I watched "The Queen" this afternoon, I know... I've done nothing have I? I've seen bits of it before but never all the way through. Absolutely brilliant. Helen Mirren is stunning as Queen Elizabeth, you forget you're actually watching Helen Mirren. Michael Sheen is amazing as Tony Blair, not only is he a brilliant actor, but he has one of those faces which can morph into anyone he chooses, (he did it when he played David Frost too,) anyway, he is treated with utter contempt by Her Majesty. I never liked Blair while he was Prime Minister, he never seemed sincere, however he was at least portrayed with a heart and, at one point, he was noble in how he apparently defended the Queen. We do not of course, know just how much artistic licence has been applied and how much is true. Still, food for thought, and which ever road you take, you cannot help but admire the Queen, the real Queen, for all her short comings, none of which are her fault.
The Queen while stoic and hardened of hard at the beginning, did eventually show some sign of humanity. I adore the scene with the Queen and the stag. Prince Charles was portrayed as a rather weak figure.
As little as is thought of Blair, it is he who is credited with changing how events around Diana's funeral unfurled, he changed history, at least as we remember it... according to the film makers. I loved how they mixed actual footage of the time with the film too. The last part is really moving and you end up totally on the side of Her Majesty once again.
I'm awash with Westlife now, just watched "Westlife, For the Last Time" and now watching them recorded live from the O2 and yep, they're doing all my favourites. You know they're splitting up right? J and I actually saw this tour last year, quite near the start of 2010, seems so long ago now, I know we couldn't get tickets this year. Hard to believe those voices will not be around in the future, still, fourteen years is a long time out of someones life. Just read that Mark (my favourite,) has split with his partner of 7 years, what is going on? The end of 2011 is totally splitzville.
A few more hours to go and I'm pretty tired, think I'll lay down for a while, nothing on TV to keep me up x
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