is a film about Queen Elizabeth II's process of holding Diana's funeral in public after she died.
Movies make me think a lot. The role of the media in this turmoil is really both good and evil. Diana, the people's princess, liked to show herself and do many good deeds. The style of the royal family is relatively low-key, away from the media. These two different attitudes have given the media and the audience a strong dramatic conflict. But in the end, Diana died at the hands of the media she recruited, which led to a collective criticism of journalists who patted trash. I remember reading a book about a German journalist who took a lot of this kind of photos and was inspired by the Diana incident, he changed his mind and stopped doing this business. I think he did it right.
After Diana's death, many people gathered at the gate of Buckingham Palace to place flowers and light candles. The moves were questioned by the Queen's husband, who said so many people were there to mourn someone they didn't know. The practices of these people clashed with his values. It's hard for me to judge what they did right or what he said. In today's world, every move of a celebrity will be liked and disliked by some, and everyone has the right to express their opinions. But from the bottom of my heart, as a conservative person, I am more inclined to agree with him. In any case, these tributes should be very personal things. If you don't know a person, how can you mourn like a relative or friend? In the documentary part of the film, I saw Tom Hanks and Spielberg appear at the funeral at the end. I don't know how familiar they are with Diana. I think the most important people are just family and a few close friends.
The people demanded that the Queen fly the flag at half-staff, that the Queen should return to London from her holiday, and they even angrily demanded that the Queen be removed. In the film, the queen can't figure out why people hate her because of this, and forget everything she has done for the people in the past few decades. Looking up the information, the Queen's uncle is the Duke of Windsor who does not love the country and the beauty. The Queen has had to do hard work since she was a girl. She grew up from the war, and she knows her responsibilities better. But now, people are going to remove her for Diana's sake. She doesn't understand. She says it's time for the next generation to run the country.
What is the next generation? Obviously, it is a generation that is familiar with dealing with the media. The Blair in the film understands this very well, watching the latest TV reports in his office and at home, and a crew helping him read the latest newspaper headlines, and he does what the media and the people it represents ask him to do. Because he knows that he has to please the people for the benefit of his own party, and the media is a good communication tool. Look at the Queen in reverse, she lives in Barrymore, far from London, and although she also watches TV, her reaction speed is definitely not as fast as Blair, she spends more time drinking tea, hunting and so on. She doesn't have the urgency of Blair's, after all, she doesn't have to be forced to live. She thought the people were still the same as they were decades ago. But in the end, she found that she was wrong. The modern people want the royal family, especially the queen, to show her feelings and see the queen express her thoughts like a normal person. At the same time, the media also added fuel to the fire, and every front page was coercing the Queen to compromise, and in the end, the Queen gave in. She succumbed to the people, but also to the media. The media is a monster.
The highlight of the film is, of course, the queen. Thanks to actor Helen Mirren, who brought the queen to life. The Queen's stubbornness and conservatism are all shown in her expression and demeanor. At the same time, we can also see another side of her. She protected Diana's two children from being pressed by the media. She also expressed concern for a buck being hunted, as she did for her own child. She once said to the deer: What a beauty (how beautiful it is). I don't think it's too much of a compliment to praise Diana.
Helen Mirren is indeed fit to play the queen. In another film, Elisabeth I and Essex, she played Queen Elizabeth I in flesh and blood. A virgin queen who never married, but had a lover, the Duke of Leicester. After the Duke died, his adopted son became the queen's lover, but in the end because of his rebellion, the queen had to put him to death. Helen Mirren showed his love for two men before and after without reservation but with reservations. It is worth mentioning that the actor who played the Duke of Leicester once played the heroine in Lolita (also known as a tree pear flower pressing Begonia) who loves a 10-year-old girl. His melancholy demeanor shows that he's an amorous kind, whether it's to a teenage girl or a queen on top.
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