Red, White and Royal Blue Reaction - Part 2!
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Welcome back to another video and to Part 2 of our reaction Red, White and Royal Blue!
I have to apologise - this video is considerably shorter than I intended but I could not get this one past copyright! I have disputed the original upload so if that get's sorted I will let you all know. It's been a very frustrating 24 hours!
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As a Texan, I think Uma sounded great. She sounds just like my East Texas cousins 😂 And I loved the chemistry between Alex and Henry. Taylor and Nick were perfect in this❤
I was hoping we'd get some Texans commenting. One of my best friends is from Northern Texas, near the OK border, and he sounds a lot like Uma did. What did you think of Henry having yellow roses on his tie for luck?
It was great! Immediately started singing Yellow Rose of Texas in my head! 😂😂
Uma's Texas accent sounds very similar to Annie Potts' grandma character in Young Sheldon. That draw is just so smoothly done.
Uma makes me so giddy it this I just love her.
Matthew Lopez said that one if the reasons he made the characters older was to make the forever more believable
Stephen Fry is 66. He's certainly old enough to play their grandfather, esp. if in the storyverse he, like Elizabeth II, had children relatively early in life. Charles was born when E2 was 22. Were Charles to follow suit re: early children, E2 could have become a grandmother at 42, for example. Fry can also play older than 66- today's 66+ year old is NOT the same as in 1980, for example.
re: Alex and Henry- the director actively chose to age them up, specifically Alex(who is in law school, which would require a BA first).
From an article in Variety:
"In the film, however, Alex is older - he appears to be in law school - and takes Henry’s kiss in stride, in so far as his attraction to men is concerned.
“It was born of my decision to cast actors who are older than the characters were in the book,” says López. “I really wanted there to be some genuine stakes and gravity for these characters. If they were too young, you could just explain this away as puppy love. I wanted this movie to be about that first real romance of your life, the first real love affair, the first real love.”
Rather than tell a story about a kid in his early 20s who is plunged into uncertainty about his sexuality, López says he wanted Alex to be someone who had messed around with guys but “has yet to have a reason to really understand himself as bisexual.”
The director continues, “I wanted Alex’s angst to not be about his sexuality. I wanted it to be focused on Henry.”
I think the change is good and the reasoning behind it makes a lot of sense in the story.
variety.com/2023/film/news/red-white-royal-blue-sex-scenes-novel-changes-matthew-lopez-1235696527/amp/
awesoem of you to link the link to the article---I knew he said he aged them up (and commented as such) but had no idea where I read that
Thanks for sharing!
Actually one of my favorite lines that Zara says was when she addressed Henry "As for you, Little Lord Fuckloroy..." LOL
She was the standout for sure 🤣🤣🤣
@@JackieRossLavender She WAS definitely the standout, in every moment she is on the screen. Excellent performance.
Did she actually talk to Henry in the book like that? It was funny. I was just wondering.
@@kareneide I read the book a few weeks ago and no, she didn't talk to Henry like that, nor did she use that quote in the book
Great reaction. Stephen Fry is definitely old enough to be a grandad. I loved the book and have reread over and over, but for me the film did what it needed to do.
He practically is one to his husband. 🤭
An old queen playing the old King ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
According to the author, they changed the Queen for the King due to how close the filming of the movie was from the date of Queen Elizabeth’s death and the similarities the character had to the real queen.
The Queen in the book is nothing like the late Queen
Actually, Alex is in law school in the movie. That is a graduate degree that comes after undergraduate degrees. So that would probably make him mid-20s. The actor is actually 31.
Matthew Lopez said in an interview that they aged up the characters which is why Alex is okay with being into guys and has had 2 experiences with them instead of just with Liam. As someone who saw movie first and read book second, I understand that I dont understand the disappointment with only 2 hours, but unlike you I do want to watch it again and again...I think Lopez said they're 25-26, something like that. So their height isnt the only thing that they changed from the book when it comes to these two characters.
Yes… one of the differences between the movie and the book… in the book he is just finishing his undergraduate degree, and hasn’t entered law school yet… that that is stated as the plan…
Everytime I open youtube, search for rwrb reactions. And loved your reaction.
Nicholas Galitzine has reinvented acting.
He is made to be an actor! Show me someone who can express such feelings, sadness, pain, happiness, loneliness, and even love from his face and eyes??!!! No one
When Alex "storms the castle dripping wet," someone referred to it as the "Mr.-Darcy-in-the-rain" from the recent Pride & Prejudice movie. (Same emotions, different centuries.)
