1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Break the Flick with Beno on ninety six Am. 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 2: Well, it is one of my favorite moments of the 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 2: week is when Beno she joins us to tell me 4 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 2: if I should or shouldn't bother. 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 3: Morning, Hey, guys, is one of my favorite times of 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 3: the week too. 7 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 1: Man. So we're going from the small screen to the 8 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 1: big screen today. 9 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 3: Yes, we are with Downton Abbey. Are you guys down 10 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 3: some fans? 11 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: I certainly am. I'm sitting next to you, go one 12 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: right now, so. 13 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 3: I don't need to tell you the difference between you 14 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 3: your missus Pat more than your missus Hughes. 15 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 2: No, no, no, I know, I know what the dowager is. Yeah, Johnny, 16 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 2: come lately to Downtown Abbey. 17 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 3: I watched it all in one. 18 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 2: Go, you know, on one Netflix or whatever wherever it 19 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 2: ended up after the first time, Okay, right, and I thought, 20 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 2: I can't believe that I thought this show was boring. 21 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 2: M Yeah, go right into it. 22 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's sort of a slow burn, right. And I 23 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 3: think the more you watch it, I think the more 24 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 3: you appreciate the sort of the low stakes melodrama of 25 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 3: it all. And for people who did miss the first 26 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 3: run it originally aired six seasons from twenty ten to 27 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 3: twenty fifteen. It was, you know, one of the most 28 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 3: watch shows in the world. It's at one point, I 29 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 3: think it was the most successful international TV show at 30 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 3: the Emmys in America, so you know, it was it 31 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 3: was very, very popular, and so I think it was 32 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 3: inevitable that eventually it made the jump to the big screen, 33 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:33,759 Speaker 3: which happened in twenty nineteen. The show's created Julian Fellows 34 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 3: wrote the screenplay for that film, and it did pretty 35 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 3: well at the box office. Like I think, you know, 36 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 3: a lot of fans turned out to see it, because like, 37 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 3: if you're not already a fan of Downton Abbey, you're 38 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 3: probably not going to go see these movies. But for 39 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 3: the fans, it was an interesting film. It sort of 40 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 3: revolved around King George the Fifth coming to Downton. There 41 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 3: was an assassination attempt on his majesty, which sounds very 42 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 3: dramatic based on, you know, sort of the normal sort 43 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 3: of gentle period drama vibes that you normally get from Downton, 44 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 3: and for me, I don't know, like it felt a 45 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 3: little bit off brand and maybe even a little clumsy 46 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 3: that storyline, so you'd be happy to know that. With 47 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 3: the sequel, Downton Abbey a New Era, which is set 48 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 3: about a year after that the first movie, it gets 49 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 3: back to what Downton does best, that that sort of 50 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 3: you know, like the juxtaposition between the upstairs and downstairs, 51 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,959 Speaker 3: the trials and tribulations of the Crawley family, the aristocrats, 52 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 3: and then you know, the dramas are happening in the 53 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 3: in the servants quarters and what's happening downstairs and there. 54 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:34,799 Speaker 3: The good thing about this film is that there's kind 55 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 3: of two parallel plots that are unfolding, and the first 56 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 3: neither of them are really very ambitious, but I think 57 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 3: they'll feel instantly familiar to fans of the show, which 58 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 3: is probably, you know, all you can really ask for 59 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 3: a film like this. And the first is centered on 60 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 3: the Dowager herself, the Countess of Grantham, played by Maggie 61 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 3: Smith violess for a fan favorite. She's so great in 62 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 3: this role, even though she said recently that she was 63 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 3: not necessarily like such a huge fan of being in 64 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 3: the show, because now she says that that's all she 65 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 3: gets recognized for. 66 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 1: But after all the. 67 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 3: Ideas, she's so great, and this storyline is about this 68 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 3: dalliance that she had as a young lady in France 69 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 3: with a with a marquis and maybe, you know, there's 70 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 3: something something happened there that might have been a bit inappropriate, 71 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 3: because all of a sudden, this this marquee has dropped 72 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 3: off the twig and and bequeathed her this fancy villa 73 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 3: in the south of France, And why would he have 74 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 3: done why would you have done that unless maybe there was, 75 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 3: you know, some romance happening there. And she's now too 76 