I began my "quest of lifetime" by watching this movie. Surprisingly this movie went under my radar over the years. Just could not manage to see it. Frankly i never thought it will be any interesting either.
I have this habit of not reading anything about the movie before seeing it. Not even the genre. I believe knowing the movie what is about kills half of the unexpected experience of movie watching. It has worked for me over the years. It certainly worked for "The Queen"
"The Queen" is directed by Stephen Frears; the director of "High fidelity", "Dangerous Liasons", "Mary Raily". This is the movie for which Helen Mirren got her Oscar. She plays HM Queen Elizabeth in the tumultuous time of princess Diana's death. First 5 mins i thought it will be a very dry and boring. I Mean what interesting about Diana's death worth making into a motion picture?..... right? ........wrong.......
It's a well crafted tussle between public life and personal life of celebraties. More over like a classic case of "they have to take decisions which does not bother us". Movie also take us through the emotional state of various members involved point in time. Overall the movie does connect and appeal to us at various levels. Emotionally as well as cinematically.
Performances by Helen Mirren and Michael Sheen are scorchers. Brillient!!! Movie is beautifully shot and builds a certain whats next about itself.
On flip side the movie is rather slow. Uses lot of metaphors to depict state of mind of The Queen and you need to understand them. Patience is the key to enjoy something like this. Give it a shot. "The Queen" will educate you if not entertain you.
Watching this film did make me say "Now thats why we watch films" ...........
I have this habit of not reading anything about the movie before seeing it. Not even the genre. I believe knowing the movie what is about kills half of the unexpected experience of movie watching. It has worked for me over the years. It certainly worked for "The Queen"
"The Queen" is directed by Stephen Frears; the director of "High fidelity", "Dangerous Liasons", "Mary Raily". This is the movie for which Helen Mirren got her Oscar. She plays HM Queen Elizabeth in the tumultuous time of princess Diana's death. First 5 mins i thought it will be a very dry and boring. I Mean what interesting about Diana's death worth making into a motion picture?..... right? ........wrong.......
It's a well crafted tussle between public life and personal life of celebraties. More over like a classic case of "they have to take decisions which does not bother us". Movie also take us through the emotional state of various members involved point in time. Overall the movie does connect and appeal to us at various levels. Emotionally as well as cinematically.
Performances by Helen Mirren and Michael Sheen are scorchers. Brillient!!! Movie is beautifully shot and builds a certain whats next about itself.
On flip side the movie is rather slow. Uses lot of metaphors to depict state of mind of The Queen and you need to understand them. Patience is the key to enjoy something like this. Give it a shot. "The Queen" will educate you if not entertain you.
Watching this film did make me say "Now thats why we watch films" ...........
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