It was a great movie to watch on a Friday night. It was about P.L. Travers’ early life and her struggles, how she agreed with Mr. Disney to make a movie of her special book ‘Mary Poppins’. I was not aware of how Mary Poppins, which had such a long and desperate history, was created.
After I watched the movie, I read IMDb reviews and learned that the movie did not reflect the reality of Mr. Disney and Mrs.Travers relationship over Mary Poppins. Even If I knew this, I would still watch it because it was a unique and beautiful story.
Just to be aware, it was a sad movie. I would consider it a drama more than a comedy. To be honest, it was not our intention to pick a sad movie. The only reason we chose it was because Tom Hanks was the actor.
I definitely will watch Marry Poppins again after realizing how it was filmed and the story behind it.
My husband rated the movie as 7 because of the conflicts between the movie and reality. Since it was not a documentary, I would rate the movie as 9 out of 10.
Quotes
P.L. Travers: [Being driven in a cart to Disney’s office] I am perfectly capable of walking!
P.L. Travers: My point is that, unlike yourself, Mary Poppins is the very enemy of whimsy and sentiment. She’s truthful. She doesn’t sugarcoat the darkness in the world that these children will eventually, inevitably come to know. She prepares them for it. She deals in honesty. One must clean one’s room, it will magically do it by itself! This entire script is flim-flam! Where is its heart? Where is its reality? Where… is the gravitas?
[She throws the script out the window]
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