Anonymous wrote:I am still butthurt that I still can't access the first Downton movie. I've only seen the second one where the king and queen come.

I am not sure Tom would let Sybbie debut.

The King and Queen were the first movie. Going to France is the second movie. The first one was better imho

No spoilers here.

I saw it last night and really enjoyed it. I'll watch it again as soon as it appears on streaming services.

To me, it felt less like a movie and more like a regular episode or maybe a season finale. The other two movies had big events driving the action (King and Queen visit, let's make a movie at Downton). This was a bit, maybe calmer? more lowkey? -- despite some high stakes.

Some details were, like always, a bit nonsensical and more for emotional or storytelling impact, but I overall think it was a nice way to wrap up the series.

This movie got a rave review from the WSJ. I just can't understand why Downton Abbey is such a beautifully done show, while The Gilded Age - by the same creator - is so cheesy and awful.

https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/film/downton-abbey-the-grand-finale-review-a-high-class-conclusion-43478586?st=HHEb8v&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Anonymous wrote:Looking at the previews of the upcoming Dowton movie, it appears that it is set in the early 1930s and focused on Lady Mary and her divorce.

Do any of you Downton fans feel a little disappointed that it is not set in the mid 1930s, with a side storyline around a teenage Sybbie as a debutant or a young woman pressing against the societal norms?

The Crawley girls will all be middle aged. Episode 1 with late teen/20 something Lady Mary and Lady Edith was set in 1912, so in the 30s those two will be in or approaching their 40s. A teenage Sybbie would add some of the spark of the first seasons to the senior and middle aged Crawley family and staff, especially since even perpetually teenaged Daisy is now a 30 something adult.

The whole concept of a young woman pressing against societal norms is only something that has been "cool" for this past generation. In the 1930s the vast majority of young women were very happy to conform to societal norms. What Sybil did in Downton Abbey with the chauffer was more fiction than reality.

The show's nothing more than a glorified soap. The first season was wonderful but it was downhill ever since. I saw movie 2 while on a long flight and it was abysmal.

Anonymous wrote:I am still butthurt that I still can't access the first Downton movie. I've only seen the second one where the king and queen come.

I am not sure Tom would let Sybbie debut.

Ooh, that could be the conflict for her story arch

I am still butthurt that I still can't access the first Downton movie. I've only seen the second one where the king and queen come.

I am not sure Tom would let Sybbie debut.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That would be cool. I like your idea re Sibbie.

Mary is getting divorced from the race car driver? He was a terrible match from the start.

Agreed.

I will probably go see the movie anyway. Loved that show!

Yes, I will likely go with a group of neighbors. But I wish that the story was set a couple years later, just late enough to have a side story with the Downton grandkids as teenagers.

Anonymous wrote:That would be cool. I like your idea re Sibbie.

Mary is getting divorced from the race car driver? He was a terrible match from the start.

Agreed.

I will probably go see the movie anyway. Loved that show!

That would be cool. I like your idea re Sibbie.

Mary is getting divorced from the race car driver? He was a terrible match from the start.

Looking at the previews of the upcoming Dowton movie, it appears that it is set in the early 1930s and focused on Lady Mary and her divorce.

Do any of you Downton fans feel a little disappointed that it is not set in the mid 1930s, with a side storyline around a teenage Sybbie as a debutant or a young woman pressing against the societal norms?

The Crawley girls will all be middle aged. Episode 1 with late teen/20 something Lady Mary and Lady Edith was set in 1912, so in the 30s those two will be in or approaching their 40s. A teenage Sybbie would add some of the spark of the first seasons to the senior and middle aged Crawley family and staff, especially since even perpetually teenaged Daisy is now a 30 something adult.