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I went to see the movie last night - FABULOUS!

Of course the clothes were gorgeous, but the jewelry...



But the best was Lady Mary's necklace in the Ball scenes, the front was great, but look at the back...



I just has to post

 

Yummy! And that headband!!! Wow

 

My bestie and I are going this weekend. I cant wait ! Lady Mary is working that 1920s bob !

 

as soon as the crows die down....my wife will go...i may even join her !

 

We went a few days ago, loved it! The audience all clapped at the end of the movie!

It's because of y'all, that I began to watch DA as a tv show, thanks!

 

Wait until you see the one Lady Edith has - it's stellar. Being a marchioness has its perks. Saw it last night, at a late showing with very few other people after a sold out earlier show.

 

You mean the one with the diamonds set in the shape of flowers? It's a beauty! I think she may be wearing it in the 1st photo I posted but it's too small to be sure!

 

It wasn't until I was headed home that I realized why Lady Bagshaw seemed familiar. In real life she is married to Mr. Carson.

 

Apparently, some of it is the real thing, too.

 

My brother gave me a gift of the DVD set of the tv show, but I haven't watched it yet. I saw most of the episodes from midway through season 3 on - how many seasons were shown on tv?

 

Also, I don't know if it's because of the English accents or what, but I just didn't remember Mr. Carson's retirement at the end of the tv show season? All I could remember was the beach party for the entire staff and that in the water, Mr. Carson took the hand of his future wife!

 

Just a thread for the girls, then ...

 

That was more than one season before the end of the TV series, if I recall correctly. 'Twas memorable. though.

I'm going to see the movie tomorrow. The theater has scheduled a showing at 10AM.

 

They were marathon running the whole shebang last week on PBS here. I watched a few shows, wasn't into it, but I do want to see the movie. I prefer Victoria.

 

I love Victoria too. A favorite movie is another Fellowes confection: Gosford Park.

 

If the beach vacation for the staff wasn't the last season, I missed the last season.

 

Did you see the birth of the Bates' baby?

 

Nope, Mrs. Bates had discovered she was preggers.
Now I think the end of the series wasn't even shown in New Orleans.
Yet that sounds ridiculous - how could that be?

Apparently I just missed it?

Some things in the movie - I had no idea why they were presented that way, but make more sense knowing I missed the entire last season! Example - I didn't understand how Lady Mary got with that guy.. Grateful to have the series set and will watch it this winter! Thanks all!

 

My daughter & I saw the movie on Tuesday. Pure fluff, of course, albeit a visual delight!

Even with the required, willing suspension of disbelief (and, yes, MUCH of that was needed!) I still was particularly bothered by two things:

1) that French chef... All I could think of was the cartoon Ratatouille - every single time he was on the screen!

2) Molesley's extreme overreactions to everything - I thought him simply toooooo over-the-top!

 

Saw it this morning. Unfortunately what I didn't know about the 10AM showing was that this theater does the same thing every Friday with a different movie for "Mommie Matinee" - Young mothers as babies. They left the lights on (although low) which meant the dark scenes - like the beginning in the train terminal - were awfully hard to see. And the sound was not as loud as it should have been and as a result, there are things I really did not understand. And there were babies! There were also a smattering of older folks like me, but the Mommies all took seats on the right and the rest of the audience stayed to the left and closer to the screen.

I may go back again on Tuesday when "seniors" only pay $8 regardless of the showing.

I must agree with SBSVC about the chef and Mr. Molesley.

@antidiem - I kept wondering when Tolbert would show up. The actor must have had some other jobs - I doubt that he had to be on set more than 2 days! You really should try to see the last season, there's more you don't know.