Review: The Young Victoria

I've heard quite a bit about The Young Victoria around the blogging world. I kind of wanted to see it, but never bought the DVD or seen it on TV. When I came home one day, I saw that it was on one of the movie channels. I missed the first couple of minutes of it, but I got to see the rest of it.

DVD Box Art

Synopsis

The Young Victoria follows the life of Princess Victoria, who eventually becomes Queen Victoria, and how she met Prince Albert and fell in love with him. She became queen at age 18 and was seen by many as inexperienced and not ready for the job.


Characters
There are a couple of actors/actresses that you may recognize in The Young Victoria. Emily Blunt has recently come into the limelight, but also there is Rupert Friend (Pride and Prejudice 2005) as Prince Albert, Mark Strong (Emma 1997) was Sir John Conroy, Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995, Little Dorrit 2008) was Queen Adelaide, and Morven Christie (Lost in Austen) was the servant Watson. The screenplay was written by Julian Fellowes, who also created Downton Abbey.

Overall, I thought the cast did a very good job. Emily Blunt I thought was a good Queen Victoria. I don't know very much about Victoria's life, but I found her likable in this movie. A little rebellious, but likable. I found that Emily Blunt acted well in her role, though there were a couple of spots where I thought she acted a little silly as a queen and for the time period, but overall she did a good job. I also enjoyed Rupert Friend's Price Albert, though I was a little skeptical of his German accent (something about it didn't seem perfectly right, but not bad).

I did have a hard time with remembering all the members of the royal family, but that could be due to my missing the first couple of minutes of the movie. When I rewatch this movie, I may have to pay closer attention to the characters with titles.


Scenery
A feast for the eyes! Between the gorgeous houses and the outdoor scenery, there cannot be want of pretty scenes. The colors are very lively and bright.


Costuming

Wow... This must be some of the best costuming I've seen. The dresses are very lively and bright (except for the mourning dresses, of course). There were a number of lovely dresses that Victoria wore. And the bonnets! A number of them had sheer fabric on them, which made them interesting. The dresses were from the 1830s and a little into the 1840s.


Overall: 4/5
Overall, I liked it. There were a couple of scenes that you may want to skip after Victoria and Albert get married (two or three scenes, but they are very close together), but other than that, I don't believe there was anything bad in there. There were two assassination attempts made on Queen Victoria, one which no one was hurt (though many were shocked) and the second where someone was injured, but nothing is shown. I think I would watch this again to pick up on some of the smaller details, though I've read that there are some historical inaccuracies, but that's not unusual for biopics.

The Young Victoria is available on DVD and Blu-Ray. It is rated PG and runs for 105 minutes.

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Happy Halloween

Yep, I had to make it! Two days ago, I got the idea to carve a pumpkin, which I haven't done in years, and yesterday, I bought a pumpkin and carved it. Being sick of how graphic and scary Halloween has gotten lately ("...but are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid?"*), I decided that I would go with a Jane Austen approach.

And here it is in action!

Happy Halloween, everyone!

*Quoted from Northanger Abbey


 God Bless,
 

Last Day For Suggestions for Suggestions List!

First of all, I've gotten a couple more suggestions for the list!

Caddy Jellyby (Bleak House)

Lady Dedlock (Bleak House)

Miss Buck (Upstairs Downstairs)

Lady Maud Holland (Upstairs Downstairs)

Lady Agnes Holland (Upstairs Downstairs)

Lady Persephone Towne (Upstairs Downstairs)

Mrs. Thackeray (Upstairs Downstairs)

Rachel Perlmutter (Upstairs Downstairs)

Ivy Morris (Upstairs Downstairs)

Mrs. Isobel Crawley (Downton Abbey)

Gwen (Downton Abbey)

Daisy (Downton Abbey)

Mrs. Elsie Hughes (Downton Abbey)

Mrs. Patmore (Downton Abbey)

Here is the list so far!

