Over the weekend I had a chance, finally, to catch a few movies, especially those creating such a buzz around Hollywood these days!!
Saving Mr. Banks was the first one!
And immediately fell in love with P.L. Travers' London "cottage" as she describes it in the film!
It's gorgeous, and I immediately wanted to see more!!! I loved everything about it. Muted greens and yellows, plants staggered here and there. And those lamps, the ones you see in the picture, and there are also two wall sconces on either side of the window, the drapery is beautiful, and a bookcase to the left, Oh my, it was just a "spoonful of sugar"!
The story is good too!!
A bit of a heartbreaker, because it appears "Mary Poppins" didn't arrive to "save the children", Mary Poppins arrived to "save Mr. Banks"; the real Mr. Banks!
I won't be telling you more except to say, that I never expected Travers to be so unlike Mary Poppins!
It's quite puzzling because you see in flashbacks what a richly imaginative childhood she had back in Australia where she was from.
So what the heck happened!
There's you're movie and quite extraordinary!
I really did love it and Emma Thompson played her "practically perfect in every way"!!
P.L. Travers on the right of Walt Disney.
I would recommend this movie to anyone that loved Mary Poppins. The story behind the making of the film is priceless!!
2 thumbs up for me!
