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Post by Wolfgang on May 23, 2019 1:07:50 GMT -5
I never heard of Peaky Blinders and wondered why. So I looked up the show and realized that I had in fact heard of the show and wanted to watch it but the wife vetoed it because it dealt with gangsters. (The wife has veto power.) So, the only way for me to watch gangster related drama is if I watch it by myself in the afternoons.
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Post by tomclen on Oct 2, 2019 15:40:13 GMT -5
Confession: my wife and I got sucked into the Downtown Abby series about a year ago. Binge watched the entire series over about a 3 week period. It was a great escape from the political hell that has enveloped everything.
So we were excited to see the movie. Saw it this past weekend.
If you liked the show, you'll like the movie. If you never saw the show, the movie will probably seem elementary. (Of course, the show and the movie are pretty simple.)
It seems like they decided, "Hey, people loved our show and were sad to see it end, so let's do a 2-hour movie and showcase every character for a few minutes here and there." It's like seeing your old friends one last time before they shuffle off to oblivion.
It's not a great movie. But it's not bad if you were a fan of the show.
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Post by ironhammer on Oct 2, 2019 21:16:59 GMT -5
Confession: my wife and I got sucked into the Downtown Abby series about a year ago. Binge watched the entire series over about a 3 week period. It was a great escape from the political hell that has enveloped everything. So we were excited to see the movie. Saw it this past weekend. If you liked the show, you'll like the movie. If you never saw the show, the movie will probably seem elementary. (Of course, the show and the movie are pretty simple.) It seems like they decided, "Hey, people loved our show and were sad to see it end, so let's do a 2-hour movie and showcase every character for a few minutes here and there." It's like seeing your old friends one last time before they shuffle off to oblivion. It's not a great movie. But it's not bad if you were a fan of the show. Don't get me wrong, there is absolutely nothing odd with liking Downton Abbey. Plenty of Americans love it. But it does reveal something, we do not like to admit it, but there has always been an American fascination with royalty and aristocrats in Europe, and especially the UK. Despite our egalitarian pretensions, many Americans do love to be swept up in a fantasy world of privilege (aka Brideshead Revisited). Amusing thing is, having been to the UK and knowing quite a few Brits, they themselves are rather ambivalent about all this. They don't mind it if it helps to increase their revenue from tourists coming to see Buckingham Palace for example. But at the same time, they dislike the image that these shows present, that they are still stuck in the Victorian era. Modern Britain is very different to the world that Downton Abbey presents.
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Post by holidayhusker on Oct 4, 2019 21:37:16 GMT -5
Confession: my wife and I got sucked into the Downtown Abby series about a year ago. Binge watched the entire series over about a 3 week period. It was a great escape from the political hell that has enveloped everything. So we were excited to see the movie. Saw it this past weekend. If you liked the show, you'll like the movie. If you never saw the show, the movie will probably seem elementary. (Of course, the show and the movie are pretty simple.) It seems like they decided, "Hey, people loved our show and were sad to see it end, so let's do a 2-hour movie and showcase every character for a few minutes here and there." It's like seeing your old friends one last time before they shuffle off to oblivion. It's not a great movie. But it's not bad if you were a fan of the show. Don't get me wrong, there is absolutely nothing odd with liking Downton Abbey. Plenty of Americans love it. But it does reveal something, we do not like to admit it, but there has always been an American fascination with royalty and aristocrats in Europe, and especially the UK. Despite our egalitarian pretensions, many Americans do love to be swept up in a fantasy world of privilege (aka Brideshead Revisited). Amusing thing is, having been to the UK and knowing quite a few Brits, they themselves are rather ambivalent about all this. They don't mind it if it helps to increase their revenue from tourists coming to see Buckingham Palace for example. But at the same time, they dislike the image that these shows present, that they are still stuck in the Victorian era. Modern Britain is very different to the world that Downton Abbey presents. Don’t you think viewers found the characters that served this house just as interesting as the Aristocracy ?
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