For some time now, we’ve been talking about hosting a period drama challenge. The three of us participate in several book ones and thought why not take this to another level and organize one around one of our favourite themes.
First of all, this will be an annual challenge starting the 01/07/2009 and ending the 01/07/2010. No need to rush, this is to be enjoyed and, if someone wishes, discussed.
After careful deliberation, we’ve decided to set several levels of difficulty. Each person will select their levels according to the number of movies they want to see during the following year.
1. Just looking (2 movies)
2. Becoming interested (4 movies)
3. Faithful viewer (6 movies)
4. Clearly addicted (8 movies)
5. Undoubtedly obsessed (12 movies)
To make things more interesting, you can choose one or two themes for your challenge. Let us give you an example. Let’s say that Miss X chooses level 5 (12 movies) and decides to go for Kings & Queens and Wars & Revolutions. She simply has to divide those 12 movies between these two themes.
Challenge themes:
- Kings & Queens (central plot around royalty)
- Through the Centuries (1 movie per century)
- Wars & Revolutions (plot set during a war or revolution)
- Bonnets & Hessians (set during the Regency)
- Victorian Mist (set during the Victorian era)
- Maids & Knights (set during the Middle Ages)
- All Over the World (1 movie per country)
To participate, use the contact form in our Period Drama Challenge page and we’ll add you to the participants list.
Edit: You can decided your theme and list of movies/series as the year goes.
After watching each movie, you can do a review or just a quick little post in your blog/website so that we know how you are doing. You can send us the link through the contact form above. Be sure to add to the title “Movie Challenge”, please.
If you have any questions, you just need to ask and we’ll answer them as quickly as possible.
Finally, we created a little button for all those who want to use it.
Have fun!
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I’ll definitely go for the ” Undoubtedly obsessed” category but at the moment I have no idea yet what I’m going to choose. I’ll have to see what I have at home and give it some thought…
I have the same problem, Ana T. I’m trying to organize a list and I keep changing my choices. I’ll have to think about it tonight and tomorrow I’ll have my list. ;-)
Ah, decisions, decisions… ;-)
I must confess, I’m very tempted by the All Over the World theme… I’m so predictable.:P
ROTFLOL so you are!!
I’ll probably go for the Undoubtedly Obsessed, I just have to check what I have at home in my TBS pile. ;-)
Great idea! :)
I’ll definitely go for level 5, too. ;) But am also not sure about the category(s), maybe Kings & Queens and All Over The World… we’ll see. :)
Okay, so I am in. I think probably at the Becoming Interested level, and probably Victorian Mist and Kings and Queens.
I am assuming that rewatching a movie/series counts?
Welcome Marg! Yes, rewatching does count! :-)
Okay, I’m going to dive in and give it a try! I’m going for #5, as I think I’m already obsessed! I’m not going to pick categories quite yet, as I’m thinking I will be including a few TV series that are set in the Medieval Period, even though I want to focus more on Regency & Victorian eras. We’ll see, but excited to get into this! I’ll post on my blog.
I’m going for #5 and I just watched “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” so let’s see… I could go for…
- Kings & Queens
- Through the Centuries
- Wars & Revolutions
- Maids & Knights
- All Over the World
Yup, my options are wide open at this point!! :)
Becky, when you can, please send us an email through the contact form, so that we can add you to the list, it’s easier to keep track this way.
I wanna give it a go as well,I’ll go for lvl 5 :)