QUEEN CHARLOTTE: A BRIDGERTON STORY REVIEW
For those who haven't watched it, yet I won't really be going into the details.
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If you’re a fan of the historical romance genre like this writer is, then you’ve heard about the Bridgerton book series written by Julia Quinn. This time, the story removes focus from the Bridgerton family and centres instead on the life of the King and Queen.
THE STORY
Queen Charlotte is a spinoff of the Bridgerton series, released on the 4th of May, featuring six episodes of romantic bliss. Not quite your typical historical romance story where the female lead is just helpless and dependent on the male lead at the beginning. It's quite the opposite.
The drama series follows the life of Queen Charlotte and King George as married couples, in two different timelines, with no prior knowledge of what either of them was getting into and how their love survives through everything.
The book, which was released on the 9th of May 2023, is co-authored by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes.
THE CAST AND CREW
The historical drama is produced and written by Shonda Rhimes, with Tom Verica as the director. The work has received a lot of praise as well as criticisms.
Young Queen Charlotte, who is the main focus of the series, is played by India Amarteifio, while Golda Rosheuvel plays the much older Queen Charlotte. Might I say that the casting for Queen Charlotte was immaculate.
Corey Mylcreest, Arsema Thomas, and the rest of the actors deserve accolades for their on-point mannerisms and physical features that were quite similar to their older colleagues who they portrayed.
Since its release, fans have been gushing about how great the chemistry is between the actors and how perfect they seem to be in real life *coughs in Corey Mylcreest*.
THE REVIEW
Now, to everyone's question, is Queen Charlotte worth the hype?
One hundred percent. I'll give it an 8/10.
Comparisons between previous seasons of Bridgerton are causing waves on Twitter and every other social network between fans and romance enthusiasts. I agree that Queen Charlotte is the best, of course, but that's just me.
The production team have let people know that historical accuracy is not their main goal for the making of the film and while people seem to be hung up on the fact that the real life Queen Charlotte was not black, historical accuracy wasn't what they were aiming for, and I understand that. They wanted to tell a story, and they delivered. I fell in love with the storytelling, most especially the one episode that we got to see King George's POV. That part made me teary.
The cinematography and the music were excellent. The idea of using orchestrated versions of pop songs is one of my favourite things about Bridgerton. Just listen to the original Queen Charlotte scores on apple Music and Spotify and tell me if I'm wrong.
What don't I like about it?
Apart from the fact that we might not get another episode or season about the King and Queen, nothing about this film put me off in any way. The sex scenes overshadowed the romance in the film. I do believe there are ways to portray Charlotte and George's love for each other with simple gestures and quality time. Hardly were they ever in the same room just to talk, and it made me cringe a couple of times. It also made me sad that we didn't get enough scenes of Queen Charlotte and King George in their old age. Anyway, everything wrong with it became right when I saw the last scene in the series.
This writer is glad you made it this far, sending love to our special guest, lady whistledown (who only did this because I threatened to reveal her secret identity). Tell me what you think in the comments, and follow for more content like this. 'Till next time.
If you haven't watched Queen Charlotte, what are you waiting for?
