Victoria & Albert
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List Price: $39.95
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Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Starring: Victoria Hamilton, Jonathan Firth, James Callis, Diana Rigg, Patrick Malahide
Directed By: John Erman
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767041300
Format: Box set
ISBN: 0767041305
Label: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2001-10-30
Running Time: 200
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2001-10-20
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Most Amusing
Comment: I liked it! I saw it on A&E and decided to buy it. It is a double disc set and watching it is a pleasure. It is not overly deep into the history as such but mainly tells of the deep and profound love between Victoria and Albert. A good watch. Period movie lovers should be pleased.Check it out.
Customer Rating:
Summary: It had it's moments ... but
Comment: The real life of V and A was interesting and complex enough that there was NO need to pretty it up, or remove so much reality for the sake of the screen play.
As many others have noted, the historical inaccuracies are glaring -- to add to those already mentioned --
Victoria was wearing mourning for her dead uncle (the late King) at her first meetings with her council and parliament.
Neither her relationship nor Albert's relationship with their children was accurate, he was much more loving, she was much more remote.
Alice was nearly 19 (and looked a bit older than that) when Albert died -- the actress playing her looked about 14.
Victoria too could have stood a bit more 'padding' in her costumes by 1861. Having given birth to 9 children by then, she was far from svelte!
Victoria blamed Bertie for his father's death. She could barely stand to be in the same room with him for many months afterwards. The touching scene with the two of them and Alice is balderdash.
Recognizing the limited timeframe, they certainly could have deleted some of the more extraneous scenes and found room for anecdotes that DID enhance the actual story being told -- Vicky's marriage, and the time Albert spent with her preparing for it -- the actual death of her mother [we saw the last visit, but never her reaction] -- The Lady Flora scandal early in her reign.
Historical issues aside ... it was ok. Reasonably well acted by most, attractive costumes, good production values. As someone who is very familiar with the era and the personalities being portrayed, I did find much of the heavy, plodding 'exposition-dialogue' to be pretty tedius. "As you know Victoria, when your cousin Charlotte, son of George IV died in childbirth and King William and Queen Adelaide also had no surviving children, there was no heir to the throne, so, having been widowed myself after the birth of your half sister Feodora and half-brother Carl, I married your father in order to produce an heir." [Ok... so that's an exageration, but some of it comes darn close...]
Really disappointing ...
Customer Rating:
Summary: Fairy tale Love Story you want to believe.
Comment: Might not be historically accurate, but worth while watching. Brilliant performance on both Victoria Hamilton and Jonathan Firth.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Again, sheer disappointment
Comment: When will producers of great stories on DVD realize that many people in the world do not enjoy perfect hearing? This includes some young people, as well as many senior citizens whose bodies have grown old, their hearing ability or their ability to understand what is being said has diminished, but their interest in good, solid, well-acted drama and comedy has NOT diminished; rather, it has increased since they were youngsters. Therefore, these folks need help in their understanding and/or hearing what is being said, in order to fully enjoy the tale. This translates into a need for sub-titles, or as some call it, "captions for the hard-of-hearing." Lack of same denies pleasure to those who seek it, as well as knowledge and information. As we grow older, I find that we become more interested in history, which only a few selected movies open up to us. One might argue, "but there are books on the subject!" which doesn't hold water for obvious reasons. The positive reviews I've read have whetted my appetite for "Victoria and Albert" as well as some other movies of interest, but disappointment comes again.
Interestingly, A&E's "Emma" (fiction) and "Jane Eyre" (fiction), which I have and love, both offer sub-titles, but the important historical stories do not. That doesn't make sense, in my book. A & E and BBC both create marvelous productions, and I could weep when I discover that I, and millions more like me, are denied enjoyment of them for lack of sub-titles. The powers-that-be in both of those institutions, whoever the folks are who make the decisions, need to perhaps seek the advice of the elderly members of their families and get their viewpoints, in order to understand.
I don't know if anyone who sees this "review" has any "pull" with the powers-that-be, but if so, please get the word out. And can we have some comments from others who will voice their opinions about the lack of sub-titles?
By the way, I visited a young friend (abt 45-ish) one day who has normal hearing, and she put on a DVD. I asked her to activate the sub-titles, which she did, and at the end of the movie, she said, "Well!! I got parts of the dialogue that I had missed before without the sub-titles!!"
Customer Rating:
Summary: A WONDERFUL LOVE STORY!
Comment: I cannot remember when I have enjoyed a movie more. The faithfulness of Albert and the unbashed love that Victoria had for him. The costuming of this movie was grand and royal. A feast for the eyes and a joy for the heart. Even when Albert is taken away from her, so cruelly by fate, Victoria is devastated, and though the did not explore it in this movie she was able to be a strong leading influence for her people. I found the acting to be believable, esp. w/ Albert's character.
Rent before you buy, but if you love English history and want a good movie to watch over & over BUY this one. I did!
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Most Amusing
Comment: I liked it! I saw it on A&E and decided to buy it. It is a double disc set and watching it is a pleasure. It is not overly deep into the history as such but mainly tells of the deep and profound love between Victoria and Albert. A good watch. Period movie lovers should be pleased.Check it out.
