History YMMV / SavingMrBanks

* BrokenBase: Between those who think it's a great story and those upset with the changes to history, especially the implication, intentional or not, of Travers approving of the film after seeing it, when she really went to her grave despising it. Given that the film was produced by Disney, one can get the impression that they're giving themselves a HistoricalHeroUpgrade. Inversely, Travers said in a 1977 interview that, "It's glamorous and it's a good film on its own level, but I don't think it is very like my books", suggesting the film depicting her accepting it might be valid. Lindsay Ellis discusses the idea in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9dCWUuJZLw this video essay]] (she's a fan of the film).

* CriticProof: Several critics, most notably author Creator/HarlanEllison, savaged the picture for its HistoricalHeroUpgrade of Walt Disney, as well as its treatment of P.L. Travers as an aloof and superior old biddy (Ellison, who had met Travers while she was still alive, was furious that "they took a warm, conscientious, empathic woman and turned her into an Ice Queen"). Others savaged it for its HistoricalHeroUpgrade of Travers, particularly in how it ignored the entire existence of her stepson whom she had a troubled relationship with. The movie was well received by audiences though.

* BrokenBase: Between those who think it's a great story and those upset with the changes to history, especially the implication, intentional or not, of Travers approving of the film after seeing it, when she really went to her grave despising it. Given that the film was produced by Disney, one can get the impression that they're giving themselves a HistoricalHeroUpgrade. Inversely, Travers said in a 1977 interview that, "It's glamorous and it's a good film on its own level, but I don't think it is very like my books", suggesting the film depicting her accepting it might be valid.

* {{Narm}}: Travers Goff's dead serious shouting of "SHE'S LAYING!" was this for some.

* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/TomHanks is a great actor. He seems to be a good fit for Creator/WaltDisney. But, then Hanks starts saying his lines, and his voice is seriously at odds with the real Disney who had a much deeper voice than that. Actually acknowledged in interviews [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbA_5KRiLAk&feature=youtube_gdata by the man himself]]. Tom is not trying to do an imitation of Walt, recognizing that such an attempt would be DOA, rather capturing the ''essence'' of who he he was, how he interacted with his friends and co workers, portraying the wholly realistic human who was Walt Disney instead of trying to copy it.

* CriticProof: Several critics, most notably author Creator/HarlanEllison, savaged the picture for its HistoricalHeroUpgrade of Walt Disney, as well as its treatment of P.L. Travers as an aloof and superior old biddy (Ellison, who was one of Travers' friends, was furious that "they took a warm, conscientious, empathic woman and turned her into an Ice Queen"). Others savaged it for its HistoricalHeroUpgrade of Travers, particularly in how it ignored the entire existence of her stepson whom she had a troubled relationship with. The movie was well received by audiences though.

* CriticProof: Several critics, most notably author Creator/HarlanEllison, savaged the picture for its HistoricalHeroUpgrade of Walt Disney, as well as its treatment of P.L. Travers as an aloof and superior old biddy (Ellison, who was one of Travers' friends, was furious that "they took a warm, conscientious, empathic woman and turned her into an Ice Queen"). The movie was well received by audiences though.

* CastingGag: Film/NannyMcPhee cast as the creator of ''Mary Poppins''.

* AwardSnub: Emma Thompson was widely expected to get an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for Best Actress for her performance, but she didn't.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Some of Creator/JulieAndrews' fans felt a little upset that she had no lines in the movie about the making of her first Hollywood film, aside from the ''Mary Poppins'' clips shown during the premiere scene. At the very least, the omission of Mrs. Travers' initial reaction to the casting of Andrews feels like a missed opportunity for a Heartwarming Moment, since she had (slightly) nicer things to say about her than she did Dick Van Dyke.[[note]]Mrs. Travers told Julie Andrews that [[AdaptationalAttractiveness she looked too pretty compared to the books' depiction of Mary Poppins]], but did have "the right nose".[[/note]]

* OscarBait: Accused of being one, possibly with some truth. Ultimately, the movie only earned one Oscar nomination-Best Score-which it lost to ''Film/{{Gravity}}''.

* UnfortunateImplications:
** Averted. When Walt asks his executive secretary her opinion on Mrs. Travers as they are both female, she answers that she wouldn't know as women don't share a psychic bond (her tone when saying this hints that the secretary saw said implications). It's later Walt himself that steps into Mrs. Travers' mind to understand her motivations.
** Did Travers hold out on selling the story rights for so long out of artistic integrity... or "[[http://www.avclub.com/review/disney-celebrates-selling-outand-its-own-victories-200630 daddy issues]]", as The AV Club puts it?

* FridgeBrilliance: Walt being able to join Richard Sherman in singing "A Man Has Dreams" despite it being the first time he heard it makes sense: considering the many songs that came before Mary Poppins, Walt obviously picked up on reading sheet music.

** Averted. When Walt asks his executive secretary her opinion on Mrs. Travers as they are both female, she answers that she wouldn't know as women don't share a psychic bond. It's later Walt himself that steps into Mrs. Travers' mind to understand her motivations.

* ParentsAsPeople: Even though Walt's father was abusive by modern standards, Walt clearly states Elias Disney was a good man. Likewise, Pamela Travers' father was an alcoholic, but loved her dearly, a feeling she reciprocated.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Some of Creator/JulieAndrews' fans felt a little upset that she had no lines in the movie about the making of her first Hollywood film, aside from the ''Mary Poppins'' clips shown during the premiere scene.

* AwardSnub: Emma Thompson was widely expected to get an AcademyAward nomination for Best Actress for her performance, but she didn't.

