Disney, as a company, has many untold secrets, and a lot of those secrets include the making of their films and where they got their ideas from. Disney’s new movie Saving Mr. Banks is about the making of the screenplay Mary Poppins with the stressed Walt Disney played by Tom Hanks. Author P. L. Travers, played by Emma Thompson, helps disney with the movie.

It took over 20 years to get Travers to come to Los Angeles to help Disney with Mary Poppins and to acquire the rights to use her storyline to make a public film.

Thompson could not have played Travers better. She did well with portraying herself as a witty and stern character, and it made the film quite entertaining to watch due to her dislike for American people.

Travers was very spiteful when it came to working with the Disney crew on the new film, but later loosened up due to many flashbacks that led her to realize she needed to be in a relaxed state of mind.

Thompson always does a great job when it comes to acting as a very mysterious character, such as her part in this film along with her role in Nanny McPhee.

Hanks and Thompson are both some of my favorite actors, and it made it very magical to see them together in a Disney film both playing extremely creative minds.

Hanks is by far one of the best actors today, he can do anything. From where he started back in the day in movies like Forest Gump, to animated Disney films just a few years ago such as the Polar Express. Every movie he makes, he does his best.

It was hard to tell the difference between Hanks and Disney himself. The physical appearance was exact, and the energy from Hanks made it even better.

With very appealing characters, and the portrayal of Disneyland in the 1960’s done so well, the movie was definitely impressive.

From Mickey Mouse on the corner of Downtown U.S.A., to seeing the crowds of people in awe of Disney walking through the park, you could practically smell the kettle corn and hear the sounds of the annoyed families in line.

Everything about the movie was so enchanting, as if I was in Disneyland at the time this was occurring.

With much grief, it was hard for Travers to agree with Disney on many decisions regarding the making of the film. She flew herself back to London and said she was done.

Travers was then not invited to the premiere of Mary Poppins, which made her leap onto the quickest flight to Los Angeles.

She was in tears at the final outcome of the film, and looked back on her life and how amazing of a writer she really is.

Imagine if Mary Poppins was not a musical. Think about if America did not know the word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. How different would Disney movies be?

Go see what Hanks and Thompson have to offer in the new magical film Saving Mr. Banks.

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Wayne Thallander

Blake Lazar, junior