Queen Victoria is the longest reigning king in British history. From 1837 to the death of 1901, she ruled Britain for 63 years. Unprecedented.
Emily Blunt is a good actor, just look at her assistant in The Devil Wears Prada. Her temperament is more suitable for a character with a strong personality, and she owes a little extravagance to playing the queen. At the end of the movie, I saw Sarah Ferguson, one of the producers, that it suddenly dawned on her: Feelings were chosen according to her taste this time.
Speaking of Sarah Ferguson, not many people know it, but when it comes to her ex-husband, the Duke of York, the brother of Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, many people know. Feeling Sarah is the former daughter-in-law of the current queen, the concubine of the late Princess Diana, and the mother of two British princesses. And Sarah, the two daughters of British princesses (born with Prince Andrew) are Queen Victoria’s great, great, great, great-great-grandchildren...The so-called leaning on the back of the tree makes it easy to enjoy the shade. Although Sarah divorced the prince, she still retains the title of Duchess of York and has inextricable connections with the royal family. It is a piece of cake to pick out the best-known queen in British history, and then invite Hollywood ace producer Martin Scorsese to join forces. The scene is a bit big.
However, it is not yet a good film, even if compared with other court films, it is still in the limelight. The scene is naturally magnificent. I chose the former residence of Princess Diana, Kensington Palace where Victoria lived before the coronation, Churchill Manor, Buckingham Palace, and Lincoln Cathedral to shoot the interior and exterior scenes. The costumes are also very luxurious, but I always feel shortcomings. After thinking about it, I can only blame Victoria's life for being too long and smooth, lacking enough gimmick drama and conflict, and the plot has developed but not climax, how can it be a little disappointing. Therefore, the screenwriter made up a fictional section where the queen's husband-in-law came forward to save his wife by shooting himself in the face of the assassination. It is said that Queen Elizabeth II was extremely upset: relying on the ancestor for food is excusable, and it would be too unkind to take the ancestor to kick it off. . .
Pulling away again. The story mainly focuses on the Victorian teenage years, a few years before the coronation and after marriage, when life events were relatively concentrated, highlighting one center (the king is respected) and two basic points (hate for mother and love for husband-in-law). These are all evidences in history, and the Queen’s free love and independent marriage is a bit exaggerated because of the need for the film. It is well known that the Queen and Prince Albert of the same age are typically married first and then fall in love, and the relationship is getting deeper and deeper, otherwise there will not be nine children (one of them died). But the two are also typical parties to arranged marriages. They are not childhood sweethearts, but they are closer than the two. They are cousins who cannot get closer. Arranged marriages are a royal tradition, and they flourished during the Victorian period. Because the husband-in-law died young, almost all marriages of the queen's 8 children and 42 grandchildren were appointed by the queen. The marriage partners were all over the royal families on the European continent. It is jokingly called "European Grandma." Well, it's farther away... The
more touching thing in the movie is the love between Victoria and Albert. The keynote is Schubert's serenade. It is relaxed and soothing. It is for the ambitious mother and the lover of the more ambitious mothers who have not yet ascended the throne. The young Victoria under control is undoubtedly the best comfort in the dead of night. This affair, which was arranged first and then fell in love, witnessed the many difficult and difficult days before and after Victoria's coronation. It also shows a truth: even if you have the world, you are not proud of it. The one who can care for you the most is the lover who takes you in when the night is quiet; Even if you lose the world, it's not terrible, as long as you can see those staring eyes when you turn around.
The young Victoria is lucky, and her future life is the best proof: in the 20 years of love and joint rule with Prince Albert, the powerful Britain that has begun to take shape has gradually stepped into the "sun never setting" British Empire. The middle-aged Victoria must be sad: Albert, who died young at the age of 42, was the only lover in her life. In the next 40 years of widowhood, she woke up and accompanied her every day in Albert's attack. Pajamas until she passed away. To commemorate their love, Victoria erected the Albert Memorial in Hyde Park next to Kensington Park. Across the road is the concert hall named after Albert.
The history is long and the movie is short. The ending was so rushed that it could only be explained with short subtitles. Compared with the previous deliberately elongated love scenes, it cannot be said to be a failure.
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