THE CROWN (2016) TV SERIES REVIEW

The Crown, 2016 is a historical TV series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The series have been created and written by Peter Morgan and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix. Until now, the series contains three seasons with total of 60 episodes which makes it 10 episodes for each season.

            The first season of The Crown was released on November 4 2016 and series cover Queen Elizabeth’s life from her younger years to her reign in the 21^st century. As for the second season, the original released was on December 8 2017 and the drama continues with covering up the event of Suez Crisis in 1956 until the birth of Prince Edward in 1964. While the third season on November 17 2019 covers the event from 1964 to 1977 which started from the election of the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson. The TV Series will be having its fourth and fifth season in coming.

            Based on The Crown Season 2, the beginning of the series was covering the Suez crisis in 1956. In the first two episodes, we can see how Queen Elizabeth (Claire Foy) deals with the crisis and her family problems or perhaps the assumption that she made towards her husband, Philip (Matt Smith). Also, we could see how the Prime Minister, Anthony Eden (Jeremy Northam) take the responsibilities towards his decision making during the Suez Crisis.

            The cinematography in this series, the production team has put a lot of effort and the material or the product have been rated as the high rating tv series in IMDb with the rate of 8.7/10 and 89% in Rotten Tomatoes. Everything about the cinematography, either the camera movement, the story plot, the characters or the setting in the series really fits with the high rate given. The story sets the event in the 90th century, but Peter Morgan brilliantly sets the tone with less colours and the technology like the telephone, or the broadcasting equipment used really fits the story timeline accurately despite the ‘in the making’ of the series takes place in today’s time as those equipment like the typewriter, the black and white television and even the old telephone are harder to find these days due to the improvement and the changing of the technology.

            As for the characters, Peter Morgan has come up with the brilliant actor to play their role character accurately and perfectly. Claire Foy as the Queen Elizabeth makes her looks calm and smart and Matt Smith with his good and handsome look as the Queen’s husband, Philip. Both play an important role to complete the series. With the series being serious with the diplomatic and politician matters, the daughter and the son of the royal couple, makes the story or scenes less heavy with their cute and charming looks and acting.

Again, Peter Morgan did a brilliant job in his work with this TV series. The Crown was set to be a historical drama series and it also suitable for people or viewer in any age to watch. Plus, the series also may be found helpful for those who are learning and love every single aspect or every single thing about History. This is because, the accuracy of the event in the series are almost the same.

What people have been told from the history book about the event, now has been told back with the actions of the actors to make people understand and have their point of view about the situation during the time it happened. With hope that people can appreciate their rulers and the Queen after all the hardships and the sacrifice to make the United Kingdom as the country as it is now.

Overall, the series are interesting although some of the scenes may be a little bit slow. It is a recommend TV series for those who like historical genre of any film or series as it can gives different point of view to learn. Those who dislike historical film and series might have find the series are boring, but it is still possible for them to enjoy the full series for its story or maybe for their favorite actors.

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