I bet you a week's pay that that's was a deliberate hommage by the creators!
please know this video is way more cut down than the original version i tried to upload (and the 4 other since)
if the original version gets released I will let you all know ♥️
I have a feeling they changed it from the Queen to the King because, if they were filming this last year when Queen Elizabeth II died, they might have done the switch so as not to have any comparison to her late majesty
Nice job. This is totally random but when the boys left KP and ended up at the V&A the thought that popped into my head was: "Wait a minute, that's 30 minute walk." Yeah, I'm weird.
you’re so right 🤣🤣🤣
Oops, I usually agree with you.100%, but I LOVED this movie. I hadn’t heard of the book (though I plan to read it now, thanks to your recommendation) and I really wasn’t expecting much from the Amazon adaptation. I’m American, and I was thinking it would be a cheesy Hollywood version of “Young Royals.” I get that the final product isn’t “Citizen Kane,:” but I was deeply moved by the characters created on the screen by Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zachary Perez. They portrayed a fully believable emotional and physical relationship that almost never gets represented in mainstream LGBTQ stories. Let’s face it, even today, there are LGBTQ couples in mainstream movies and series who barely ever touch each other!!!!!! However these actors identify, , Galizine and Perez created 3-dimensional, fully realized characters and I I have tremendous respect for them. I was kinda surprised how effected I was by their performance/s. Can’t wait to read the book. Thanks, as always.
I thought the cast were great. As I said I have an issue with film as a medium because of the lack of character development. I’m going to make a full review to explain what I loved and what I didn’t.
If you loved the movie, the book is better in basically every way. (Except, *maybe* some of Zara’s quips - some of the additions they did for the movie were spot on.) Highly recommend the audiobook; Ramon de Ocampo does an absolutely amazing job narrating it and bringing the characters to life.
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I’m American from NY, but I had a crumpet in the V&A Museum of all places in London and it was DELICIOUS!
OK I just saw a video that explained that the director decided to combine June and Nora into one character. He was afraid that the 2 separate characters would have gotten lost in the movie.
Ok, so my $0.02 on the movie skipping really important parts of the book. The movie has to make a lot of sacrifices to keep the pace up, or it becomes a 3-hour movie, while also giving you the most important parts of the story. The book is there to fill in all those gaps, to give you a lot of history on Alex (and his years-long, buried crush feelings for Henry) and Henry (and the pain and depression he suffered after his dad died and how he fell in love with Alex at first sight in Rio the night they met). Of course, the book lets you read all those amazingly/disgustingly romantic emails they sent back and forth. For folks who think things are choppy and don't make a lot of sense, read the book, but keep in mind some things have changed for the screen adaptation.
beautiful middle ground! love it! honestly my gripes are not with the film itself… more with the adaption. In my opinion (and only my opinion, this is in no way fact), a 2 hour film is not sufficient to adapt a nearly 500 page novel. Time is what this film needed… so if amazon can’t provide that then amazon shouldn’t be sold the rights. I’m going to make an in depth video because there’s a lot to break down here!
@@JackieRossLavender About your opinion being just that...I watch your reactions specifically for your opinions. That's how this whole thing works, right? :) While I may not always agree with you, I value what you have to say. Now, my opinion. In an ideal world, yes, we'd have a full 12 episode series really fleshing out Henry and Alex's romance, diving into their complex backgrounds. Perhaps RW&RB's success will show Amazon that they can invest in making the sequel (whenever that comes out) a series. OMFG, I would love to see Alex and Henry living in NYC. Henry's running his LGBT youth center and learning to cook for himself, while Alex is off being an attorney. I want to see the new friends they make, I want to see them putting their home together and I want to see Henry be a British Royal fish out of water. Can you imagine Henry having to do groceries by himself? I want to see them have Thanksgiving dinner with President Claremont and maybe even Henry's mom, Philip, and Bea. Perhaps this is the kind of thing we really need to push Amazon and Casey McQuiston for.
You are right, it should have been a longer film, or a 6 hour limited series. I would suspect that Prime Video is kicking themselves for not planning this out as an extended series.
They aged the characters up in the movie to their later 20s. Alex isn’t still in college the way he is in the books, he’s in law school which he presumably would’ve started after finishing a 4 year degree in college. He’s likely supposed to be 27 or 28 in the movie.
