A Royal Affair (2012) - March 26, 2013

[Scottie]

A Royal Affair (2012)

A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.

[arcadeforest]

Great film if you are into period films / costume dramas. Saw this a little over a month ago and really enjoyed it - will be getting this one for my collection at some point.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by arcadeforest

Great film if you are into period films / costume dramas. Saw this a little over a month ago and really enjoyed it - will be getting this one for my collection at some point.

It sounds pretty good. I'm trying to personally get into period dramas, specifically the Keira Knightley films. I have Atonement and Pride And Prejudice and I hope to pick up Anna Karenina. If I decide to import the Sofia Coppola Box Set from France (for The Virgin Suicides specifically), I'll also get Marie Antoinette.

[arcadeforest]

Originally Posted by iScottie

It sounds pretty good. I'm trying to personally get into period dramas, specifically the Keira Knightley films. I have Atonement and Pride And Prejudice and I hope to pick up Anna Karenina. If I decide to import the Sofia Coppola Box Set from France (for The Virgin Suicides specifically), I'll also get Marie Antoinette.

In college I became enthralled in history / hummanity courses. I seriously considered majoring in either of the two subjects (only a few classes away from a history degree due to the fact I took them for fun) but considered potential careers with it and went a different route. The end result for me I love just about any film that takes place in some sort of historical context / with the costumes / etc. Now I realize we are talking Hollywood so sometimes the real history is out the door but I still like getting caught up in the film.

A Royal Affair was very good. Mads Mikkelsen was excellent in this as usual and Mikkel Følsgaard did a great job as the unbalanced king as well as Alicia Vikander did playing the queen (she is in Anna Karenina as well). Like I said before if you like costume dramas this is a good one.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by arcadeforest

In college I became enthralled in history / hummanity courses. I seriously considered majoring in either of the two subjects (only a few classes away from a history degree due to the fact I took them for fun) but considered potential careers with it and went a different route. The end result for me I love just about any film that takes place in some sort of historical context / with the costumes / etc. Now I realize we are talking Hollywood so sometimes the real history is out the door but I still like getting caught up in the film.

A Royal Affair was very good. Mads Mikkelsen was excellent in this as usual and Mikkel Følsgaard did a great job as the unbalanced king as well as Alicia Vikander did playing the queen (she is in Anna Karenina as well). Like I said before if you like costume dramas this is a good one.

Great to hear! Will check it out if it's the right price!

[benbess]

Liked this film a lot!

[RipleyLV426]

Family Video has this one also for $19.99 right now.

[warrian]

Will be blind buying this as soon as there is another price drop. Hopefully in time for the Holidays.

Heard only great things.

[bookcase]

Originally Posted by warrian

Will be blind buying this as soon as there is another price drop. Hopefully in time for the Holidays.

Heard only great things.

It's available for streaming on Netflix if you don't want to wait.

[warrian]

Thanks for the tip! Holding out to own the Blu as this is the kind of film I really enjoy collecting, not to mention viewing with the best possible PQ.

It's gone as low as $17.00 a few times but it never seems to stay there for long. I'd snatch it up right now for that.

[The Crimson King]

Recently bought this, popped it in my player and found that the Bluray menu just loops its video intro over and over, and there's no "play" options at all. I've tried every button on the Bluray remote, nothing will get the movie to play. Does anyone else know of this problem or how to fix it?

[Steady]

Originally Posted by The Crimson King

Recently bought this, popped it in my player and found that the Bluray menu just loops its video intro over and over, and there's no "play" options at all. I've tried every button on the Bluray remote, nothing will get the movie to play. Does anyone else know of this problem or how to fix it?

I just popped this in my PS3 and found the same problem. Did you ever resolve what the issue was?

For anyone unfamiliar, the menu has no control options (like play, special features, scene selection, etc.) and there's no way to move from this menu to the film itself. It would almost be funny but it's pretty frustrating.

I was disappointed to see this thread be so barren, I'd be curious to hear other people's experiences with this title.


Just an update: I ended up ripping it to my pc with makemkv and just watching it there

The mkv is perfect and extracted fine. It really is just that the menu screen has no actual menu on it. I was trying on a PS3 slim before, maybe other people's blu-ray players don't have this problem. Who knows