The story of Queen Victoria & her beloved Consort Prince Albert,is one of the most beautiful romantic stories ever lived.
The events & lives portrayed occurred in the mid-19th century. I did not feel transported back to that time period.
Granted the settings & costumes were beautiful,BUT the atmosphere was too modern for me.
The screenwriter is mainly at fault, Julien Fellows should learn more about the period & people he writes about. A few years back he wrote the screenplay for GOSFORD PARK,luckily that film movie had Robert Altman to direct,his direction did help the weak screenplay seem better.
The director this time is Jean-Marie Vallee, his direction failed to bring these 2 dynamic personalities to life.
Emily Blunt is a good actress, she however was not Queen Victoria,besides the fact she was too tall,she was not convincing in many scenes, A better director would have made her more like the Victoria of history.
Rupert Friend as Albert, at least tried, he too could have benefited by a better director.
Paul Bettany was OK as Melbourne & all the other did give good , if not great performances/
As I said the sets & costumes were great,the film itself was not.
Ratings: **1/2 (out of 4) 72 points (out of 100) IMDb 6 (out of 100)
The events & lives portrayed occurred in the mid-19th century. I did not feel transported back to that time period.
Granted the settings & costumes were beautiful,BUT the atmosphere was too modern for me.
The screenwriter is mainly at fault, Julien Fellows should learn more about the period & people he writes about. A few years back he wrote the screenplay for GOSFORD PARK,luckily that film movie had Robert Altman to direct,his direction did help the weak screenplay seem better.
The director this time is Jean-Marie Vallee, his direction failed to bring these 2 dynamic personalities to life.
Emily Blunt is a good actress, she however was not Queen Victoria,besides the fact she was too tall,she was not convincing in many scenes, A better director would have made her more like the Victoria of history.
Rupert Friend as Albert, at least tried, he too could have benefited by a better director.
Paul Bettany was OK as Melbourne & all the other did give good , if not great performances/
As I said the sets & costumes were great,the film itself was not.
Ratings: **1/2 (out of 4) 72 points (out of 100) IMDb 6 (out of 100)