🙋♀️ I know crumpets! I learned what they were when I did sourdough baking in 2020 and King Arthur Baking suggested crumpets as a way to use the daily discard starter! So easy and fun to make
IMO Uma was brilliantly in this role. Granted, her Texas accent wasn’t perfect but she made up in a lot of other ways. The whole cast was excellent. Right down to the smaller roles.
There are so many different Texas accents that her accent did work.
@@jrwxtxyeah, I have seen some comments on CZcams where people from Texas are saying that they know someone who has as heavy of an accent that Umas does in the movie... Be it a relative of theirs or a neighbour. So yeah Texas accents can sound like that, I guess.
I've heard the director and the author of the book both say that Ellen is from very very rural Texas and so she has an extremely thick accent. 🤷♀️ The author of the book is also from the south so I guess I have to trust in that over my own Canadian judgment, ya know?. 🤷♀️
I saw the movie first, then read the book. I thought the movie much more powerful. For me, the book really dragged and there was too much repetition. The movie dialogue was much sharper and more interesting than the book. I would have liked the movie to be longer, though just because the main characters were played so well. I can see them bringing in Richards as the villain but other than that, this movie really did it for me.
An Australian - we def have crumpets here - was a childhood fav with honey. Not sure if its the same as a traditional english crumpet but if so, fkn yum.
I agree with you Jackie-Ross, I read the book last week and there was so much they cut out that this should have been an eight episode limited series to give the book full justice
I've read the book multiple times and have now watched the movie so many times I've lost count lol (trying keep engagement up for hopefully a sequel!). But overall I agree with you. Though I really loved the movie, I wish this could have been a miniseries or even a 3-hour movie because it really is missing a lot. For example, there's a good 1-2 months between the V&A visit and the email leak, and we miss the development of their relationship between those two very important moments.
I, too, felt that a lot was missing.
A day cannot go by without me watching this over and over it should be a TV series
There have never been such explicit scenes in one film, it's amazing
I found your channel because of this movie, and I really like your reaction. New subscriber and you have a terrific smile, Jackie!
Thank you for all your lovely comments. Looking forward to reacting to the RWRB sequel when it comes out!
I am an Aussie… and yes I know what a crumpet is too…… I love it with butter and honey 😂
Stephen Fry is actually already 66, which yeah isn't that old, but technically possible to be the grandfather, especially if the age range for playing often is +/- 5 years so with 71 for a character age and lets say he was 21 when he had their mom and she was also pretty young lets say 24 than Philip as the oldest could still be 26.
Steven Fry has a male lover 30 years younger than he is. Kind of delicious for him to play the king, huh?
I'm in love with this film as much because it is an intimate, loving portrayal of a developing relationship. To have a queer story that doesnt end with tragedy is a very good thing. Yes, we wish it was longer but within the genre of rom-com this is about how long they are. I'll break the sound barrier for you is my favorite line.
Somewhat like Lt Uhura we have queer representation as something other than the "maid". In love, pretty, no horrid tragic backstory (yes, i know there is one in the book with Rafael Luna) but the gem of this film is that it feels like a proper hallmark rom-com movue with all the holes of that genre only we have LGBTQI+ representation: that, in many respects is the power of the film. It may encourage others to read the book, to explore more queer media, to see stories other than our doomed love.
Thanks for the opening, Jackie! It made me smile.🙂 Now that I have read the book, I can say that there are things about each that I liked more than in the other. I really liked being able to read the emails, though I know that would’ve been very difficult to make work in a movie. On the other hand, I like the coming out to his mother scene more in the movie than in the book. If it’s true that they were restricted by Amazon to making a film for whatever reason, I would rather have the film than no adaptation of the story at all.
Your critque is, as you Brits say, spot on. I agree that the story deserves more than a short movie.
I never noticed the massive plot hole at the end until watching reactions: how did the king think he could release a statement denying it after Alex already had a press conference admitting it?
careful writing comments like this my friend… the RWRB fans will come for you with their pitch forks and daggers for finding a floor in their “perfect” movie 🤣
seriously though, hadn’t really spotted that but you are so, so right!!
I noticed that as well, maybe they were going to say the US had invented the relationship to further their own political agenda so Alex confirming the story would’ve played into that plan. At least that’s how I’ve justified the plot hole to myself 😂
@@crystalpritchard5065 ah yeah. Okay I can see that. That makes sense.
My thoughts exactly. It would have been a huge international scandal if the U.S. addressed it without the U.K. approving or being consulted.
