Everyone loves Disneyland until you think about it for too long

1 -- Every time I see a trailer for "Saving Mr. Banks", I'm reminded of the description from E.L. Doctorow's "The Book of Daniel" which says Disneyland is "a sentimental compression of something that is already a lie".

Though I haven't seen it, something tells me (it's a Disney movie) that "Saving Mr. Banks" doesn't plumb those depths.

2 -- The last couple of times I've seen "Mary Poppins" as an adult, I've been blown away by how dark the movie's last twenty minutes are. The children run away into the dark alleys of pre-war London, where strange, sick people lurk, and there's no one to protect them. It's as disturbing as anything in Disney's children's movies this side of Bambi's mother's death and Nemo's mother's death. In many ways, "Mary Poppins" turns the trick that "Hook" unsuccessfully attempted: make a movie that's dressed up as a children's movie, but aimed at parents and that's about parenthood.