Very Cool!!!

Highly Overrated But Still Good

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Most events are far from truth but this serie deserves a 10 only for Versailles itself, you are instantly dropped in the middle of 1600 together with King Luis and his court, ambience, fashion, a great work is done everything is just magnificent!!

As convoluted a plot and as gorgeously presented as The Tudors or The Borgias, which is a delight, but of the historical period of such shows as New Worlds and The Great Fire. Indeed if you loved those last two shows then this is an even greater effort, and a much greater treat. The plot is splendidly unpredictable, but I have to take a point off because the first series ends with a cliffhanger (sorry about the spoiler), which, after investing in ten episodes is just a tad unfair. The show's strength is the the very real, very different and very varied types of relationships that exist in and around the circle of the King. As with the movie Elizabeth, one gets a very real sense of the tension and gossip that underpin all those good manners. And this series doesn't lack for a budget, as some of the forest and battle vistas are works of art in themselves. The script is highly intelligent and something of genius.Looks like I'll be watching series two!

Few examples of scandalous inventions by the script writers of this series. In the first episode very religious queen Maria Theresa of Spain gives birth to a black child (!) - of course that never really happened. When she died king "Louis remarked that she had never caused him unease on any other occasion" (Wikipedia). The king (Louis XIV) is having a passionate sexual relationship with his brother's wife (history tells us slightly different story). The actress Lizzie Brocheré is a young girl (in the series maybe 20 years old) that wants to be a doctor and helps her father deliver the queen's child (absolutely impossible for a woman to be a doctor around 1660). In another scene a court woman says to another: "Nice perfume", the other replies: "I never use one". Versailles didn't have a single bathroom in those days which was the main reason why perfumes were invented! Strange but true. So such conversation was highly improbable... All this (and more) happens just in the 1st episode! Script writers of a historical serial should know better! Unwatchable!

One of those shows it took me some time to get round to watching, but after binge watching Series 1 I have to say it is excellent viewing, I'll agree with other reviewers who highlight there are very definitely historical inaccuracies, the birth of the Queen's baby etc, but they can be overlooked, as the drama is somehow addictive. It is very raunchy, lots of sex scenes, and lots of gay sex scenes, shock horror.The sets and costumes are incredibly lavish, you cannot helped but be wowed by the sheer majesty of the buildings and surroundings, The Palace of Versailles itself almost takes on the role of an extra character, it's so impressive. It is visually always on the money, the filming, music etc, are first rate, utterly faultless.I'm so glad they chose not to put on dodgy French accents, so often spoil historical dramas.George Blagden is an outstanding lead actor, he looks so incredibly different in costume, I think he's wonderful in the role, masses of charisma. So well matched is Alexander Vlahos, who plays his brother, totally suited to the part, fair to say he adds masses of variety to the show.Great to see that Series 3 has been commissioned, meaning plenty of Versailles to come. Great show. 8/10