Esther Summerson (Bleak House)

Bella Wilfer (Our Mutual Friend)

Lizzie Hexam (Our Mutual Friend)

Madeline Bray (Nicholas Nickleby)

Kate Nickleby (Nicholas Nickleby)
Lorna Doone (Lorna Doone)
Mirah Lapidoth (Daniel Deronda)
Gwendolen Fairfax (The Importance of Being Earnest)
Cecily Cardew (The Importance of Being Earnest) 
Dorothea Brooke (Middlemarch)
Eleanor Tilney (Northanger Abbey)

Meg March (Little Women)
Jo March (Little Women)
Beth March (Little Women)
Amy March (Little Women)

Marguerite Blakney (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
Lady Violet (Downton Abbey)
Anne Taylor Weston (Emma)
Deborah Jenkyns (Cranford)

Helen Graham (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall)

Catherine Earnshaw (Wuthering Heights)

Tess Durbeyfield (Tess of the D'Urbevilles)

Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing)

Portia (Merchant of Venice)

Diana Barry (Anne of Green Gables)

Tzeitel (Fiddler on the Roof)

Miss Browning (Wives and Daughters) -- both?

Sara Stanley (Road to Avonlea)

Ada Clare (Bleak House)

Edith Adelon (The Inheritance)

Louisa Musgrove (Persuasion)

Lucie Manette (A Tale of Two Cities)

Agnes Wickfield (David Copperfield)

Esmerelda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Amelia Sedley (Vanity Fair)

Catherine Linton (Wuthering Heights)

Beatrix Potter (Miss Potter)

Felicity King (Road to Avonlea)

Cosette (Les Miserables)

Peggy Bell (Return to Cranford)

Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House On The Prairie)

Emily Byrd Starr (Emily of New Moon)
Bathsheba Everdene (Far From the Madding Crowd)
Lucy Honeychurch (A Room With A View)
Sara Crew (A Little Princess)
Mary Lennox (The Secret Garden)
Queen Elizabeth, wife of George VI (The King's Speech)
Dorothy Stanbury (He Knew He Was Right)
Bessy Higgins (North & South)

Olivia King Dale (Road to Avonlea)

Hetty King (Road to Avonlea)

Roxanne (Cyrano de Bergerac)

Wenneveria (Pendragon: Sword of His Father)

Buttercup (Princess Bride)

Mary Lennox (The Secret Garden)

Sara Crewe (A Little Princess)

Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn)

Charlotte Lucas (Pride and Prejudice) 

Danielle De Barbarac (Ever After: A Cinderella Story)

Maid Marian (Robin Hood)

Caddy Jellyby (Bleak House)

Lady Dedlock (Bleak House)

Miss Buck (Upstairs Downstairs)

Lady Maud Holland (Upstairs Downstairs)

Lady Agnes Holland (Upstairs Downstairs)

Lady Persephone Towne (Upstairs Downstairs)

Mrs. Thackeray (Upstairs Downstairs)

Rachel Perlmutter (Upstairs Downstairs)

Ivy Morris (Upstairs Downstairs)

Mrs. Isobel Crawley (Downton Abbey)

Gwen (Downton Abbey)

Daisy (Downton Abbey)

Mrs. Elsie Hughes (Downton Abbey)

Mrs. Patmore (Downton Abbey)

This is the last day to suggest contestants for the 2nd Period Drama Heroine Tournament!

I'll accept suggestions until 12:00 AM Eastern Time Zone. Then tomorrow, I will put up the poll sometime during the day. You can vote for as many heroines/female characters as you want. The poll will last one week and the top ten contestants from the poll will be entered into the 2nd Period Drama Tournament.

 God Bless,
 

the zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on ...

 hallo ! Ich hatte gestern die beste Party meines Lebens! Mein Outifit ? Ich glaube ich wurde noch nie so oft
 fotografiert. Alle waren einfach nur baff =) Viele Mädels nutzen Halloween um sich einfach nur extrem sexy
 (und billig) zu kleiden und die perfekte Ausrede dafür zu haben ;) Mensch es ist Halloween! Ich finde es
 muss gruselig und nicht sexy sein. Man kann natürlich beides geschickt mischen. Es gab z.B. ein Mädchen,
 dass von hinten in einem super heißen Rottkäpchen Outift war mit Leder Overknees usw. und von vorne
 hatte sie die gruseligste Wolf-Maske an, die ich je gesehen habe. Als sie sich umgedreht hat, ist mein Herz
 fast stehen geblieben =)

 Übrigens kam das Outfit von meiner Schwester auch super an =) Wir haben die Bude total gerockt!

no place is safe

Sense and Sensibility Week Over at Miss Georgiana Darcy

From November 6-12, Maria Elisabeth at Miss Georgiana Darcy is holding a Sense and Sensibility Week event! There will be numerous events going on during the week, all that have to do with Sense and Sensibility. I will be participating in it; I hope you will too!

