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Saving Mr. Banks

PostPosted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 11:58 am
by Thumper
Anybody see it? We watched it on Netflix while at our friend's beach house over the weekend. I liked it. Made me want to look up the actual people and see how much it was based on reality.

Re: Saving Mr. Banks

PostPosted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:15 pm
by geonuc
Hadn't heard of it, which is surprising since it's a Tom Hanks movie.

Re: Saving Mr. Banks

PostPosted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 4:35 pm
by Rommie
I saw it back in the day when it was in theaters, and really enjoyed it. But then I'm a complete sucker for movies like that about historic authors (I really liked Miss Potter, for example).

Re: Saving Mr. Banks

PostPosted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 4:54 pm
by SciFiFisher
I have seen it. I really enjoyed. From what I could look up the movie really did capture the essence of the bitter struggle between P.L. Travers and Walt Disney. Until the day she died she HATED the movie Peter Pan. Disney really did make a point of not inviting her to the premier of the movie.

Re: Saving Mr. Banks

PostPosted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 11:25 am
by Thumper
Cool, I'm glad there is some decent basis in reality. For whatever reason, I really liked Paul Giamatti's character.

Re: Saving Mr. Banks

PostPosted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:25 pm
by Rommie
Speaking of author biopics, big Tolkein one coming out next month!

I hope it's good, but at the risk of becoming like my dad, I'm going to read the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes before I decide on whether to watch it.

Re: Saving Mr. Banks

PostPosted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 9:32 pm
by geonuc
Rommie wrote:Speaking of author biopics, big Tolkein one coming out next month!

I hope it's good, but at the risk of becoming like my dad, I'm going to read the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes before I decide on whether to watch it.


You cannot stop me from watching it. I bleed elven blood.

Re: Saving Mr. Banks

PostPosted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:21 pm
by SciFiFisher
geonuc wrote:
Rommie wrote:Speaking of author biopics, big Tolkein one coming out next month!

I hope it's good, but at the risk of becoming like my dad, I'm going to read the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes before I decide on whether to watch it.


You cannot stop me from watching it. I bleed elven blood.


roll: roll: roll:

Re: Saving Mr. Banks

PostPosted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:22 pm
by SciFiFisher
Rommie wrote:Speaking of author biopics, big Tolkein one coming out next month!

I hope it's good, but at the risk of becoming like my dad, I'm going to read the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes before I decide on whether to watch it.


I always seem to be out of sync with movie critics or review sites. I love stuff the critics hate. Occasionally, I will actually like something the critics like. Typically, my response is "The critics hate it! I have to go see that one!" :P

Re: Saving Mr. Banks

PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2019 5:01 pm
by code monkey
SciFiFisher wrote:
Rommie wrote:Speaking of author biopics, big Tolkein one coming out next month!

I hope it's good, but at the risk of becoming like my dad, I'm going to read the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes before I decide on whether to watch it.


I always seem to be out of sync with movie critics or review sites. I love stuff the critics hate. Occasionally, I will actually like something the critics like. Typically, my response is "The critics hate it! I have to go see that one!" :P


that doesn't matter. what's important is to have performed calibrations so that one knows whether to run to or from something based on another's suggestion.

Re: Saving Mr. Banks

PostPosted: Wed May 15, 2019 3:09 pm
by Thumper
True, there used to be a reviewer in a local rag here. The more he hated a movie or a TV show, the more I knew I needed to watch it. :P