** To be fair to the filmmakers, Travers liking the film is implied. The ending seems to match the 1977 interview (the film's Travers seems extremely aghast at the penguins).
* CriticProof: Several critics, most notably author Creator/HarlanEllison, savaged the picture for its HistoricalHeroUpgrade of Walt Disney, as well as its treatment of P.L. Travers as an aloof and superior old biddy (Ellison, who was one of Travers' friends, was furious that "they took a warm, conscientious, empathic woman and turned her into an Ice Queen"). Nobody cared, and the movie was well received by audiences.
** It's really hard to say if the film depicts Travers as too unfairly, if anything, it humanizes her a bit (through the flashbacks). But, look up any interview of Travers' adopted son and you'll see ''he'' certainly didn't think of her as "warm, conscientious, empathic", as Ellison states.

* BrokenBase: Between those who think it's a great story and those upset with the changes to history, especially the implication, intentional or not, of Travers approving of the film after seeing it, when she really went to her grave despising it. Given that the film was produced by Disney, one can get the impression that they're giving themselves a HistoricalHeroUpgrade. Inversely, Travers said in a 1977 interview that, "It's glamorous and it's a good film on its own level, but I don't think it is very like my books", suggesting the film depicting her accepting it might be valid.

** It's really hard to say if the film depicts Travers as too unfairly, if anything, it humanizers her a bit (through the flashbacks). But, look up any interview of Travers' adopted son and you'll see ''he'' certainly didn't think of her as "warm, conscientious, empathic", as Ellison states.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Some of Creator/JulieAndrews' fans felt a little upset that she had no lines in the movie about the making of her first Hollywood film.

* UnfortunateImplications: Averted. When Walt asks his executive secretary her opinion on Mrs. Travers as they are both female, she answers that she wouldn't know as women don't share a psychic bond. It's later Walt himself that steps into Mrs. Travers' mind to understand her motivations.

* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/TomHanks is a great actor. He seems to be a good fit for Creator/WaltDisney. But, then Hanks starts saying his lines, and his voice is seriously at odds with the real Disney who had a much deeper voice than that.
** Actually acknowledged in interviews [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbA_5KRiLAk&feature=youtube_gdata by the man himself]]. Tom is not trying to do an imitation of Walt, recognizing that such an attempt would be DOA, rather capturing the ''essence'' of who he he was, how he interacted with his friends and co workers, portraying the wholly realistic human who was Walt Disney instead of trying to copy it.

* CriticProof: Several critics, most notably author HarlanEllison, savaged the picture for its HistoricalHeroUpgrade of Walt Disney, as well as its treatment of P.L. Travers as an aloof and superior old biddy (Ellison, who was one of Travers' friends, was furious that "they took a warm, conscientious, empathic woman and turned her into an Ice Queen"). Nobody cared, and the movie was well received by audiences.

* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/TomHanks is a great actor. He seems to be a good fit for WaltDisney. But, then Hanks starts saying his lines, and his voice is seriously at odds with the real Disney who had a much deeper voice than that.
** Actually acknowledged in interviews [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbA_5KRiLAk&feature=youtube_gdata by the man himself]]. Tom is not trying to do an imitation of Walt, recognizing that such an attempt would be DOA, rather capturing the ''essence'' of who he he was, how he interacted with his friends and co workers, portraying the wholly realistic human who was Creator/WaltDisney instead of trying to copy it.

* CriticProof: Several critics, most notably author HarlanEllison, savaged the picture for its HistoricalHeroUpgrade of Walt Disney, as well as its treatment of P.L. Travers as an aloof and superior old biddy (Ellison, who was one of Travers' friends, was furious that "they turned a warm, conscientious, empathic woman and turned her into an Ice Queen"). Nobody cared, and the movie was well received by audiences.

** Did Travers hold out on selling the story rights for so long out of artistic integrity... or "[[http://www.avclub.com/review/disney-celebrates-selling-outand-its-own-victories-200630 daddy issues]]", as TheAVClub puts it?

* BrokenBase: Between those who think it's a great story and those upset with the changes to history, especially the implication, intentional or not, of Travers approving of the film after seeing it, when she really went to her grave despising it. Given that the film was produced by Disney, one can get the impression that they're giving themselves a HistoricalHeroUpgrade. Though the creative team has also said they were quite surprised at how much leeway they were given to depict Walt's flaws. However they did leave out his more darker aspects. As his grand neice and others pointed out Disney was racist, anti-semitic and misogynistic. To be fair, it would be hard to sell that kind of person in a feel good movie.
** To be fair, according to IMDB, [[spoiler:Travers said in a 1977 interview that, "It's glamorous and it's a good film on its own level, but I don't think it is very like my books."]]

* OscarBait: Accused of being one, possibly with some truth.

* BrokenBase: Between those who think it's a great story and those upset with the changes to history, especially [[spoiler:the implication, intentional or not, of Travers approving of the film after seeing it, when she really went to her grave despising it.]] Given that the film was produced by Disney, one can get the impression that they're giving themselves a HistoricalHeroUpgrade. Though the creative team has also said they were quite surprised at how much leeway they were given to depict Walt's flaws. However they did leave out his more darker aspects. As his grand neice and others pointed out Disney was racist, anti-semitic and misogynistic. To be fair, it would be hard to sell that kind of person in a feel good movie.

* BrokenBase: Between those who think it's a great story and those upset with the changes to history, especially [[spoiler:the implication, intentional or not, of Travers approving of the film after seeing it, when she really went to her grave despising it.]] Given that the film was produced by Disney, one can get the impression that they're giving themselves a HistoricalHeroUpgrade. Though the creative team has also said they were quite surprised at how much leeway they were given to depict Walt's flaws.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The makers where accused of this. While they did show some flaws. However they did leave out his more darker aspects. As his grand neice and others pointed out Disney was racist, anti-semitic and misogynistic. Then again it would be hard to sell such an indvidual in a feel good movie.