The Crown (2016)

[Ian Drunken Smurf]

Has anyone seen the series The Crown - a Netflix original. Just startrd watching it last night and got through four episodes. Quite enjoyed it - there are some quite comedic moments - particularly the limericks in the first episode.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

This appalling programme shames us all

[biggytitbo]

I hope this despicable program goes bald and falls off a mast.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

In a surprise twist the Royals are ripped apart by Wolves.

However they bounce back the following week with a 3-1 win against West Brom.

[kitsofan34]

Does it glorify the Royals at all? How do they approach the general concept of our Monarchy?

[BlodwynPig]

Of course it glorifies the royals. Every shitting thing glorifies the royals in this post-reality mess of a world.

[Small Man Big Horse]

Does it glorify the Royals at all? How do they approach the general concept of our Monarchy?

I bailed after two episodes but the Queen is shown as some kind of angelic and wondrous creature, though Prince Phillip is a bit of a dick, and the rest are too bland to care about. I wanted to stick with it due to Matt Smith, and the bloke playing the King was a decent enough actor, but as I hate their real life counterparts so much I couldn't be arsed with a show which largely celebrates them.

[Crabwalk]

Infuriating the way that they convey the pair as stoic victims[nb]im only 4 episodes in but they're very clearly 'the heroes'[/nb]. Every other figure is fairly rounded and flawed, but Phil and Liz are sexy, sensible and 'likeable'.

Episode 4's pretty good though; focused solely on the killer smog period of '52. At one point Liz does something incredibly brave

Spoiler alert

walks 200 yards instead of being driven

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[biggytitbo]

I know a lot of these netflix things have hard core nudity in them, can we except to see the Queen's 'Windsor palace' at some point?

[BlodwynPig]

Infuriating the way that they convey the pair as stoic victims[nb]im only 4 episodes in but they're very clearly 'the heroes'[/nb]. Every other figure is fairly rounded and flawed, but Phil and Liz are sexy, sensible and 'likeable'.

Episode 4's pretty good though; focused solely on the killer smog period of '52. At one point Liz does something incredibly brave

Spoiler alert

walks 200 yards instead of being driven

[close]

.

what should anyone expect from a hagiography. Her PR firm paid big bucks for this to be made.

[BlodwynPig]

my next film, after Mino2aur, will be a frank and brutal portrait of QE2's reign.

The Squeen - Coming 2019.

[Norton Canes]

I know a lot of these netflix things have hard core nudity in them, can we except to see the Queen's 'Windsor palace' at some point?

I won't be happy with anything other than Holyrood.

[Crabwalk]

what should anyone expect from a hagiography. Her PR firm paid big bucks for this to be made.

Where did you hear that? Or are you jesting? I don't think Peter Morgan is in the royal pocket and I'm not sure they'd sign off on George VI saying 'cunt' within the first five minutes.

[BlodwynPig]

Where did you hear that? Or are you jesting? I don't think Peter Morgan is in the royal pocket and I'm not sure they'd sign off on George VI saying 'cunt' within the first five minutes.

My cousin works for said PR firm - low level grunt.

[Crabwalk]

Very interesting. Do you know who they paid, exactly? Netflix, as a sweetener for the commission? That's a pretty juicy story if so.

[BlodwynPig]

Very interesting. Do you know who they paid, exactly? Netflix, as a sweetener for the commission? That's a pretty juicy story if so.

I believe there was a go-between. Like an arms deal.

[marquis_de_sad]

Just watched this and it is very very bland. Like reading a boring and thick person's diary. Some good acting but in the service of a giant nothing (a subversive metaphor perhaps?). Worst thing was the music. Reheated off-cuts from Hans Zimmer (especially from The Dark Knight and Inception) that were almost comically inappropriate in their grandeur. The Queen looks worried [music swells ominously]. The Prince looks worried [music swells ominously]. The royal couple are driven to some boring location where nothing happens [music swells ominously]. The institution of the monarchy is a disgrace [music swells ominously].

[BlodwynPig]

Bland and swollen. What Britain is famed for.

[Gulftastic]

Some article in the ever deteriorating 'i' newspaper this week cited The Crown as proof that Netflix was unfairly treated in terms of BAFTA noms, calling the show the cultural phenomenon of the last 12 months. I thought this sounded like bollocks. Glad to see from replies on here that I was right.

[marquis_de_sad]

Some article in the ever deteriorating 'i' newspaper this week cited The Crown as proof that Netflix was unfairly treated in terms of BAFTA noms, calling the show the cultural phenomenon of the last 12 months. I thought this sounded like bollocks. Glad to see from replies on here that I was right.

I think Americans like it.

[Cerys]

I quite enjoyed this.  Mostly because of Matt Smith's and John Lithgow's performances.

[marquis_de_sad]

I quite enjoyed this.  Mostly because of Matt Smith's and John Lithgow's performances.

Yeah the performances were good, can't fault the actors. I was skeptical about the rather tall and American Lithgow pulling off Churchill, but I thought he did a really good job. His performance never felt like an impersonation, and he really inhabited the role. In fact, despite my moaning earlier, almost everything with Churchill was decent, whereas the soap opera plot-lines revolving around the royal family were dull and uneventful. The programme makers seemed to know this, and so stuck in a lot of Churchill-related scenes that ultimately had nothing to do with the royals. E.g. the painting, which ended up being one of the best bits in the series.

I think you could edit the whole thing into a really good feature-length drama about Churchill in the post-war era.

[BlodwynPig]

Matt Smith is appalling in this

[Deanjam]

:-)

[Butchers Blind]

Matt Smith is appalling in this

One of the worst hand actors.

[BlodwynPig]

It's his constant 80s modelling pose and tilt of head, trying to portray Vampire Phil as a rakish, smouldering wit with a heart of gold.