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 3: old to go and check it out for herself, so 77 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 3: she dispatches her son, Lord Grantham played by Hugh Bonneville, 78 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 3: and a few of the family members to go to 79 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 3: the south of France check out this villa and meet 80 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 3: with the frenchman's widow and adult son, who, you know, 81 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 3: maybe not super stoked that his villa is being given 82 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 3: to these English people. And the great thing of this, 83 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 3: and if you're a fan of the show, you love 84 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 3: this idea that the trusty butler, mister Carson played by 85 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 3: Jim Carter, goes along on the trip, and so you 86 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 3: can imagine, you know, he's a full you know, sort 87 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 3: of buttoned up, you know, sort of suits and the 88 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 3: bowler hats, and he's all very proper in English, so 89 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 3: it just sets up for that classic sort of Englishman 90 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 3: abroad humor. At one point he said, well, you know 91 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 3: the secrets to dealing with the foreigners. You just talk 92 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 3: slowly and more loudly, and eventually they spend to your 93 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 3: willsh bizarre, which is just classic. And meanwhile, though, back 94 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 3: back across the channel, back at Downton, a film crew 95 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 3: has rocked up to shoot a silent movie, which which 96 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 3: may seem a little tacky for the Crawleys, but Downton 97 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 3: Abbey is literally falling apart. 98 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: The roof is leaking. 99 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 3: They need to pay for repairs somehow, and this production 100 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 3: is offering them a big bucket of cash guineas as 101 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 3: it was in those days, and so they have to 102 00:04:58,400 --> 00:04:59,919 Speaker 3: sort of, you know, sort of slumme it a little bit, 103 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 3: let these vulgar actors into the premises exactly, and so 104 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 3: it's not a sort of Lady Mary played by Michelle 105 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 3: Dockery to make sure these actors don't nick the silverware, 106 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 3: but she finds herself getting a bit cozy with the 107 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 3: handsome and charming director. So that's a bit going on. 108 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 3: There as well, and that sort of you know, film 109 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 3: within a film gives gives the chance to some really 110 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 3: really wonderful comedy from Maggie Smith where she says, you know, 111 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 3: she sheould rather work down her mind than be an 112 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 3: actor and work in the movie business, which is kind 113 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 3: of fun. 114 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 2: Michelle likes a bit of commoner though, you. 115 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 3: Know, yeah she does, she does, right, she was, she 116 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,840 Speaker 3: was in Richie movie. She was in the Guy Richie 117 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:46,840 Speaker 3: movie The Gentleman, which was so fantastic. And look, in 118 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 3: terms of cinema, this is this is not amazing. It's 119 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 3: you know, I didn't. Well, that's good as long as 120 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 3: we're clear on that, because it's I think some of 121 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 3: the dialogue is a bit is a bit stilted. It 122 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 3: relies a lot on I guess that institutional knowledge that 123 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 3: Downton fans have. So if you're coming to it and 124 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 3: you're not a completist as far as Downton goes, a 125 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 3: lot of it will probably go over your head. And 126 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 3: it's not very cinematic, like it's Downton was cinematic for 127 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 3: a TV show, but for the big screen it has 128 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 3: limitations I think in the way it's made. But you know, 129 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 3: if you're a fan of the film, I think you'll 130 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 3: find plenty. 131 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 2: To like here. Okay, so how many are well, what 132 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 2: are you giving it? 133 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: How many remains of. 134 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 3: The Day look like? I think look in terms of 135 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,840 Speaker 3: in terms of the overall, you know, sort of the 136 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 3: fullness of cinema, it's worth two and a half stars. 137 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 3: If you're a fan of the show, I reckon you 138 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 3: could probably bump that up to three and a half. 139 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 1: That's great. At least it's a big fan. 140 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 2: I'm there for that, and I'm not like I wasn't 141 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 2: expecting remains of the Day, So you know, I think 142 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 2: it'll be all right. 143 00:06:58,120 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 3: No, you'll enjoy it. 144 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: Okay, Thanks, Thank you, Ben. We'll talk to you next week. 145 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 3: Thanks guys, Bye bye. 146 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 1: Talking movies with Ben o'che this morning. I'm happy with that, 147 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 1: happy with that. Check it out with three and a half. Yeah, 148 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: and you did see the first one, didn't your first movie? 149 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: I did, a lot of fans of the show would 150 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: have gone. And we'll go to this one as well, 151 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: for sure.