Customer Rating:
Summary: It had it's moments ... but
Comment: The real life of V and A was interesting and complex enough that there was NO need to pretty it up, or remove so much reality for the sake of the screen play.
As many others have noted, the historical inaccuracies are glaring -- to add to those already mentioned --
Victoria was wearing mourning for her dead uncle (the late King) at her first meetings with her council and parliament.
Neither her relationship nor Albert's relationship with their children was accurate, he was much more loving, she was much more remote.
Alice was nearly 19 (and looked a bit older than that) when Albert died -- the actress playing her looked about 14.
Victoria too could have stood a bit more 'padding' in her costumes by 1861. Having given birth to 9 children by then, she was far from svelte!
Victoria blamed Bertie for his father's death. She could barely stand to be in the same room with him for many months afterwards. The touching scene with the two of them and Alice is balderdash.
Recognizing the limited timeframe, they certainly could have deleted some of the more extraneous scenes and found room for anecdotes that DID enhance the actual story being told -- Vicky's marriage, and the time Albert spent with her preparing for it -- the actual death of her mother [we saw the last visit, but never her reaction] -- The Lady Flora scandal early in her reign.
Historical issues aside ... it was ok. Reasonably well acted by most, attractive costumes, good production values. As someone who is very familiar with the era and the personalities being portrayed, I did find much of the heavy, plodding 'exposition-dialogue' to be pretty tedius. "As you know Victoria, when your cousin Charlotte, son of George IV died in childbirth and King William and Queen Adelaide also had no surviving children, there was no heir to the throne, so, having been widowed myself after the birth of your half sister Feodora and half-brother Carl, I married your father in order to produce an heir." [Ok... so that's an exageration, but some of it comes darn close...]
Really disappointing ...
Customer Rating:
Summary: Fairy tale Love Story you want to believe.
Comment: Might not be historically accurate, but worth while watching. Brilliant performance on both Victoria Hamilton and Jonathan Firth.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Again, sheer disappointment
Comment: When will producers of great stories on DVD realize that many people in the world do not enjoy perfect hearing? This includes some young people, as well as many senior citizens whose bodies have grown old, their hearing ability or their ability to understand what is being said has diminished, but their interest in good, solid, well-acted drama and comedy has NOT diminished; rather, it has increased since they were youngsters. Therefore, these folks need help in their understanding and/or hearing what is being said, in order to fully enjoy the tale. This translates into a need for sub-titles, or as some call it, "captions for the hard-of-hearing." Lack of same denies pleasure to those who seek it, as well as knowledge and information. As we grow older, I find that we become more interested in history, which only a few selected movies open up to us. One might argue, "but there are books on the subject!" which doesn't hold water for obvious reasons. The positive reviews I've read have whetted my appetite for "Victoria and Albert" as well as some other movies of interest, but disappointment comes again.
Interestingly, A&E's "Emma" (fiction) and "Jane Eyre" (fiction), which I have and love, both offer sub-titles, but the important historical stories do not. That doesn't make sense, in my book. A & E and BBC both create marvelous productions, and I could weep when I discover that I, and millions more like me, are denied enjoyment of them for lack of sub-titles. The powers-that-be in both of those institutions, whoever the folks are who make the decisions, need to perhaps seek the advice of the elderly members of their families and get their viewpoints, in order to understand.
I don't know if anyone who sees this "review" has any "pull" with the powers-that-be, but if so, please get the word out. And can we have some comments from others who will voice their opinions about the lack of sub-titles?
By the way, I visited a young friend (abt 45-ish) one day who has normal hearing, and she put on a DVD. I asked her to activate the sub-titles, which she did, and at the end of the movie, she said, "Well!! I got parts of the dialogue that I had missed before without the sub-titles!!"
Customer Rating:
Summary: A WONDERFUL LOVE STORY!
Comment: I cannot remember when I have enjoyed a movie more. The faithfulness of Albert and the unbashed love that Victoria had for him. The costuming of this movie was grand and royal. A feast for the eyes and a joy for the heart. Even when Albert is taken away from her, so cruelly by fate, Victoria is devastated, and though the did not explore it in this movie she was able to be a strong leading influence for her people. I found the acting to be believable, esp. w/ Albert's character.
Rent before you buy, but if you love English history and want a good movie to watch over & over BUY this one. I did!
Recasting history as a particularly lavish soap opera, Victoria and Albert sets the story of the relationship between the queen and her consort against a background of family strife and political wrangling. Sticklers for accuracy might be disappointed, but the strong cast and lavish production values make for an entertaining film. Victoria is barely 18 when her uncle King William IV dies. She is introduced by the family adviser to a young German prince called Albert, and in spite of their initial indifference to one another and a great deal of political opposition, they fall in love. Marriage brings its own problems, however, and as Victoria, grows from an inexperienced young woman into a shrewd and powerful monarch Albert struggles to find a role for himself in both the family and the nation. The relationship between Victoria and Albert was a remarkable one and this film, while occasionally erring on the side of sentiment, brings that relationship to life. The young leads are charming, but it is the supporting cast of British acting stalwarts--including Nigel Hawthorne, David Suchet, and Diana Rigg--who make Victoria and Albert truly worth watching. --Simon Leake
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