Yeah, I didn’t notice that as a plot hole, but I was confused as to why they switched the two scenes from the book to the movie. In the book, Alex only made that whole speech after the meeting with the queen, and as a bonus he made the speech with Henry at his side. Maybe it flowed better this way, but it made no sense as to why the White House would want to step so heavily on the monarchy’s toes with that speech without consulting them.
The movie changed it from the book and said Alex was in law school, which would make him anywhere from 22 to 25. They don’t specify what year he’s supposed to be in.
I'm thinking that when they go to the vacation house, they just pair up and go into a bedroom without much discussion, Alex and Henry, and I guess Nora and Percy. When Alex comes out to breakfast, his father is accepting Alex would know Henry wasn't awake because he was in the same room.
As with any book adaptation for a movie, time has to be compressed and things have to be left out. Otherwise, the movie would be days / weeks long. 😃 Books and movies are different mediums, so one has to allow for that.
What I would love to see is a sequel to this movie (which I very much enjoyed) or a maybe a mini-series to explore the story further.
Everyone misses WHY Prince Henry rebuffs Alex in the receiving line. It only lasts a micro-second…
He BLUSHES!
Damn it, you're right! Good eye!
Agreed about the film not fully showing the breath of the book. It would have made a better tv series so they could have kept more of the original storyline intact.
Uma was awesome in this role, I don't know what movie you were watching lol
I understand everyone saying "this should have been a TV show". I just begin to wonder whether if that would have been greenlit. It probably would have been far more expensive to film and produce overall. I am happy with what we got from the movie if having it formatted as a TV show meant nothing would have been made. Sidenote, I love your laugh, Jackie-Ross!
Yeah, I've heard that the author of the book said that they just couldn't afford to make a TV series, unfortunately. So it seems like it was a budgeting/funding issue decision.
I read somewhere the cost of filming Red White & Royal Blue was $57 million (EST). If the film becomes a world hit, the sequel budget will be much higher.
The Secret Service would have a contingency plan for them to go out and the bar would be swept before they got there. Alex would probably have at least three agents assigned to him. With the prince there they would be adding onto the base staff. I would think that the added cost of this courtship would be brought up by political opponents.
Amy is in the bar.
My thought: you weren't watching a book, it's a movie and they always have to cut out a lot of a book to make it fit into a movie. However, I agree that a TV series would have better served the story.
yep i get that… and i’ve said time and time again that I enjoyed the movie. it’s the quality of the adaptation I have an issue with.
Thank you for a beautiful reaction! Loved hearing your thoughts on this and so glad I found you through Heartstopper videos 😢
Wanted to bring this up in case you’re open to recommendations, but there’s a show called Good Omens that is definitely Queer (especially in season 2). But not sure if its your vibe, it is religious in nature even though it’s a different take on it (I mean the main characters are an angel and a demon). Idk it’s just really beautiful and one of my fav shows and wanted to share!
I love Good Omens 😊
I agree with you about missing some important parts. It's like there are 20 deleted scenes, that I really want to see! But... for people who don't have read the book.. they won't miss it. Still love the movie❤
A one season series would have been better. Just like they did with Daisy Jones & The Six. I love that show more than the book.
Red, White, and Royal Blue is one of my absolute favorite books and several editions of the novel live securely on my "frequently touched" shelf on my bookcase.
I want to preface anything further by saying that I LOVED the movie and the cast and think it is a great rom-com.
This post from me is about the book v the movie and my mixed emotions.
my main criticism would be the fact that Matthew Lopez's screen adaption, except for the singular actual sex scene, is plainly directed toward straight audiences. the amount of straight people I have seen say that they loved the movie but dont get why their being gay was such a big deal of understand how it could fill out a long novel is mind blowing. Matt Lopez put out a nice rom-com, but it came at the price of eliminating all of the grit, the hard edges, the characters and relationships that made the book so singularly special and NOT a standard rom-com.
Ive found it very entertaining to listen to reviews and responses from people who have read the bok vs people who have not.
I squeed when I saw they'd cast THE Stephen Fry as the king in this! Also: the film's King *James* Hanover-*Stuart* is infinitely less homophobic and cold-hearted than the books Queen Mary Mountchristen-Windsor, and seems to care about his grandson a great deal more than his book counterpart.The casting decision, the name they chose - the 1st king who was a Stuart and named James was gay or bi* - and the change in characterization lead me to believe that the creators are implying that the king is himself gay or bi and closeted. Look at Fry's face at 13:09 - that is a look of deep sadness, grief, even! I think it was very clever of the creators too add this meta level of poignancy.
