28022007; Piccadilly and The Queen

Today, I went to London for a day trip.

Actually I planned to go to the gallery, Tate modern to see the free exhibition of the Indian

Inspired female painter, Amrita. But I couldn't find the place for it, I took off at St.Paul station, but I walked and walked, then I reached at Horborn, the centre of London, and the Horborn

station is quite far away from St. Paul.

Anyway, I didn't find Tate modern, then I changed my mind very very quickly, then went to the underground, then took the central line, and went to the Piccadilly circus Station to see around.

When I came out of the underground, it was raining, but I just remembered the scene of the international commercials. It reminds me. Full of theatres, musicals, and also movie theatres there are so many many bunch of theatres everywhere in Piccadilly.

It's totally different from the Manchester Piccadilly garden.

Piccadilly, London.
Equus, Daniel Redcliff. He is contributing the play in this moment, and the headline of the London evening news are covered of this issue.

Odeon, Picaadilly London.

I wanted to see the musical, coz there are a number of half price ticket salers infront of the theatre like the below pircutre.

so I poped in one of the ticket booth to ask the time of the musical. Very very stupidely, and unfortunately, I booked this ticket 3 weeks in advance, so I couldn't change the time and the date at all. In addition, I have class on Thursday.

And the ticketer said, the earliest musical would go on at around 7.30, it would last for 2 hours at least. - means I can't see the musical this time.

I wanted to see the Phantom of the opera, you know the fame and the face of WEst End Musical of Britain. and also Mamamia.. but I have another day to see those things, so I left the ticket booth and stepped down towards the movie theatre. I had nothing to do.

So I got into Odeon to buy the ticket for The Queen.

The Queen

2 short cuts from the movie

I think this is a very good example of the National cinema. If the movie was realeased on the public a bit earlier, I would use the movie as an example of my takeaway test for FTV unit.

Anyway,,

As you already expect, this is the movie about the Queen of the UK, the Elizabeth 2nd.

I might guess the actress of the movie, she was the winner of the best actress of the Oscar this year right?

As I focus on the movie as itself, it's really really tremendously British.

and it's the movie of the biography, but it's the moment of her danger of dignity and respect

as being the Queen of the nation, and the head of the state from the change of the government; the New Labour Party in 1997 by Tony Blair, and also the fetal death of Diana.

Technically, it's not very gorgeous in terms of using colour and using of the camera movement.

I think most of British movies are not very beautiful in that way. I think it might be the weather of this country; very foggy and very humid, the water, precisely, the amount of the liquidity

in the air is very important and it has an impact upon making the picture frame of the movie anyway.

But there are exceptionals like About a Boy, and Nottinghill, Bridget Jones's Diary.. Coz those movies were taken indoor more than outdoor.

Whatever,,

The movie represents very well about the complexity of the emotion and the position of the Queen, as a monarchy, as a woman, as a humanbeing.

And, it follows the pattern of the Documentary, from a short but such a huge shocking and issuable accident of the death, the Queen of the People; Diana.

During that time, the problematic connection and relationship between the Queen and the governement; new PM also added up the movie to be more interesting, and British.

But I was a bit critical of the use of documentary short clips of Diana too often, and sometimes I was a bit confused who is the protagonist of the Film, the Queen? Diana? or Tony Blair?

I really expected nothing about this movie, so I was not disappointed at all, I'd rather enjoy it than Music and Lyric.

It's something really British, rather more English, but it doesn't make very serious in terms of the traidion stuff, but also put some episodes and the characters of fun to attract audiences.

anyway, today, it was very peaceful day. Even though I spent my time in the much more busier area than I used to be in, but I missed it very much; something very city-like.

also the Movie,, it was nice. :)