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Episode 3 (Original UK Version) Reviews
Episode 3 (Original UK Version) Reviews
| 268 of 294 people found the following review helpful  Downton Abbey Season 3 - Great Entertainment, By This review is from: Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Season 3 DVD (Original U.K. Version) (DVD) The much anticipated Downton Abbey Series 3 starts in Spring 1920, carrying on from the superb Christmas Special which was set over the 1919/20 holiday period. The first episode picks up with Lady Mary and Matthew Crawley at last about to get hitched, but as usual there is quite a lot going on at Downton both above and below stairs and you just know that nothing is going to go smoothly.Shirley Maclaine makes her appearance as Martha Levinson, Lady Grantham's American mother. As usual, Violet, played by Maggie Smith manages to set the scene with some rather pithy comments. Martha has no time for the stuffy English and their traditions and is not slow to voice her opinion. Clearly she was introduced as a foil to Maggie Smith and the interplay between the two does work very well as one suspected it would. Violet seems to manage to continue to dominate any scene she is in. There are plenty of dramatic moments in the new series, as life on the Downton estate... Read more 250 of 286 people found the following review helpful You'll love it, you know you will!, By lizzie (north of north) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Season 3 DVD (Original U.K. Version) (DVD) I apologise that I am not reviewing the DVD itself; its quality, extras and price etc., but the content of the show. I am sure that the quality of production for the series 3 DVD will be just as good as the previous ones, just make sure you purchase the unedited version.Downton series 3 kicks off in splendid style, though I am a bit confused about the time line. Sybil is expecting and barely "showing" and we are told this is almost 6 months on from the Christmas special, in which we were told she was expecting. The early storyline with Edith is also a major inconsistency for me, but I cannot say why without giving things away. Apart from these niggles, this series is going to be about change. The world from top to bottom changed after WW1 and this series is dealing with those issues. I will not tell what's going on, but there are many changes coming for both upstairs and downstairs at Downton. Shirley Maclaine is terrific with the whole cast, but provides a perfect foil for... Read more 149 of 187 people found the following review helpful A "classier" time ..., By BELLE S. TIONGCO (MAKATI, Philippines) - See all my reviews This review is from: Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Season 3 DVD (Original U.K. Version) (DVD) I'm addicted to Downton Abbey. I'm addicted to the dialogue, to the fashion, to the twists and turns of life in the Grantham realm. I love the show for the values that it promotes - values long forgotten and exchanged for the seemingly more exciting lives of housewives and misguided youth. So bring back the times when people lived and died for honour. When every person's ultimate battle, rich or poor, consisted of enlarging the good and bright, and diminishing the dark and evil in his being. Visually, there is little on international television that can compete with the magnificent production, editing and cinematography of Downton Abbey. It is just visual excellence, from Day One. I am soooo looking forward to Matthew and Mary's wedding.... |
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