Saving Mr. Banks - Disneycember
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- Originally aired in December 2013. Doug takes a look at Saving Mr. Banks.
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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.”
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?
+kurvos it definitely did (and lets be honest, its being told from the disney company's point of view, what do you expect), but it definitely shows him being a dick about it. The request for no animation, the whole mustache thing, no silly musical numbers, and it all happened right in front of the author.
I can't confirm personally, but I think I read somewhere that she liked one or two songs from the movie, so it's not like she 100% was appalled by it all, but she definitely did not like what happened, and it doesn't show that as well as it could have...
But even with that all, my favorite scene was on the red carpet, when everyone was ignoring her mickey mouse came out and offered his arm to walk with her to her seat. To me it emphasized the part that doug mentioned, where disney said mickey felt like family to him, and as cheesey as the scene looked I still love it.
+IMVADER2 while she never liked Fly a Kite like the movie represents, she did somewhat, in her own way, enjoy Feed the Birds and its apparently what won her over (in some articles I have read)
The movie, while Disney-fies alot of facts, a lot they keep authentic or as authentic as a company making a film about screwing an author over. Was it 100 % accurate, no. But for Disney, it was a pretty damn good film and the best I could see them doing it on the story.
It didn't air in most countries. Heck, I knew of this movie almost a year after it aired. Thanks, internet.
+Galuh Widhiatmoyo Yeah when I went and saw this on opening day where I live there where only 6 people there. One family with kids and they cried atleast after the movie, feeling for it and felt for the sad parts. So the movie succeds in that part atleast. It´s tuching.
exactly. It's not a fluke that they waited til she died to make this movie.
Tom Hanks is seriously one of the greatest living actors that are still around. Totally.
i agree. he is insanely talented at giving good genuine performances.
To quote Weird Al, Who doesn’t love Tom Hanks
@@johnmartin4119 He actually looks like Walt, which is really impressive.
No idea why you thought Tom Hanks would bomb as Disney; he's one of the most versatile actors in the world
Alex I actually thought it was perfect. And what Doug said about him smoking and drinking and swearing I would believe it. Disney smoked like a chimney so I'm not surprised that it's what led to his death by lung cancer. But Tom Hanks plays the man like as if he was a relative of ours and I really enjoy that. I used to put Disney on a high pedestal but when I got older I realized that he wasn't a perfect person. He was just as flawed as any adult but it's why we respect him.
It’s interesting because Tom Hanks is actually a distant cousin of Walt Disney
Look it up
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.
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.
+kurvos Disney wasn't anti-jew, that's just slander that's still spread around for some reason.
kurvos Because YOU would know otherwise?
+Peter Hanson I honestly still can't quite buy Hanks' performance. Granted he did better than I think ANY other actor could... but I don't quite see Walt... I see a profoundly good imitation.
+kurvos I know that Disney may not be the best person, but you have to understand that people are products of their time. Disney only thought that way because it was a common way of thinking. Does that mean it was good? That he's off the hook? No, but we must take this into consideration. Today common thoughts and ideals are all for egalitarianism, those past thoughts and ideals contrast modern ones. Though we must not close our minds and shun and forget these people in the past. They've done great things, we can't just let the bad things they've thought or done define who they are.
@kurvos, and this somehow overrides all the good things he did in terms of changing the film industry and animation? And there's actually no real hardcore evidence he was anti-Semitic, but even if he was, so what? They were personal thoughts, it's not like he ever acted out on it.
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.
Yes. "Get on the horse, Pamela" was just subtle enough of a gut-punch to avoid making Walt seem unsympathetic.
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.
Mind Master the name Disney is actually French in origin. I forgot what it actually means though.
RIGHT
Wouldn't it be surreal if Walt's last name had been something like Smith or Jones?
There's a town in England called Norton Disney.
@@DianaDxD d'isigny meaning "from Isigny"
Next, I want to see a movie about Walt making Snow White.
I want to see walt make mick-oh wait
That would be nice to see
@@theissaccookproduction oh
Ok, THAT WOULD BE UNBELIEVABLY AMAZING!
I cry every time Mickey gives his arm to PL. I know it probably didn't happen. But to me it doesn't matter.
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Mia Ria don't worry I googled it and it happened :)
you mean at the premiere? wasn't that Minnie?
I did to, and at the end when they had the actual tape she recorded while working with the brothers T_T
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.
If they ever do that, I hope they keep Tom Hanks as Walt Disney, it's just perfect casting.
I agree, it would be REALLY interesting to see Hanks' take on a much, much younger and more optimistic Walt.
It's a little bit disgusting.P. L. Travers would have hated it.
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
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
One of my top 3 Disney live-action films.
Michelle Adcock same here
What's the other 2
"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.
I cried so hard in this movie
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.
Same with the movie Bohemian Rhapsody.
