by Kim Naparan
Rating: Definitely worth-watching.
Watching Saving Mr. Banks gave me another hope for the people suffering from mild psychological complexes determined by their attitude towards themselves and other people. I think, this movie deserves a “two-thumbs-up” and some critical acclaims from the different movie critics and as such.
I cannot help myself from feeling inspired and at the same time, threatened by the protagonist, P.L. Travers, author of the famous book “Mary Poppins”. I wonder if her defense mechanism helped her to create a field of awkwardness towards humans, her co-species. I also question her bravery and ill-mannered ways, her “cockiness”, I suppose. But of course everything, every act and every scene of the movie has its own history for some reason. I suggest you calm down and enjoy the rest of the movie, okay?
So here it goes, I have listed some key elements I witnessed while watching the movie:
1) P.L. Travers/ Helen Lyndon Goff:
She was hiding and running away from her past. It chased her from the very start of her career. Memories invaded her choice of decisions and her discernment upon what is supposed to be real and what is just a dream. I pity her. But really she doesn't have to be such a misanthropist, or have a general hatred and disdain towards the people around her. I might sound judgmental, but as an individual, you cannot let the past be an asylum or a prison that in turn encases and belittles you. The world is fascinating enough to be explored. The world, in my opinion, is still a beautiful place despite of its condition. We, as humans, do not necessarily escape the memories of our past for we can’t deny the fact that our past is the foremost foundation of our holistic formation; of our personality and ideology.
2) Mr. Walt Disney:
With all honesty, I felt that he gave a different perspective to the book. He said that the last thing we could do to a story is to destroy it. How plausible is that? But really, he is a businessman. He is a man who gains profit with this kind of acts and tricks knowing that children and families would definitely buy it. I think he is supposed to be meaner, but because Tom Hanks played the role of Mr. Disney, he wasn’t. I had accepted that there could be another side of Mr. Disney as a normal person, minus the Mickey. Before I forget, Tom Hanks really did a good job portraying Disney, I just hoped that any man with an interesting moustache would act as a gentleman himself and be clever.
3) The “rewind” part:
Let’s go back to the past, and see what’s hiding there. I am fan of this, particularly when the movie directors and the whole crew wants to show the movie watchers or the audience some sneak peeks of the before-and-after scenario of the protagonist and for the antagonist as well. In reality, if we all can do go back to our past, I think everyone will have futurama or some kind of phobia or paranoia on what the future has to offer.
For further comprehension, read this plot written at Wikipedia.org
Watching Saving Mr. Banks gave me another hope for the people suffering from mild psychological complexes determined by their attitude towards themselves and other people. I think, this movie deserves a “two-thumbs-up” and some critical acclaims from the different movie critics and as such.
I cannot help myself from feeling inspired and at the same time, threatened by the protagonist, P.L. Travers, author of the famous book “Mary Poppins”. I wonder if her defense mechanism helped her to create a field of awkwardness towards humans, her co-species. I also question her bravery and ill-mannered ways, her “cockiness”, I suppose. But of course everything, every act and every scene of the movie has its own history for some reason. I suggest you calm down and enjoy the rest of the movie, okay?
So here it goes, I have listed some key elements I witnessed while watching the movie:
1) P.L. Travers/ Helen Lyndon Goff:
She was hiding and running away from her past. It chased her from the very start of her career. Memories invaded her choice of decisions and her discernment upon what is supposed to be real and what is just a dream. I pity her. But really she doesn't have to be such a misanthropist, or have a general hatred and disdain towards the people around her. I might sound judgmental, but as an individual, you cannot let the past be an asylum or a prison that in turn encases and belittles you. The world is fascinating enough to be explored. The world, in my opinion, is still a beautiful place despite of its condition. We, as humans, do not necessarily escape the memories of our past for we can’t deny the fact that our past is the foremost foundation of our holistic formation; of our personality and ideology.
2) Mr. Walt Disney:
With all honesty, I felt that he gave a different perspective to the book. He said that the last thing we could do to a story is to destroy it. How plausible is that? But really, he is a businessman. He is a man who gains profit with this kind of acts and tricks knowing that children and families would definitely buy it. I think he is supposed to be meaner, but because Tom Hanks played the role of Mr. Disney, he wasn’t. I had accepted that there could be another side of Mr. Disney as a normal person, minus the Mickey. Before I forget, Tom Hanks really did a good job portraying Disney, I just hoped that any man with an interesting moustache would act as a gentleman himself and be clever.
3) The “rewind” part:
Let’s go back to the past, and see what’s hiding there. I am fan of this, particularly when the movie directors and the whole crew wants to show the movie watchers or the audience some sneak peeks of the before-and-after scenario of the protagonist and for the antagonist as well. In reality, if we all can do go back to our past, I think everyone will have futurama or some kind of phobia or paranoia on what the future has to offer.
For further comprehension, read this plot written at Wikipedia.org