*= and in the excellent Sky series "Mary & George", you can see our boy Nicholas here play one of his lovers! How meta!
I have learned that you should watch the movie, BEFORE reading the book. I am so in love with this movie, and then I read the book and it added more to the story. I have seen that many times that someone reads a book, and then sees the movie and is disappointed in the differences. The book allows you to get inside the thoughts of the characters, the movie usually can only show you from the outside. I have watched this movie so many times, and I can't get enough. My favorite scene is in the V&A museum. I'm glad they changed the song from Your Song to Can't Help Falling in Love. It's perfect. Now both the song and the scene make me tear up a little. I don't see the age problem, as inn the book Alex is studying at Georgetown University, and they are both supposed to be similar in age.
but what if you’ve read the book before the movie even got made…?
@@JackieRossLavender That can be the case. I was just saying it is harder to switch images from what you imagined reading for real actors. I read the book after seeing the movie, couldn't put it down until I was finished. Now I'm reading it out loud to my husband.
If I Loved You is my favourite song from a musical and Carousel is my favourite stage musical
one of the best songs/shows ever written
I'm guessing the Victoria and Albert Museum has no security cameras or alarm system.
Appreciate your reaction video, Jackie! As a fan of the book, my initial viewing felt rather flat. It took a second viewing for me to really separate the movie from the book, and enjoy it fully on its own merits as the swooniest fairytale romance! I actually prefer that Alex and Henry are older in the movie. In real life, I would be actively discouraging a 22-year old from feeling forever about a romance 😂
I definitely enjoyed the movie but I doubt I will ever watch it again (baring in mind as a reactor I watch it once while film and then in slow motion essentially while I edit it).
Intrigued why you wouldn’t discourage a 22 year old from feeling forever about romance?
22 is just so young to be thinking about a lifelong commitment. Don't get me wrong - I wouldn't be pushing someone of that age to play the field. But I wouldn't be encouraging them to get engaged either!
I know what a crumpet is. We have something similar in the US - the English Muffin. Similar preparation.
"I mean they're annoyingly attractive." Yeah, agreed.
The speech writer in the end election scene is Casey McQuiston, which is a fun Easter egg!
Canadian here, I enjoy crumpets 😂
Amazon signed on for a movie, rather than a series, and that was pretty soon after book was published. (I think that’s right. I’m not as invested in the book as most and didn’t follow the news at the time.). And I believe Amazon limited Matthew Lopez to 2 hours. Heck, even a couple of scenes featured in the trailer didn’t make it into the movie.
Someone down below said it wasn’t a masterpiece & wondered why everyone loved it. I recognize its flaws, but I still love it and seem to watch it over & over. Then again, I don’t think the book is a masterpiece. I liked it (but didn’t love it for various reasons).
the fact that people have had such a varied reaction speaks volumes to both how good the film and the book are. The criticism of the film comes form a place of love not hate.
I agree that it would have been better served as a limited series. I will say that I liked parts of the movie more and parts of the book more. Neither, fully knocks it out of the park for me. I was fine with them combining Nora and June as one character. I actually think the book would have been better served in the same way combining characters or not having some. At times, I think the book has character overload, and I’m not entirely sure that they are all necessary. I think the only thing I really missed was the emails. It would have been nice to find a way to incorporate them better into the story. The movie moves too quickly. It would have been nice to get more of that development of feelings and moments. The one thing I wanted from both the book and movie was seeing more into Henry’s feelings and day to day struggles.
“Their annoyingly attractive”
Sir so are you 😂❤
Loved your review/reaction (especially as a brit). I agree on the mini series but I had some fun facts regarding your criticism. The director and writer also agreed the run time wasn't long enough so Alex's feelings about his parents divorce, realising he's bisexual and deeper anxiety about life in general despite being a confident person was taken out. They dealt with these aspects being removed by aging up the characters of Henry and Alex (in their opinion it was more likely that these issues would have been as big issues for Alex if he was older than his novel counterpart).
June was taken out for similar reasons. June has a bigger part in these storylines (mentioned above). Also Nora and June would have ended up fighting for screen time. No one wanted that (back to the time limit).
They changed it to King over Queen because they felt like whoever played the Queen would be too strongly compared to so many other famous actresses (eg. Mirren, Thompson, Staunton), I don't know why they felt differently about King but that was the reasoning.