God Bless,

halloween-party preparation

Es wird blutig ...
Das GesamtOutfit gibts später :)

Change in Extras Page

 I made a quick change in the Extras Page. There are now individual HTML codes underneath all the extras, not just one that you paste the URL into the code where it said to. Hopefully, this will make putting up extras up on your blog easier!


God Bless,

glam rock

 Hallo meine Lieben! Ich möchte euch nur ganz schnell mein Outfit von heute zeigen.
 Hab das Tiger-Shirt mit einem Pailletten Rock kombiniert und ich finde es einfach nur traumhaft. Es trifft zu
 100 % meinen Geschmack - Glamoureus und rockig zugleich. Mit silbernen Armbändern habe ich versucht
 das Gesamtbild noch ein wenig aufzupeppen.

 Ich arbeite gerade an einem Haar- und Makeup-Tutorial zu diesem Look. Ihr werdet überrascht sein wie
 leicht man so etwas hinkriegen kann =)

Shirt-Gina Tricot, Rock-Zara(4€!!!!), Heels-Primark, Schmuck-H&M,Primark 

More Icons!

There are 15 more icons made! Enjoy!









 God Bless,
 

Latest Additions to Suggestions List (Updated 10/28/11)

 I've gotten a very good response for suggestions for the 2nd Period Drama Heroine Tournament. Been a little quiet the past couple of days, though. Here are the latest additions!

Danielle De Barbarac (Ever After: A Cinderella Story)

Maid Marian (Robin Hood)

Current List

Esther Summerson (Bleak House)

Bella Wilfer (Our Mutual Friend)

Lizzie Hexam (Our Mutual Friend)

Madeline Bray (Nicholas Nickleby)

Kate Nickleby (Nicholas Nickleby)
Lorna Doone (Lorna Doone)
Mirah Lapidoth (Daniel Deronda)
Gwendolen Fairfax (The Importance of Being Earnest)
Cecily Cardew (The Importance of Being Earnest)
Dorothea Brooke (Middlemarch)
Eleanor Tilney (Northanger Abbey)

Meg March (Little Women)
Jo March (Little Women)
Beth March (Little Women)
Amy March (Little Women)

Marguerite Blakney (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
Lady Violet (Downton Abbey)
Anne Taylor Weston (Emma)
Deborah Jenkyns (Cranford)

Helen Graham (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall)

Catherine Earnshaw (Wuthering Heights)

Tess Durbeyfield (Tess of the D'Urbevilles)

Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing)

Portia (Merchant of Venice)

Diana Barry (Anne of Green Gables)

Tzeitel (Fiddler on the Roof)

Miss Browning (Wives and Daughters) -- both?

Sara Stanley (Road to Avonlea)

Ada Clare (Bleak House)

Edith Adelon (The Inheritance)

Louisa Musgrove (Persuasion)

Lucie Manette (A Tale of Two Cities)

Agnes Wickfield (David Copperfield)

Esmerelda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Amelia Sedley (Vanity Fair)

Catherine Linton (Wuthering Heights)

Beatrix Potter (Miss Potter)

Felicity King (Road to Avonlea)

Cosette (Les Miserables)

Peggy Bell (Return to Cranford)

Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House On The Prairie)

Emily Byrd Starr (Emily of New Moon)
Bathsheba Everdene (Far From the Madding Crowd)
Lucy Honeychurch (A Room With A View)
Sara Crew (A Little Princess)
Mary Lennox (The Secret Garden)
Queen Elizabeth, wife of George VI (The King's Speech)
Dorothy Stanbury (He Knew He Was Right)
Bessy Higgins (North & South)

Olivia King Dale (Road to Avonlea)

Hetty King (Road to Avonlea)

Roxanne (Cyrano de Bergerac)

Wenneveria (Pendragon: Sword of His Father)

