I loved the show. Haven't seen the flick.
I loved the show. Haven't seen the flick.
It was awesome and I believe the next movie will probably take us through the Great Depression and Downton Abbey will probably Feed The Village everybody will work the fields and so forth. Go see it it’s worth it.
Prolonged gay scene.. no thanks. Loved the series.
One reason for its popularity.
Production budget: $13-20m
Box office so far domestic and international: $156m
I saw the movie because my sister didn’t want to go alone, but I hadn’t seen the series. I liked the movie so spent the next week or so binge watching the series on “Prime”. It was very good. A glitzy soap opera.
The dresses and gowns in the first three or four seasons were stunning.
I loved the series, but didn’t love the movie. Didn’t hate it either.
I thought the cinematography was poor, more on the level for an average TV show. I was expecting gorgeous cinematography, something like Michael Coulter (Ang Lee’s “Sense and sensibility”) would have done.
It was trying too hard for laughs between Maggie and Lady Crawley. Barrows storming out in a huff from Lord Grantham and the king letting Edith's husband out of service because Edith is expecting was completely out of character. The scenes regarding tricking the royal staff, who were exaggerated, was farcical. The French chef was an embarrassing caricature.
It felt like Fellowes kind of cheapened it with Hollywood silliness. And the obligatory gay crap was unnecessary.
For years I thought people were talking about a show called Downtown Abbey.
Intensely loathes Lady Mary.
To Jane Austin fans...PBS will be airing her unfinished novel titled Sanditon. And because she never finished it, it won’t have the typical Jane Austin ending. Already saw it. Entertaining but disappointing.
Julian Fellowes has two new series coming out...Belgravia and The Gilded Age.
I tried to watch it, made it through the first season. I found it boring and slow moving.
Each to their own.
Back in the 1970’s I watched these BBC TV series, The Onedin Line, The Pallisers, and Edward the 7th. Those were well done.
Saw the tv series, saw the tv series reruns, and raced off to see the movie when it first opened here. LOVED IT...really wonderful to see on the huge screen with surround sound. Same castle, same actors with a couple of interesting additions, and best of all, they ended the movie at a point that clearly can be followed with a sequel. Really interesting and surprising ending too....go, you’ll love it.
It was well done but conspicuously and fakely triple nodding to the intersectionals.
Watched the six seasons three times since May. Love it! I will watch the movie when it comes on Netflix.
Haven’t seen the movie, yet. I’ll wait for the DVD.
I caught the first season of the show on Netflix in April 2011. I was hooked halfway through the first episode. I’ve relished every episode since.
IMHO, it’s tied with Band of Brothers as the best thing ever on TV.
We were able to see it prerelease at a special showing (so they said)
Mark Steyn wrote a lot of words.
My view...... The Downton Abby movie was fun.
I do declare, homosexuals own the shows in British studios.