There were obviously other things cut or changed but that was the stuff I could find. It was claimed the general consensus was anything that didn't have to do with the love story would be scrapped.
Mini series would have been better but I still loved the movie and thought the casting wad pretty on point.
Crumpets are a thing in NZ too. I agree about the length of this, would have been better as a series but think the leads were excellent.
I enjoyed it, but agree that it would have been better as a mini-series. The talk when Alex goes to England to tell Henry he loves him was so much more in-depth and provided more context to Henry's earlier comment about not being able to 'afford Alex falling in love with him'. He says "I knew that if someone like you loved me, it would set me aflame. And then I went ahead and stupidly fell in love with you... and you had the audacity to love me back". That whole section of the book made me a wreck as well.
Even with the changes I still feel the essence of the book. I think that the book and the movie are two different pieces and you can enjoy them separatley, but also complement the movie experience with the book. I watch it with an open mind and really enjoy it. Maybe a Tv series would be better but I always think that with the success thai is having they would renew it for another season and that's when you start to deviate from the original story, just to add more to it. But in the end, I'm happy with what we got, with the history of adaptations...could have been worse.
you definitely can appreciate them as separate mediums and i commend anyone who can. But i struggle a lot to separate them when I was so deeply moved by the book. Of 19 LGBT novels i’ve read this year it was in my top 3.
I hear what you’re saying about a show though… but prime are so good at one and done’s. Look and Little Fires Everywhere. So true to the book and such a good production.
My issue is with the quality of the adaptation. not the film itself.
@@JackieRossLavender Yeah, I understand you. When I read the book last year I was very touched as well. When I watched the movie for the first time it was kinda off for me, but I watched again the next day without the expectations I had set before and it worked for me, I really liked it when I saw it with different eyes.
I think that an adaptation, as the name suggests, does not need to follow exactly everything that is in the original material but maintain the essence of the story and in my opinion they managed to do that. For example, The last of us also had some changes but still is the story at its core. Anyway, I see your point.
@@nathaliateixeira6934 ohhhh Nathalia I haven’t yet seen TLOF because it’s my favourite video game EVER and i hold it so emotionally close to my heart (it got me through a very rough breakup). I need to react to it soon though.
@@JackieRossLavender Plssss react to it. It's a masterpiece, prepare the tissues, especially for ep 3. 🥺
In the german dub the changed crumpet to scone. Guess there was no trust that we'd know what a crumpet is. And for me personally they were right, I had to look it up too. 😆
I really felt the loss of Alex’s breakdown scene after the emails/texts were leaked. The stripping away of the politics and complexity to just showing a young man outed without consent was so powerful. I really missed this scene.
You’re right in some of your criticisms, there’s not a lot of connective tissue from one scene or plot point to the next. There’s a lot of technical stuff that doesn’t make this a “good film” but damn for whatever reason it still works and though I know all of its flaws I still love it. And that never happens with my film tastes.
-this was still a 2hr rom com. That doesn’t happen often.
-in the book they’re younger, the actors are 30ish so they split the difference and put them around 24 given that Alex is in law school
I would have loved more content by making this a series instead of a movie, but for movie length I think they did a great job.
Crumpets are amazing. They’re pretty common in Australia. LOVE THEM
must be a british/aussie thing!
Definitely something we inherit from you guys. So good. 😁
I really liked it. I haven't read the book so I have nothing to compare it to. The pace is certainly quick to fit everything in and I do think it would work better in a longer form. But I still really enjoyed what we got.
I am engaged to a native South Londoner…me, coming from “across the pond” took me years to fully understand some of the words he would say lol!! But I Iove this London man of mine!
I love you for opening with “Stars!” 🇫🇷
7:51 I’m so glad you noticed the use of this song. I love that a song written more than 80 years ago is still touching people.
i’m a theatre boy and it happens to be one of my all time favourites x
@@JackieRossLavender The cover feels so contemporary; I wonder how it is doing on streaming/sales charts?
Agreed! Book deserved a better representation. First, I watched it and then re-watched it. The second time I watched it, I viewed it as if I hadn't read the book. I was able to enjoy it much more. Unfortunately, key details and nuances in a novel are oftentimes difficult to translate to film. Absolutely should have been a limited run series similar to London spy
Excellent video as usual ❤ jackie
I agree it would have been better as a show and I would have loved that because it would have been able to adapt a lot more details, characters and plot bits of the book.