I really liked this movie. One of my favorites.
I wish TWDC would release more films like this to older audiences. This is considered one of my favourite movies and I feel that if they did more projects like this, it could break the "Disney's just for kids" stereotype.
jeez can't you just say disney
I hear you on that, but I think them owning ABC, ESPN, and Marvel and Star Wars, it seems like they are breaking that mold and could continue to do so by simply rebranding a couple of existing properties.
Marcel Fioo When you're a Disney fan and you spend a lot of your time learning about the company and the ins an outs including the business side, using their full company name becomes a bit of a habit.
+ajmrowland Well while those are all technically owned by Disney they're kinda just doing their own thing but with the Disney name. Kinda like with Ghibli movies, even tho they don't technically own them.
I personally would like to see Disney do more adult in-studio work, in both live action and even animation.
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.
This is my favorite movie of 2013.As much as I love Frozen and The Wind Rises,this is the best movie of that year in my opinion.
+kristof gergely It isn't though.
+Unshaved Malevolence That's why it's called an opinion. It's what she thinks. You may not agree but in her opinion it was the best film.
Sarah Unchained "muh opinion"
That's not a very good way to reflect an argument.
Tí mó tàihòu shū. "__ is the best __" isn't an argument.
Frozen is fucking trash.
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.
that sucks cause that the emotional highlight
Dan Gurney It sucks that scene in England didn’t happen in real life, because that’s actually my favorite part of the movie
In addition, most of their conversations were over the phone. She also utterly DESPISED "Let's Go Fly a Kite". And while Travers did hate the film at first, she eventually warmed up to it. Her final opinion on it was that, while she didn't consider it to be a good adaptation of her book, it was still a good movie in its own right.
She had final right in the script, whether Disney had the rights to the character or not, Travers had to approve of the script,
This movie gave me happy tears. And sad tears.... It gave me all the tears.
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.
In a way Disney will always be family
Oooohh, that soundtrack of Dinosaur at the end...
Really ups the epic of his speech.. Goosebumps =)
Thaaaaank you! I keep hearing this and wondering where the hell its from!!
+Callie Myers (CaliCat) Haha, you're welcome!! =D
forgot that movie had epic music
How could you forget? =D
Bah, it's a bunch of romanticized bullshit that just irks me, because Disney HAS gotten worse. They are in a creative bankrupt period, which is why all you get are sequels and remakes, and the majority of them are boring, forgettable or just trash. And the few "original" stuff just makes my eyes roll, and seems cookiecutter the same. And what's even worse, is this shitty deconstructionist/"self-aware" angle they have taken that just sucks the enjoyment out.
Such a beautiful film. It just pulls at your humanity, and I struggle to find anyone who dislikes this film.
I'm curious about what Doug would think of the movie "Walt Before Mickey." It's sort of a biography about how Walt Disney became successful from his perspective.
History is written by the victors and romanticized by filmmakers.
That is a line I just made up you can pretty much sum up. This film was a good one and yes, not everything was accurate but there were various accurate points, some charming moments, and also some more...depressing if I'm correct.
+Heavenlyhounds96 What's the point of a biopic if it' not gonna be accurate?
I may as well make a WWII movie that ends with a happy ending because oh, it needs a charming moment :)
Unshaved Malevolence How accurate you think Ed Wood is? (Not every biopic has to be 100% historical fact cause then it might as well be a documentary or on the biography channel, shouldn't it? :P)
Heavenlyhounds96 Not sure. Is it supposed to be inaccurate?
Also I'm not sure how you can make a documentary out of dead people and with such a limited amount of footage.
@@Melkac if you want accuracy, a documentary is the best place for it.
Saving Mr. Banks is one of my favorite films.
As a writer myself I relate SO MUCH to this movie. When you write and create a world and people they become your children, your heart and soul. And to have someone possibly change and manipulate what you've made it's heartbreaking. I'm working so hard to have my work recognized because I want more than anything for film versions to be made, and everytime I think about it I'm both excited and yet so hesitant as to what could happen. I'd have to be Travers, overseeing so much to make sure I got what I ultimately wanted...I'd of course be nicer about it but I'd still have my say.
Why did the mash up of all the Disney movies at the end and his good speech make me emotional? NO, Damn it emotions I said no you aren't allowed to show just whenever you want
Bah, it's a bunch of romanticized bullshit that just irks me, because Disney HAS gotten worse. They are in a creative bankrupt period, which is why all you get are sequels and remakes, and the majority of them are boring, forgettable or just trash. And the few "original" stuff just makes my eyes roll, and seems cookiecutter the same. And what's even worse, is this shitty deconstructionist/"self-aware" angle they have taken that just sucks the enjoyment out.
TL;DR : Disney has gotten worse and Doug is just a suck up. And so were you when you wrote this.