Buttercup (Princess Bride)

Mary Lennox (The Secret Garden)

Sara Crewe (A Little Princess)

Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn)

Charlotte Lucas (Pride and Prejudice) 

Danielle De Barbarac (Ever After: A Cinderella Story)

Maid Marian (Robin Hood)

There are only three days left for suggestions! If you have a suggestion for the poll, make your suggestion now! (or soon)

 

God Bless,
 

blogger-interview pt. 5

 Hallo! Zeit für ein weiteres Blogger-Interview. Diesmal mit der lieben Patricia von
 justbabycake.blogspot.com   Ihre Post sind immer sehr schön gestaltet und man kann sich richtig
 inspirieren lassen =) Unbedingt reinschauen ihr Lieben!

Wie bist du zum Bloggen gekommen?


 Ich mochte schon immer schöne Bilder & diese hat man oft auf Blogs gefunden, bald hab ich mir selber
 einen erstellt, hab ihn aber eher als Bilder- & Sprüchesammlung verwendet.

 Seit Mai – zuerst auf Over-Blog, seit August auf Blogger – blogge ich nun über mich, mein Leben, Beauty,
 Mode & allem was dazu gehört : )

Was inspiriert dich?

 eigentlich alles! Gespräche in der Schule/mit Freunden, Leute auf der Straße, man muss nur mit offenen
 Augen durch die Welt gehen & schon wird man inspiriert

Wohin würdest du gerne reisen?

 ich liebe es zu reisen, am liebsten wäre ich jedes Wochenende woanders : )

 ich möchte die ganze Welt sehen – nicht nur die typischen Touristenziele, aber als nächstes geht es (bereits
 zum 3. Mal) wieder nach New York

Dein/e Lieblingsaccessoire/s?

Ohrringe ❤ im Moment haben es mir besonders Federohrringe angetan!

Vielen Dank liebe Patricia !

The Rachel Zoe Project

 ich bin ein riesiger Fan von Rachel Zoe. Ich bewundere diese Frau wirklich sehr. Sie hat hart gearbeitet um
 in dieser Position zu sein, in der sie sich gerade befindet und was Karriere angeht, ist sie ein wahres
 Vorbild für mich. Ich denke wirklich das man mit harter Arbeit so gut wie alles im Leben erreichen kann,
 was man sich als Ziel setzt. Man muss nur wollen und auch wirklich was dafür tun. Meiner Meinung
 nach kann ein Leben ohne Träume und Ziele nicht wirklich erfüllend sein.
 Ich hab natürlich auch meine Träume und ich hoffe sehr, dass es irgendwann so weit sein wird und ich sagen
 kann : "Ich habe mein Ziel erreicht "

 Alle 3 "The Rachel Zoe Project"-Staffeln wurden von mir verschlungen und ich bin total glücklich darüber,
 dass es seit einigen Wochen die 4te gibt.

 Ich leide immer sehr mit ihren Assistenten, die ins kalte Wasser geschmissen werden und immer wieder
 versuchen, nicht die Fassung zu verlieren und die ihnen gestellten Aufgaben so gut wie möglich zu meistern.
 So ergeht es ja uns allen.

 Ich muss zugeben, dass mir auch berufliche Veränderungen bevorstehen und ich ebenfalls ins kalte Wasser
 geschmissen werde. Ich hab fürchterliche Angst zu versagen und hab große Angst es nicht
 zu schaffen. Jedesmal wenn ich daran denke und Angst kriege, sage ich mir selbst "Denk an die Assistenten
 von rachel Zoe! Die haben es auch geschafft !" hahahaah =)
 Das mag lustig klingen, aber die Sendung motiviert mich wirklich sehr!

 Natürlich bewundere ich nicht nur Rachels Zielstrebigkeit, sondern auch ihren Style. Dies Frau weißt wie
 man sich anzieht, das steht fest. Aus diesem Grund hab ich eine kleine Kollage von ein paar ihrer Outfits
 erstellt.


EDIT: Zu ihrer Essstörung oder ihrem Gewicht möchte ich mich an dieser Stelle nicht äußern.





 An dieser Stelle - Lasst euch inspirieren, verfolgt eure Ziele und verliert nie die motivation!