Even if you haven't seen the British drama "Downton Abbey", you should have heard the name of this show. "Downton Abbey" began airing in 2010 and ran for six seasons until 2015. During this period, he won 3 Golden Globe Awards, 15 Emmy Awards, and more than 270 awards and nominations around the world. Not only did the show become the most Emmy-nominated non-US TV show in history, it was also listed in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2011 as the "world's most acclaimed TV series."
As a drama fan interested in the modern history of Europe, when I sat in the dark theater and heard the familiar background music, I couldn't calm down. The production of the film version of "Downton Abbey" is very elegant, and the details of the service can stand the scrutiny of the research party. Under the gorgeous visual effects, whether it is King George V, who is heartbroken for the country and his children, or Daisy, the young cook who has awakened his own consciousness at home, and even the owner of the grocery store, they are all real and plump. It is quite difficult to make such a group portrait well, but this film did not disappoint me.
The main line of the film version of the story is to welcome the king's family to visit, which is somewhat similar to the "Concubine Yuan saves relatives" in "A Dream of Red Mansions". Under the appearance of prosperity like cooking oil on fire, the Crawley family, and even the entire British Empire, are undercurrents and crisis. For a good period drama, Morandi Gray and the big pig's hoof are not enough. The most important thing is to think about human nature and describe individual choices and struggles in the torrent of history. This is why I always like "Downton" The reason for the manor.
The film's story is set in 1927, an important year in the decline and disintegration of the British Empire. The general strike mentioned by King George V in the film caused another blow to Britain's already weak economy. He worked hard for a peaceful solution to the Irish problem, but he became the target of an assassination by radicals.
However, compared to state affairs, it was his children that gave him more headaches. Like all fathers in the world, he was worried about the loose ends of the prince (later Edward VIII, the famous Duke of Windsor who didn't love the country and the beauty of the country), and the tension between his daughter and son-in-law also upset him. However, he had to hold on. For the sake of the empire, for the family, and his various efforts, he played a crucial role in the stable transition of Britain, so he was still missed and admired by the British people after his death.
The king has the king's grief, and the commoners have their own troubles. None of us can choose our origin, and even a certain orientation is born. In this film, the supporting roles of the cook Daisy and the servant Andy, as well as the housekeeper Barrow, are not just the portraits that accompany the protagonist, but It is in the side storyline that they enrich the whole story with their delicate emotional changes.
This kind of growth and change happens to almost every character with lines, and everyone is vivid and three-dimensional. As an audience, you can visually appreciate the jewels of the British upper class, and listen to the elegant words and tones of the British aristocracy. However, this is by no means a movie that simply shows a luxurious life. In fact, no matter how high or low, the characters in the play exude a brave temperament. Perhaps, this is the true value of the so-called noble spirit.
A group portrait movie can clearly explain the storyline and the relationship between the characters with a limited plot in just two hours, and it can also make the audience be moved by the details and feel the charm of the characters. From this point of view, the film version of "Tang" Dayton Manor" lived up to expectations.
In the last ball scene, old lady Violet told her eldest granddaughter Marie that her time was short and that she hoped she would take up the burden by saying, "Our ancestors lived a different life than we did, and the lives of our descendants will too. It’s different, but the manor will always be a part of it.” The manor is more than a manor, it is the fire in your heart, the land of your hometown, and a place where you warm and comfort your soul wherever you go.
Gorgeous but not contrived, profound but not preachy, and occasionally a little British humor to make you smile. All kinds of clues in ambush in the film, an inadvertent line, are confirmed in a certain scene after that, grass snakes and gray lines, foreshadowing thousands of miles. I've done it twice, and I sincerely recommend it to you.
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