But I've been in the book adaption thing in general for so long now that I've started to watch the movies as their own thing. As that and as someone who has always loved a cheesy little romcom film as a comfort watch, I really adore the film.
I also feel like I fell in love more with their book versions as well, rereading the book after watching the movie.
So what I've gained from the film is more appreciation and love for the book and a new beloved romcom movie to rewatch and be excited about.
A different approach to the same story 🥰
I'm from Australia, we have them here they are the best. Love a crumpet.
While I haven’t read the book yet (I definitely will now) I loved the movie. While movies based on books are always in for some criticism, I loved the performances. From the excellent leads to Uma Thurman and Sarah Shahi and all the supporting cast, everyone had great chemistry. For me, Uma Thurman really walked the line of comedic delivery and the drama of a Democratic President (and first woman President?) feeling the pressure of history bearing down on her in a hyper-polarized environment where a lost election can equal a lost democracy.
I loved the political aspect of it as an American (who loves crumpets and scones). There’s been some debate about the electoral map, but I could imagine several rust belt states going red out of combined misogyny and homophobia.
And I could be wrong, but I wonder if rewriting the Queen as the King was specifically so they could cast Stephen Frye - and who could blame them.
dude no movie will be ever be made that's even 70% of the book..wake up!This movie was amazing and the chemistry was great
wake up 🤣🤣🤣 imagine getting this upset because someone has a different opinion to you
@@JackieRossLavender Did not seem that upset. Was just stating a truth....... And you broadcasting your opinion , but not really allowing a different one being put in comments is all I need to avoid this channel......
@@donny1960 thanks for the third comment donny! appreciate you helping to boost the engagement on this video ♥️♥️♥️
I'm American, and I like crumpets.
I don't have the streaming service that showed R,W,and RB, but loved the book and have been watching the reactions to the movie. My favourite parts of the book were the e-mails and messages exchanged between Alex and Henry. There was beauty in the language, and heart-felt emotions conveyed. My concern was that so much of that would be lost in a filmed version. Can anyone tell me how much was included?
I’m Canadian and love crumpets! A little butter and jam or honey, yum!!
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God I'm grateful for finding a reactor who said what I felt. Lovely movie. Some parts a bit 🤷🏼♀️ but really did not do the book justice.😕
apparently a lot of people are just happy to see any form of representation whether it’s good or mediocre… 🤷🏻♂️ glad to hear you felt the same.
@@JackieRossLavender Which, maybe, also fair.🤷🏼♀️ But that book had so much more debt. The Rafael Luna plotline. The letters with historical references. Alex' mom and dad being divorced. Anyway. Preaching to the choir. Thank for your reaction!
I understand the length of the movie was solely dictated by Amazon.
Personally, having read the book after the movie, I use the book in conjunction with the movie to flesh out the full story.
I did the same....chewed through the book in about 6 hours one afternoon.
The book is the book, the movie is a movie. I adore both. I’ve seen it over 50 times and it still makes my spine tingle. Lopez specifically aged the guys which makes it possible for Henry to standup for himself to the King. No deus ex machina mom to come flying to his rescue (my one quibble for the book.
I am from USA Ohio and have known the word "crumpet" all my life. However, I have never eaten one. Pity. I do love scones, though.
Crumpets are fantastic. I am about to eat some as we speak!
I think this was like the first reaction that mentioned everything I noticed about the film as well. In my opinion, the film was well done, but I still mourn all the backstories and especially the characters that got cut out. The ending felt a bit rushed with the whole "scandal" being this short and the emails not really explained. So, thanks for the video.
you’re welcome! i’m going to be doing a much more in depth review soon!
@@JackieRossLavender I can't wait
I love a bit of crumpet. 😂
I'm in Australia and i love crumpets with butter and Vegemite 🙂 also i absolutely love your reactions. Thank you for giving us all such amazing content.
Cathy we are on the same wave length as butter and marmite is my topping of choice!!
@@JackieRossLavender I actually really like marmite aswell but have only ever had it on toast. Will be trying it on crumpets now 🙂
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The firts time i listen "Brexit" i was so confuse, after understand i laught(i love that scene).
Fun fact: im learning english, thats couse i start to watch a lot content in english.
I read the book as well. They cut a lot stuff. Like for example Henry’s mom came back and spoke up against the Queen. Also towards the end of the book Henry decide to buy a brownstone in Brooklyn. Yes, they need a second movie or something because it was way too short. A lot of books that are turned into movies are like that.
