Downton Abbey wasn’t that great either. Didn’t even bother with the movie. Try watching Barry Lyndon. It’s about 3 hours of beautiful film making, starring Ryan O’Neal as an Irishman rises and falls in the era of King George III. Shot completely using natural light, even indoor scenes, with very specialized lenses.
Barry Lyndon was gorgeous.
The only problem was Ryan O’Neal, who was about as believable as the 18th century Irish hero as Kelly McGillis was a rocket scientist in Top Gun.
True, Barry Lyndon is a beautiful film, but it drags so much they probably charged kids price for admission if you were still 12 when it was over.