Cheating just a little
Posted: September 5th, 2014, 1:58 pm
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HOTEL
I truly enjoyed watching Hotel the other night and got a kick out of some of the things that really dated it. The old, old fashioned room keys for example, that were so easy to copy. Also, walking in and asking for the room of a visitor, and getting it - ha, ha. And wouldn't it be fun to take just any elevator and go up to the penthouse(?) - especially when the elevator man has to turn the wheel to get to it!!! There were other things too, but my memory is already dimming.
SAVING MR. BANKS
This is where the 'cheating' comes in. Actually I watched this on an IN DEMAND channel. I enjoyed it immensely, but thought it would have more funny scenes in it. Mainly it was quite a drama. I also found that, like Walt Disney, I have misunderstood the entire story all these years. This is not a movie for little kids for sure, but it was a pleasure to see a movie that was just a movie, with a story that had a beginning, a middle, and an end, with normal people, and normal human experiences. Like Walt, I always thought Mary Poppins came to help the children because they were so unhappy, but as the movie proves out, it is their father that she is to help. I don't know if I got it some 40 years ago when I watched it with my own kids and have just forgotten, but I doubt if that is the case.
For those who don't know (and don't want to know, don't read further) (SPOILER ALERT),
P.L. (Pamela) Travers needs to sell the rights to Mary Poppins to Disney because she is broke and needs the money desperately, but she is holding on by the skin of her teeth before signing the contract. She insists on NO CARTOONS, NO MUSIC AND SINGING, NO DANCING, etc. but the three fellows working on the script and the music manage to get that stuff in anyway, and finally turn her around. I have never seen Emma Thompson in anything I don't like, because she is so expert at everything she does, and of course Tom Hanks is brilliant as Walt Disney. The three guys who I nick-named Huey, Luey and Duey, also bring a refreshing sense of both fun and frustration to the story. They did a great job of turning the clock back in clothes, cars and general scenery. There were a lot of flashbacks in P.L.'s life and altho I know her father is Colin Farrell, and her mom (of course), is Ruth Wilson, but I was curious about the little girl who played P.L. as a child and was surprised to see that she is not even listed in the cast - she was half of the movie!
As I said, I enjoyed it a lot and as a rental, you won't be disappointed, but don't get it to watch with the kids if they are not yet tempered to todays' movies.
HOTEL
I truly enjoyed watching Hotel the other night and got a kick out of some of the things that really dated it. The old, old fashioned room keys for example, that were so easy to copy. Also, walking in and asking for the room of a visitor, and getting it - ha, ha. And wouldn't it be fun to take just any elevator and go up to the penthouse(?) - especially when the elevator man has to turn the wheel to get to it!!! There were other things too, but my memory is already dimming.
SAVING MR. BANKS
This is where the 'cheating' comes in. Actually I watched this on an IN DEMAND channel. I enjoyed it immensely, but thought it would have more funny scenes in it. Mainly it was quite a drama. I also found that, like Walt Disney, I have misunderstood the entire story all these years. This is not a movie for little kids for sure, but it was a pleasure to see a movie that was just a movie, with a story that had a beginning, a middle, and an end, with normal people, and normal human experiences. Like Walt, I always thought Mary Poppins came to help the children because they were so unhappy, but as the movie proves out, it is their father that she is to help. I don't know if I got it some 40 years ago when I watched it with my own kids and have just forgotten, but I doubt if that is the case.
For those who don't know (and don't want to know, don't read further) (SPOILER ALERT),
P.L. (Pamela) Travers needs to sell the rights to Mary Poppins to Disney because she is broke and needs the money desperately, but she is holding on by the skin of her teeth before signing the contract. She insists on NO CARTOONS, NO MUSIC AND SINGING, NO DANCING, etc. but the three fellows working on the script and the music manage to get that stuff in anyway, and finally turn her around. I have never seen Emma Thompson in anything I don't like, because she is so expert at everything she does, and of course Tom Hanks is brilliant as Walt Disney. The three guys who I nick-named Huey, Luey and Duey, also bring a refreshing sense of both fun and frustration to the story. They did a great job of turning the clock back in clothes, cars and general scenery. There were a lot of flashbacks in P.L.'s life and altho I know her father is Colin Farrell, and her mom (of course), is Ruth Wilson, but I was curious about the little girl who played P.L. as a child and was surprised to see that she is not even listed in the cast - she was half of the movie!
As I said, I enjoyed it a lot and as a rental, you won't be disappointed, but don't get it to watch with the kids if they are not yet tempered to todays' movies.