Im from Australia and i love crumpets especially dripping with honey
We have something like a crumpet in the United States. We call it a biscuit. I love it with butter and jam. But we also have something called biscuits and gravy, primarily a Southern specialty.
i’ve had biscuits… i wouldn’t say they were particularly like a crumpet in my experience?
@@JackieRossLavender I don't think they're exactly like crumpets. Some British folk on CZcams have made the comparison. Especially some of the students featured on the video by Jolly.
@@markballard9942 maybe there’s a youtube video in here somewhere… a comparison taste test between crumpets and biscuits 😋
@JackieRossLavender I think that's a great idea. I think it's very important to not only have a comparison between biscuits and crumpets with butter and jam, but also biscuits and crumpets with sausage gravy. I know it sounds disgusting, but it's amazing.
I'm from North Carolina and from what I have learned about crumpets is that they are similar to English muffins not Southern style biscuits.
The biggest frustrations for me about this movie - once you get past that it IS a movie and not a mini-series or whatever - are that the CGI is poor in several major scenes which makes it feel like a cheap Hallmark movie (White House balcony scene Im looking at you!), that there are no British TV presenters/journalists which really makes the US presenters stand out. They feel like actors not professional news people. And pivotally, you can tell that this is an American production based on an American novel (this is pretty universally true) because they just DO NOT understand Royalty.
Take for example the receiving line at the wedding in the beginning. There is no way that Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Great Britain (there is no such thing as Prince of England) would proceed down a receiving line having a good goss about how hot Alex is and ignoring a bunch of guests while making snide comments about the cost of the wedding cake. NEVER. GOING. TO. HAPPEN. Also, and this happens in the book too. Almost no mention of the fact that HRH the Duchess of Edinburgh (Henry and Philip's mother) is the heir to the throne! There is no way that the HEIR TO THE BRITISH THRONE would be allowed to just sort of disappear into the wilds and not be a working royal. They dont seem to understand that the line of succession has to be changed by the Parliament and not by some whim of the monarch. And also that they dont get to just opt out. The real Prince Henry has opted out, but notably it did NOT involve a change to the line of succession, because that would involve parliament. I know these are not major things, but they would be so easy to get right and yet the author and the director totally did not!!
Also, some VERY cheesy dialog. Nicholas Galatzine and Taylor Zakar Perez are amazing as Henry and Alex, but even Nick couldnt save that horrendously cheesy line "I will no longer be the Prince of Shame...") Cringe. Also... the head-spinning change of heart when Alex comes to see Henry and they end up in the V&A. One minute its pretty much over then suddenly with no warning Henry wants to show Alex the V&A?? Hmmmm.
Jackie, I appreciate what you said about the age of the actors, but I think for a movie they had to age them up so that they could cast them and have them actually have a physical romance without all hell descending on them! hehe Mostly I love the movie, but every time I watch it, Im aware of the same problems. Mostly the financial ones that stopped the backgrounds etc looking real.
The director's cut is actually 3 hours long. I can't wait for it!
there is no directors cut. it was confirmed by teen vogue that it never existed.
I’m from australia and we love a crumpet here
I still have mixed feelings about the movie but it has some gems in it and when Nick and Taylor are allowed to shine their scenes are pure gold! Plus I'll never be able to visit the V and A and feel the same again 😂! Nice reaction, thanks for this. Take care.
I thought it was… fine. Cute, some great moments, good performances, but overall a missed opportunity.
mixed feeling,you kidding me??
@@fundudehere1 i have mixed feelings too. very mixed feelings. and that’s absolutely okay.
@JackieRossLavender I'm sure you two are our top reactors so I'm so sad
@@devosoap you’ve hit the nail on the head… it couldn’t. so it shouldn’t. my qualms are with the fact it was adapted into a 2 hour movie which, in my opinion, did a disservice to the the source material.
Can't wait for your review of the book :-)
Love your comments fella !! XX
Nice reaction and discussion 😁
aussie here that LOVESSSSS a crumpet
Well, I’m waiting for my copy of the book still, so I don’t know how many thing were changed for the movie, but what I’m sure is that I love main characters and can’t imagine anyone else as Alex and Henry. And I think I would not enjoy this this movie this much if characters were “student age”)))
Them causally visiting each archer on different continents without their families questioning it more believable if they are in mid/late 20 imo