How could you ever doubt in Tom Hanks
i was just about to say that... never doubt Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks is a God
My whole family and I went to see this in the theaters together. I remember how must we enjoyed the Walt Disney Studio moments and how emotional the childhood scenes were. Especially the relationship between the author and her mother. We enjoyed the whole thing
0:00-0:06. You have no idea how nostalgic that sound is to me.
I love how the film gets darker and darker. Like in the beginning you get a couple of laughs and what not but in the end Traver's dad dies of alcohol poisoning! oh a SPOILERS!
I wish they'd make a Disneyland origin movie, much like Steve Jobs starring Michael Fassbender.
There's one called "Walt Before Mickey". It's actually pretty darn good. I watched it on Netflix. Not sure if it's still on there
ooh
2:20 Actually, you _don’t_ see Walt Disney smoke, at least not onscreen.
Smoking would give the movie a higher rating, but Tom Hanks insisted he be portrayed accurately.
So while he is never shown puffing up, various clues make it obvious he’s a smoker.
How dare you doubt the Tom Hanks! XD
I wonder if Doug has seen the movie Walt Before Mickey, because I would love to hear his thoughts on it
Mia per hour I wanted to like it, but the sub par acting, cheesiness, and limited budget took me out of it
I actually think the memories start out whimsical to show how bad things got later. There is a big difference between the first memory and the last.
I saw both this movie and Frozen on the Disney cruise line back in Febuary of 2014. And it really was magical seeing both of those amazing films ona Disney cruise ship.
I loved the recording during the credits! Wonderful to hear the real lady bark her orders yet bark an affectionate and caring explanation of Mr Banks's characteristics.
I remember seeing Saving Mr. Banks in theaters and I really liked it. Glad you reviewed it.
This movie is absolutely wonderful very sweet and heartfelt always enjoyed watching it Tom Hanks is at his best along with Emma Thompson everything came together wonderfully
Makes me think if Warner could do something similar, with two films taking place concurrently showing two clashing directors' points of view when it comes to making animated short cartoons. Joe Dante directing one based on Chuck Jones, and John K. directing one based on Bob Clampett.
I absolutely loved this movie!!! I read the book they based it on before hand and it hit pretty much of the notes! Mary Poppins was one of my favorite movies and books
I really enjoyed what you had to say in these videos, all were put together very nicey. This one in particular was edited very well and had a moving monologue. Great job Critic!!
Who else cried at that scene where Mr. Banks is walking to work at the end? 😭
OK DOUG the music at the end when your talking about disney gave me goosebumps
One of my all time faves!
This film is horribly underrated
Sure it isn't 100% accurate but as just a movie and not as a historical thing it is actually really touching
One of my favorite films; I really like how it's not one-sided! Both Disney and P.L. Travers are both equally shown as flawed but relatable human beings!
This film would have been better if Travers had been portrayed accurately.
And Disney
It's probably best that Disney wasn't portrayed correctly
+Duke Spubber Yep. She should've been portrayed as the evil, sadistic and selfish person that she really was.
+dusk1234567890 Its nothing new that book authors dont want their titles fucked up. Roald Dahl hated the wonka movie for example. Travers made few requests, like no silly songs and no cartoons. Disney fucked her over at ever point. The fact that this movie implies she liked his movie is just another case of Disney fucking her over decades after her death.
+Chaseplays Thedinogamer by correctly you mean the image that somehow popped up after his death that has no proof whatsoever.....
I saw this as a kid and I LOVED IT
When you started talking about disney at the end with the music from dinosaur i got goosebumps and almost shed a tear i am man enought to say that
I'm still crying every time I see it😢😢😢
I didn't even see "Mary Poppins" before I watched this movie and I loved it.
When I saw the ending scene of that movie, I knew that P.L Traverse was really upset with the results. It's even been hinted throughout the movie. For Disney it's a success story. For Traverse, it's a tragedy. There is a movie I really want you to review sometime if you have the chance. It's called Walt before Mickey. I saw that movie as a prequel to Saving Mr. Banks and it's totally worth a watch if you're a Disneyfanatic.
I find it hard to imagine you doubted Tom Hanks could pull off a charismatic performance.
i love this movie so much hanks was a great disney
This is the most beautiful movie I’ve seen based on a true story and by Disney
This is a great ending, going over all critique to talk about what everyone gets out of Disney and how they are so familiar. Criticism is subjective, but Disney is for everyone. And they succeed. Every remake, every marvel movie, every Star Wars comic. They make them all feel at least in some way, magical.
As a movie it's very good. As an accurate representation of what actually happened, not so much. Which is kind of a shame as Travers was a fascinating person.
I think it's a good film, but it's just downright insulting to P.L. Travers. She hated Disney's adaptation.
She didn't really hate the movie, she just really didn't like that the film had aspects she disapproved of. She said in an interview that it's good, she just didn't feel it was much like her book.
