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Downton Abbey

I finally got around to watching the first Downton Abbey movie - I was skeptical because I really enjoyed the series and sometimes transitions to the big screen or vice-versa miss the mark. Anyway, I did enjoy the movie and look forward to the next one.

As usual, the most intriguing storylines are downstairs but then there are a lot of directions those arcs can take. Barrow is always interesting and I was glad to see his storyline move in a positive direction. He needed the affirmation he received from Ellis, especially after having been thrown under the bus by Lady Mary and Carson (IMO two the the most insufferable characters on the show). It’s also a credit to RJC that he took a character that was only supposed to be in the first series and carried him through five additional series and two movies.

And I enjoyed Daisy’s story as well. Flirtatious and bold. 

It’s not surprising that the most interesting personality upstairs is still Lady Violet - but then it’s the brilliant Maggie Smith whom I have enjoyed since she was Miss Jean Brodie. She may be what “a hundred” but she’s still an interesting character and full of surprises.

What disappointed me? Well, I would have loved to have seen Mrs. Hughes take out the royal housekeeper. The storyline with Branson. He’s lost the dynamic he had when he was downstairs because he’s settled in to aristocratic complacency but at least they did more with him than with Cora, who’s starting to mesh with the prints on the walls.

Rob in This Morning

That someone who falls out of love better not be Thomas and Richard.