Reviewing The Royals

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Sir_Galahad · #1 Post by **Sir_Galahad** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:04 am

No, this is not about baseball. Lady G and I sat down to watch The Queen the other night. And we were both laughing at how well they chose actors to portray their counterparts. Helen Mirren looked just like The Queen as did the actors prortaying the Queen Mum, Tony Blair and Prince Philip. The only one of the main characters that did not resemble his counterpart was Prince Charles. But, we both laughed during the scene where he got off an airplane and you saw him walking away. We both thought, then that he had perfected Charles' walk and other mannerisms even if he did not look like him facially. And, even though we are overly burnt out by all things Diana, we enjoyed this movie. We also weren't aware that Prince Philip was such a grumpy old man. Helen Mirren did deserve her Oscar for her portrayal.

dimmzy · #2 Post by **dimmzy** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:30 pm

Apparently the Queen (the real one) is ready to meet Helen now ...

Wonder if she watched the movie.

goongas · #3 Post by **goongas** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:15 pm

The Queen's people have said she will not watch it.

gsabc · #4 Post by **gsabc** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:42 am

goongas wrote:The Queen's people have said she will not watch it.

Why should she? She LIVED it! Revisiting the crap from that period again would not be what I'd consider a worthwhile effort.

dimmzy · #5 Post by **dimmzy** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:46 am

Why should she? She LIVED it! Revisiting the crap from that period again would not be what I'd consider a worthwhile effort.

Well, for one thing, it might cause her to consider a makeover.

After all, SHE could end up looking like HELEN MIRREN!