GlassMufasa I wonder how she would feel now that they are making Mary Poppins Returns
GlassMufasa They made Ms. Travers out to be a bitch, but she kind of had every right to react the way she did to Disney's treatment of her material. Walt basically broke every single promise he made to her. He just had to make every book adaptation Disney did so totally different from the original that it became completely his own creation.
Thomas D She had planned to do a sequel, but Katzenberg (the bane of Disney's existence) passed up the offer.
Am I the only one who remembers P.L. Travers in the movie crying at the penguin scene, Walt Disney telling her "Don't worry, Mr. Banks will be alright" and P.L. replies "No it not that. I just just can't abide cartoons!"
Pfft....Yeah, that didn't hint she had problems with it.
There needs to be a History Buffs review of this film.
I always thought that scene of talking about letting Mickey pass to the public was a shot at how it was because of Disney's issue of letting Mickey pass the copyright threshold of public domain that we got the shitty copyright of today.
I cried so much at this movie
This movie is in my top ten Disney movies I can't explain why I love it it makes me cry and smile at the same time and its rare for me for a movie to do that although I'm not a big fan of the end either idk i just really wanna watch it again now xD
You I loved this movie it was one of the three movies in the world that has made me cry
I didnt even realise untill now that when I went to DisneyLand early 2015 they were filming this movie because I remember seeing the exactly the same car parked just after the enterance of the old bit of DisneyLand
My dad cried during this film. That says a lot, because my dad rarely cries during films.
We are watching this in my biographies class as part of our Walt Disney biography.
0:27 the guy of the left is one of my favorite side characters in live action he did a great role in The Founder
When Disney says how big an honour it is to go to Disneyland with him I just thought "you pillock".
The closing was really nice
I was seriously looking forward to seeing this in 2013, and was lucky enough to see it in the theater. I knew the true story about how much Travers despised Disney's version of her work, but if you can ignore that it's an amazing film on it's own, even though it's heavily fictionalized. Probably one of my all time favorites.
Can we all just acknowledge that the intro theme from "Dinosaur" (which is what plays at the end of this video and over most Disneycember intros) is a billion times better than anything else in that movie.
both should've been nominated for the Oscar
this is my favorite live action Disney movies and one of my favorite all time Disney movies. i honestly don't think any one can play Walt Disney until Tom Hanks is dead i see tom as Walt. Now when i think of Walt i see the Walt from this movie its really good and i was surprised to find out that it was actually a negative response at the end it gives it a bit of a new meaning to the movie
this movie was like Disney does a documentary on Disney and I'm with you on how much I really didn't think it would work, but I think overall with the exception of a little to much grinding down of the edges it turned out very satisfying, and it shows that Tom hanks can still seriously act.
I personally hope they do more stories along this line.
I love this movie
I like how you used the music from the movie Dinosaur at the end! It is one of the first movies I remember watching along with hsm and sleeping beauty 😜
If theres one redeeming quality to Dinosaur, its the soundtrack. Even the Nostalgia Critic agrees
i love that for the ending, you used the intro music from Dinosaur.
Love the ending, that music from Dinosaur can make anything epic.
I agree with you. I don't know if the real P.L. Travers really lowered her guard enough to dance with the Sherman brothers to "Lets go Fly a Kite," but I think that moment is needed....you FINALLY see her relax a little bit but then right after that we get the scene where she learns Disney went behind her back on some of the decisions and the walls come right back up again. And I do think Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks did a brilliant job bringing these two master storytellers to life.
You are an excellent film critic! And funny too! Keep up the good work
Someone sure went for it on this narration
Spoiler (and historical fact): Disney pretty much screwed Travers over.
I once had to write an essay on this movie for a first-year Media Studies paper at uni (we had a choice, but I was willing to rewatch and analyse this one more than the others). I got an A.
When I first watched this movie, I never understood it. Probably because I was too young to understand the concept of creating a movie and how much work and effort and imagination and feelings behind it, so I never cared for it. This video really made me want to watch it again so I can understand it.
That reminded me of Television Set movie. It was about transforming script into product.
tear jerking film
Its kinda January now... Lol just sayin
+DuesX187 you people are awful
He will be done by the 20th
I've been saying that for weeks
They're simply reuploading old videos
This is a re-upload from two years ago.
Yes, she made her displeasure about the film clear, but I've also read that she rewatched it many times over the years, showing that the truth is sometimes complicated.
Beautiful movie
What I really find interesting is that PL Travers actually did like the film. She stated in an interview years later that she found it a good film on its own it just wasn’t like her books.
I guess for this Disneycember, he was looking at all of the live-action movies.
Nice of you to use the music from Disney’s Dinosaur at the end
I hadn't heard of this one, but I'm not surprised to hear that Tom Hanks did a great job in the role. I have yet to see a movie where he was bad in. :)