supported. I cannot say that I enjoyed it but I do feel it has to a great extent affected me. The only reason I feel that this film is one worth watching is because of the latent message it holds. It very successfully exposes authority and bureaucracy in society. The characters in this film portray people that are either convinced or have been convinced that are crazy.
Overall I think that the show was worth seeing, even though I let my parents pick the film--which I will never do again by the way-- I think that it was a good production. It was a little boring at first, which might have just been because I didn’t really want to see it in the first place, but the storyline was pretty good. I personally like humor, so I tend to pick shows that I know will have some humor, but I’m proud of myself for seeing something outside of my comfort zone.
The movie is, most likely, done well enough to intrigue its intended audience. It captured the theme and story line of the book. It falls short, though, when compared to the beautiful, sensitive and contemplative prose of Natalie Babbitt. One could only hope that a viewing of the film will lead the watcher to try the book and be delighted all the more.
Just about everyone can voice their opinions on a film that viewed as we all do after leaving the theatre. It may be found to be useful when a friend or individual is interested in seeing the film themselves. However, I believe the only way that you could understand a film is by analyzing the film beyond the average person. When one begins to analyze they begin to develop an understanding of the film and may grow to love the film. The director Hitchcock is a fairly well known director. He has directed many different films from Vertigo to Psycho that are found to be popular with the viewers. In this paper I am going to analyze certain elements that spoke out to me during the film. Those elements that spoke to me the most during the film was the lighting techniques, camera movement, and symbols.
...t people not want to see or avoid this movie. Lazarus should have found sources to back up her arguments. If in some way, the Disney Company has wronged Lazarus, this may be why she makes these remarks about the movie. People will find out as much as possible about a movie before they let their children watch it, which would be a good idea for Mrs. Lazarus. She does not give us insight into her background or knowledge regarding racism, sexuality, gender roles, or the ghetto to back up the point of view she formulates about the movie. She should remember that she is not evaluating a documentary where the facts are important and just sit back and enjoy a Disney classic.
Therefore I will recommend it. I find the book enthralling, because of its underlying insurrectionary principle that just because someone announces their intentions and gets validation from other people, doesn’t mean you have to accept as right and you can contrast with their intentions and ideas. The reason I find the movie attractive and would recommend it is that of the nostalgic and euphoric feeling you may get as Walt Disney brings such a great book to life in Motion picture. That’s why I would recommend the book and movie known as Escape to Witch
There is a plethora of fairy tales that have survived into the modern age, familiar stories such as; Jack and the Bean Stock, the Little Mermaid, The Tin Soldier, Little Red Riding Hood, and many others have all been used in modern films and literature. However, there is one storied classic that has been captivating children and adults alike for centuries, Cinderella. Charles Perrault wrote the familiar tale over three hundred years ago, yet modern adaptations of the story continue to be used. One example of a modern rendition of Perrault’s tale is the 1998 major motion picture titled Ever After (IMDb.com). Walt Disney’s cartoon version titled Cinderella is by in large the most popular and wide spread cinema rendition of the fabled story, however
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...r, this movie is lack of depth of storyline. The audiences can even predict what will happen in the next scenes. Moreover, the ending of this movie is too cheesy and irrational according to me. If only they change the ending to become more interesting and rational, I will give a four or five stars out of five. In spite of a lame twist ending, this movie is a perfect example to show that managers should be able to motivate and challenge their employee. It is important to remember that a happy employee means a productive employee.
The analysts in the documentary view Disney as a negative influence, however, they do not focus on the overall themes of the movies. Mulan is an example of a fiction film with feministic core values and a positive theme within it. Children watch movies for enjoyment, and they do not understand stereotypes as well as adults. One thing children can grasp is the overall message of the story. Therefore, Disney movies such as Mulan, have an overall positive influence on popular culture because of their positive themes, and it is obvious that Mulan was created as a positive female character. By showing intelligence, bravery, and independence, Mulan represents the core values of feminism. Though Mickey Mouse Monopoly had a lot of evidence of negativity in Disney films, they overlooked the positives by focusing on small clips. Today, Disney continues to make movies that include positive roles for female characters and positive themes, and people of all ages love
Also, theme is mature and younger audiences wouldn’t be able to grasp the ultimate goal of the author. As for my recommendations, I don’t have much to add, except for great job to the director and writer, the story flows smoothly the novel’s adaptation is true to the book’s descriptions. Lastly, a round of applause to the great cast that brought the characters to life, they truly made the film memorable to not only me but other audiences that have the pleasure of watching this
I feel like admitting this, the starting scenes in the film confused me. I had to double-check the release date of the film! The starting credits appear in 1930s animation with 1930’s jazz background score, something like the way Popeye began! The starting performance by the Belleville Sisters and the bizarre theatrics that follow pretty much set the tone for the rest of the film. This film is more of detail and quirks than a complex storyline. In fact, to sum it all up, it is just a really determined grandmother’s quest to r...
By the late 1900s, approximately five billion human beings occupied planet Earth. Whether they crawled on top of comfortable carpets or scurried across dark alleys, five billion people carried the ability to not only walk on the earth, but also to shape it, to mold it with their footsteps. Among this era's sculptors that molded the ground below them with their various talents was Walt Disney, a man who grew up to become a film producer, a screenwriter, a director, an animator, an entrepreneur, an international icon and a philanthropist. With his imagination, ambition, and a little help from a special mouse, Disney transformed both the entertainment industry and international culture itself. He pioneered full-color animated cartoons, created "the happiest place on Earth", and introduced the world to inspiring family movies that to this day encourage both children and adults alike to pursue their dreams and chase happiness. However, while Disney's movies all end with a "happily ever after", the actual tales the movies are based on are far from happy; they are rather morbid, realistic and poignant. The Little Mermaid, Disney's movie about a young princess lusting after a prince, serves as an example of a story in which Disney strayed far from the actual tale. The basis of Disney's feel-good, family movie is Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, which shocks readers with the death of the mermaid's beloved prince, the mermaid's awareness of her physical pain, and the loss of her innocence. Analyzed through a psychoanalytical lens, both Walt Disney's and Hans Christian Andersen's A Little Mermaid displays female subjectivity in favor of a dominant patriarchal world.
Overall this film was exciting to watch and was good to help learn a little about the Elizabethan Era. Although the goriness is too much for someone who is sensitive to that kind of thing, you can still enjoy the movie. The costumes are eccentric, the set design is, although outdated, extremely detailed, and was a good movie if you were looking for something to watch and enjoyed a little bit of history in your life.