I agree - it wasn’t bad, but could have been better.
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Another who didn’t read the book and lightly enjoyed the show for the cast.
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That describes the books as well. Richard Osman was a TV producer and presenter before he started writing. Shakespeare, he’s not. 
I thought the show was enjoyable for what it was, and although I did read the book, I’m not sure I would have watched if it didn’t have the star-studded cast.
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H is on business travel in Europe this week so D2 and I went to the cheap movies last night and saw Freakier Friday. It was great, light entertainment!
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Some friends recommended this movie, and we liked it. The short WWII flashbacks as expected are tragic, but the characters (2019 story) are rather sweet. I liked the part where old soldiers from both sides of the war chatted. (On a Viking Cruise, we did a Colmar Pocket WWII historic tour, which made it more meaningful for us.)
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The Lovely and Talented and I lived it up and saw The Roses at the theater. This was an homage to War of the Roses, with the same premise, a different ending, and much better dialogue. As always, Benedict Cumberbatch was terrific, as was Olivia Colman. I’d give it a 3/5. The witty dialogue, replete with insults as only the Brits can manage, defined the first hour and a half, but the movie lost its way during the manic final thirty minutes (trying to not drop spoilers here.)
Here is one of the best scenes:
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After listening to the book in the car with The Lovely and Talented, we couldn’t wait for it to come to Netflix. What a great cast! Is it me, or does Helen Mirren steal every scene she is in? We were a tad disappointed that it departed from the book.
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Maybe they’ll turn it up to 12.
Seeing this with a neighbor couple in the next week or two.
We liked that one, too.
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Just finished watching The Thursday Murder Club”. Loved it! I read the book a while back and had forgotten how witty the dialog is.
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nobody 2 is a worthy sequel. better than accountant 2 but would watch both whenever they appear
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Just saw the re-release of Hamilton. Fun to hear the interviews with members of the original cast. Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since Hamilton opened on Broadway.
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Speaking of *Hamilton*, today is the NYC premier of another Wesleyan collaboration, “Happyend“ (2024), a heart-warming, faintly allegorical, coming of age story of five high-school classmates approaching graduation in Japan. According to writer/director, Neo Sora `14, only one of the principal characters was portrayed by a professional actor at the start of filming. Dialogue is Japanese with subtitles.
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I just bought tickets to see the Downton Abbey final film on Saturday. Myself and two friends, all in our mid-70s. It got a pretty good review in the NYT.
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It’s out already? You will need to provide a review on CC.
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The Downton Abbey Movie will be released Friday, 9/12
I loved Downton Abbey the TV show, but I haven’t been as thrilled about the movies. I hope this one is better.
I was also a big fan of the Downton Abbey series too but not crazy about the movie(s). In fact, I had to google what the previous movies were about and realized that I never even watched the second one. Will have to catch up on that one before watching the new one. Was movie #2 better than #1? #1 was kind of forgettable.
I’ve always looked at the Downton Abby movies as little more than extended episodes of the TV show. Despite that, I still enjoyed them.
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I wonder whether a better question for everybody would be, how many of these movies would you be willing to hop in a car and see in an actual theater?