The Crown - Netflix

[queenamber]

The Daily Mail keep saying that there has been backlash about series 5 of The Crown but is that true? The only place I’ve seen backlash is on the Daily Mail’s website

All I've heard is that a lot of people are finding it boring. I've heard no outrage from viewers over the actual subject matter.

 

[BigMavis]

Really enjoyed this season, bit disappointed at the beginning but I'm glad I stuck with it. I think they did well and it was sensitively handled.

 

[LaBlonde]

Really enjoyed this season, bit disappointed at the beginning but I'm glad I stuck with it. I think they did well and it was sensitively handled.

i really enjoyed it too!

a big eye opener for me really was diana’s treatment of william. he seemed to become a confidant rather than a son (i guess because of how lonely she was). i know he’ll never speak on it but i wonder how that affected him in later life. certainly seemed like harry had a more traditional mother/son dynamic with her. of course aware that it’s all basically fictional but i did remember william being mentioned when all the bashir stuff came out and thinking how unfair it was on him. he was only a child.

 

[BigMavis]

i really enjoyed it too!

a big eye opener for me really was diana’s treatment of william. he seemed to become a confidant rather than a son (i guess because of how lonely she was). i know he’ll never speak on it but i wonder how that affected him in later life. certainly seemed like harry had a more traditional mother/son dynamic with her. of course aware that it’s all basically fictional but i did remember william being mentioned when all the bashir stuff came out and thinking how unfair it was on him. he was only a child.

I've certainly heard it spoken about that this was the relationship she had with William.

 

[LaBlonde]

I've certainly heard it spoken about that this was the relationship she had with William.

that makes me very sad for him

 

[Chinese_whispers]

What the duck did they do to The Queen Mother? Whose casting decision was that? Dreadful.

 

[South Landan Lass]

What the duck did they do to The Queen Mother? Whose casting decision was that? Dreadful.

QM casting has consistently been dire

1-2: waspish but heartfelt. Too slim, so Edward’s reference to ‘Cookie’ had no impact. Really enjoyed the Scotland scenes
3-4: an improvement in the looks department, but utterly lacking in personality/role
5 onwards: a return to looking too slim, but some personality/conviction. Marcia Warren acknowledges that she looks nothing like the QM (bar the teeth - first few seconds)

Many wasted opportunities imo

 

[MaryJones1]

Episode 9 was very sad

 

[Chinese_whispers]

Sorry just playing catch up now. I don’t care if the whole Margaret/Peter Townsend episode was entirely fictional, it hurt so good. I love them

 

[South Landan Lass]

Sorry just playing catch up now. I don’t care if the whole Margaret/Peter Townsend episode was entirely fictional, it hurt so good. I love them ❤

It was a beautiful swan song for Margaret

I will be skipping over the funeral scenes next season, lest I become too sad over those I never knew

 

[Mrs Fluff]

All I've heard is that a lot of people are finding it boring. I've heard no outrage from viewers over the actual subject matter.

Yeah, I was planning to reactivate Netflix to watch it, now I'm not sure I'll bother

 

[fakesheikh]

Sorry just playing catch up now. I don’t care if the whole Margaret/Peter Townsend episode was entirely fictional, it hurt so good. I love them

The official Crown podcast said they did meet one final time

 

[Blair-Waldorf]

Really enjoyed this season, bit disappointed at the beginning but I'm glad I stuck with it. I think they did well and it was sensitively handled.

Me too it got better throughout the series

 

[G+T]

QM casting has consistently been dire

1-2: waspish but heartfelt. Too slim, so Edward’s reference to ‘Cookie’ had no impact. Really enjoyed the Scotland scenes
3-4: an improvement in the looks department, but utterly lacking in personality/role
5 onwards: a return to looking too slim, but some personality/conviction. Marcia Warren acknowledges that she looks nothing like the QM (bar the teeth - first few seconds)

Many wasted opportunities imo

Never enjoyed any of the queen mother scenes I think she was poorly written always came off dim and in a bit of her own world.

 

[LoopyLou47]

Never enjoyed any of the queen mother scenes I think she was poorly written always came off dim and in a bit of her own world.

I think Marcia Warren is the worst one ( although she is a great actress) and that's saying something.

 

[thegirlscout]

I think Marcia Warren is the worst one ( although she is a great actress) and that's saying something.

I’ve not seen her in anything else. I feel like the Queen Mother was shorter in the 90s? Not sure who could have played her though.

 

[BigMavis]

Margoyles? Annette Badland? For Queen mum.

 

[LoopyLou47]

I’ve not seen her in anything else. I feel like the Queen Mother was shorter in the 90s? Not sure who could have played her though.

I may be thinking of someone rlse! I thought she was quite a well known comic actress but looking on imdb I don't think I've seen anything she's in!

 

[meredgrave]

On the subject of casting, I think they've badly miscast Blair, which is a pity given the prominent role he's going to have in Season 6. Bertie Carvel is a fine actor generally but he comes off like he's doing a parody impression. Perhaps we've been spoiled by Michael Sheen or maybe it's the dress/wig but I can't see Carvel as Blair.

Despite the comments about him being 'too sexy for Major', I actually really liked Jonny Lee Miller's portrayal and thought he embodied Major's mannerisms and persona very well.

 

[Curly Top]

On the subject of casting, I think they've badly miscast Blair, which is a pity given the prominent role he's going to have in Season 6. Bertie Carvel is a fine actor generally but he comes off like he's doing a parody impression. Perhaps we've been spoiled by Michael Sheen or maybe it's the dress/wig but I can't see Carvel as Blair.

Despite the comments about him being 'too sexy for Major', I actually really liked Jonny Lee Miller's portrayal and thought he embodied Major's mannerisms and persona very well.

Back in the early 90s I worked in a small political think tank in central London and John Major came in for a meeting. Afterwards many of the ladies were having the vapours over him - unexpectedly they found him sexy. They said in person he was different to his public persona. These ladies weren't easy pushovers either - they were quite used to the likes of Peter Lilley, Cecil Parkinson and Michael Heseltine.