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Maggie Smith and Michelle Dockery were brilliant in Downton Abbey. Their characters always seemed two to three steps ahead of everyone with their wit. And wer
by jimbokun 2y ago
Maggie Smith and Michelle Dockery were brilliant in Downton Abbey. Their characters always seemed two to three steps ahead of everyone with their wit. And were hilarious to boot.
Robert Crawley was nominally in charge of everything. But it was clear that Violet and Mary were pulling all the strings through their understanding of how the social contracts really worked. And it was fitting that in the finale Violet hands over the future of the estate to Mary.
- piltdownman 2y agoIf you haven't already make sure you watch Brideshead revisited. You have Phoebe Nicholls (who played Lady Rose's mother) and Diana Quick (Polina Molotova in The Death of Stalin and the Queen in the eponymous BBC series) doing some similar social machinations in the background of an absolutely stacked period-drama with a cast including Jeremy Irons, Laurence Olivier, and John Gielgud.
- astr0n0m3r 2y agoIn Downton Abbey, Maggie Smith is playing a toned-down version of the character she played in Gosford Park.
- jimbokun 2y agoWell maybe I'll have to watch that now.
- raffraffraff 2y agoGosford Park? Omg, that's the only one worth watching! It has a plot. I period drama but couldn't get past two episodes of Downton Abbey. Too sugary and boring.
- kitd 2y agoWritten by the same person, so kind of expected.
- ttepasse 2y agoOne of my favourite movies. As an ensemble movie it get’s better with multiple viewings.
- wrboyce 2y agoW… what is a weekend?