It was strange for me to watch a movie about still living people whom we know or knew, whose actions we evaluate not by the research of historians, but by what we see.
IMHO, Prince Charles is presented with something too kind, gentle, omniscient and condescending. The Queen does not have the necessary royal manners. And 15-year-old Prince William, whom, like Harry, we saw only from the back, for some reason already weeping on his head. Okay now, at 29, but where did he get it 14 years ago? Is it possible to “play” in three episodes the back of the prince could not pick up a nice actor or at least wear a wig on him?
Oh, come on. That's not the point.
I mean, I actually liked the movie. I don’t know how much truth is in it: unlike The King’s Speech, Elizabeth didn’t watch it (she didn’t want to remember and relive the most difficult period of her life) and didn’t express her opinion about it, and I was too shallow to understand anything at the time. I remember only the news of the death of the princess and the many news of the suffering British people. The fact that it was so difficult, so influenced politics that the throne under Elizabeth staggered, until now and did not know.
By the end it was... sad. I always have tears on scenes like this, I always feel sorry for everyone, and this film is no exception.
And yet I want to believe that Elizabeth has more humanity than the director showed us.
And--I don't know. I liked the movie more than I didn’t, and the British royal family is getting closer. And yet I feel sorry for them: it is so difficult to live all the time under the gun, knowing that any action you take will be recorded and evaluated.
Oh yes, I almost forgot: I was struck by the queen walking alone, without guards, in some kind of women's handkerchief, white socks and a ragged jacket, which is two sizes large for her. Does the Queen of England really walk like that? Is it really that easy to let go without security? I don't. That’s all that was in the movie, ready to believe, but not in this.
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