And so ends the reign of 'The Crown.'
In a previous review for the Series, through Season 5, I rated this very highly: 8 stars. I was very impressed with the consistently good writing, directing, and the superb acting. I continued to feel the same for the first half (4 Episodes) of Season 6. The portrayal of the events leading up to, and including the death of Diana, were superb.
Then came the second half of Season 6, and it was as if the producers said: 'Enough. We're tired of this. Let's end it and move on.' So, of the final 6 episodes, they devoted one entire episode to William at University, and one entire episode to the declining, and ultimately dying, Margaret; leaving a scant 4 episodes to bring the story from Diana's death to the marriage of Charles and Camilla to a conclusion.
The series should have continued on and ended with the coronation of Charles, thus covering the deaths of both Phillip and the Queen. Shame on the producers!
As I previously noted (in my review of the first 5 Seasons), the multiple castings of the main characters, as they aged, was near-note perfect. I thought they made only 3 major casting errors: John Lithgow, as Churchill; Bertie Carvel, as Tony Blair; and in the final half, Luther Ford, as Harry. The actor is good, but he looked nothing like Harry, other than the Ginger hair. But, Ford and the writers, did a great job of portraying Harry as the petulant, spoiled, jealous, self-absorbed, vindictive, sniveling, backstabbing, disloyal weakling that he is indeed!
There was a very nice touch, in the finale, bringing back all three of the actresses who portrayed QEII, in the form of internal monologues. Brilliant!
In a previous review for the Series, through Season 5, I rated this very highly: 8 stars. I was very impressed with the consistently good writing, directing, and the superb acting. I continued to feel the same for the first half (4 Episodes) of Season 6. The portrayal of the events leading up to, and including the death of Diana, were superb.
Then came the second half of Season 6, and it was as if the producers said: 'Enough. We're tired of this. Let's end it and move on.' So, of the final 6 episodes, they devoted one entire episode to William at University, and one entire episode to the declining, and ultimately dying, Margaret; leaving a scant 4 episodes to bring the story from Diana's death to the marriage of Charles and Camilla to a conclusion.
The series should have continued on and ended with the coronation of Charles, thus covering the deaths of both Phillip and the Queen. Shame on the producers!
As I previously noted (in my review of the first 5 Seasons), the multiple castings of the main characters, as they aged, was near-note perfect. I thought they made only 3 major casting errors: John Lithgow, as Churchill; Bertie Carvel, as Tony Blair; and in the final half, Luther Ford, as Harry. The actor is good, but he looked nothing like Harry, other than the Ginger hair. But, Ford and the writers, did a great job of portraying Harry as the petulant, spoiled, jealous, self-absorbed, vindictive, sniveling, backstabbing, disloyal weakling that he is indeed!
There was a very nice touch, in the finale, bringing back all three of the actresses who portrayed QEII, in the form of internal monologues. Brilliant!