Had a few dvd's to watch ,Saving Mr. Banks was one of them.I was not expecting to enjoy it, as I never liked Mary Poppins.
I must say though it was ok.I would say the making of the film is in having Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson in the lead roles.
Martin you say there was "a wee bit of licence",if you follow the link you will see that actually there is very little in the film that is factual.Travers had already signed over the rights to Disney before she even travelled to L.A.,she infact had very little personal contact with Walt Disney.
http://www.hypable.com/2014/01/10/savin ... ins-facts/One of the other dvd's was Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips.Once again very
loosely based on the true story of the hijacked American container ship "Maersk Alabama".Tom Hanks once again puts in a commanding performance,though in my opinion he was outshone by newcomer Barkhad Abdi, the leader of the pirates.
I also had a copy of Gravity,another film I did not have high expectations off.With Sandra Bullock being alone onscreen for near on 90% of the film, plus I am not too keen on science fiction.I was prepared for boredom. Ended up actually being pleasantly surprised, though you do have to suspend all traces of belief to enjoy .