Awful assumptions

Rating: 5/10 (27 December 2006)

I was extremely disappointed by this movie. Having lived in the UK for more than 2 years, I still feel the assumptions made by the perception of the Royal Family are appalling. Having said that, Helen Mirren is superb - Oscar-worthy, however, the idea of making the Royal Family this most awful entity and Tony Blair, the Saint, is preposterous. Blair is made out to be this "dish-washing" pleb, and the Queen the most pompous arrogant snob. How can we have any idea what really went down? All I'm saying is that this movie is based on tabloid-like assumptions and we have no idea of the real feelings of the Royal Family. Of course it makes sense for us to hate the Royal Family with regards to their feelings for Diana, but we don't know this to be true. The film is based on the exploitation of emotional distress for the death of Diana. If the Queen was really so awful, Prince's William and Harry would have detected this. As an Anti-Monarchist I still think this movie has misportrayed the Queen. She's not stupid, and would never have been as awful as portrayed, in front of her grandchildren.