awful, awful awful!!!
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hillrosemary — 11 years ago(January 25, 2015 05:18 AM)
I don't myself think it's either too boring or slow. I thoroughly enjoyed it and thought it was wonderful. Perhaps the most important thing is that it runs over six episodes and we've only seen one. Maybe watch a couple of others before judging it too harshly?
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anatja — 11 years ago(January 26, 2015 04:24 PM)
I've seen two episodes actually.
Anyway, true, it could just be 'boring to me' but to be honest, I rarely find anything historical "boring to me" so it never occurred to me that that would ever be the case.
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randommovies2002 — 11 years ago(January 27, 2015 10:57 AM)
I've seen the first two eps also, and I like what I've seen. It won't make my all-time top ten, but it'll likely make my top ten of 2015.
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!!!deleted!!! (8778465) — 10 years ago(September 03, 2015 11:14 PM)
"Anyway, true, it could just be 'boring to me' but to be honest, I rarely find anything historical "boring to me" so it never occurred to me that that would ever be the case. "
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Helpfan65 — 10 years ago(May 13, 2015 07:03 PM)
I thing the show could've been done in 3 episodes. It dragged beyond belief with so much pointless dialog, and the things that should've been in the script were left out, eg, Anne at the end, sending word that she begged Princess Mary's pardon for all the petty, cruelties she inflicted on her. Interesting how THAT didn't make it to the script.
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sluggr-2 — 11 years ago(January 25, 2015 08:51 AM)
The beauty of being an ignorant American is that I can tune into this and enjoy it with no expectations. I find the aspect of following one character around to be somewhat intriguing. As a device, it draws me into the action in much the same way that shooting on a handheld camera brought viewers of "Homicide, Life on the Streets" into the scene as participants and not just as viewers. And anything with Lewis and Gatiss in it has been historically good. Amazing to watch something from this period and have the only deaths through 2 episodes to be from disease and natural causes, sort of the anti-Game of Thrones approach. And it is only 6 eps so it won't be a huge time suck, so it fits in with Pillars of the Earth in that regard. I see it as just being an extended movie that has been fleshed out a bit more.
As an aside, this little treat has made me re-evaluate everything from this time period anyway.
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ameilius — 11 years ago(January 28, 2015 08:18 AM)
It's a masterful productiongood acting, fine scripts and all the flavor of a classic period piece. Not to mention its subject matter, i.e. Henry VIII's chaotic love life and his breaking with the Church of Rome, and how one man, Cromwell, finds a way to cope with all of that. Drama plus melodrama, and yet you're BORED? Really??? Anyone bored with Wolf Hall should try taking Ritalin!
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chicago85 — 10 years ago(April 29, 2015 07:58 PM)
They need Cromwell to be played like Marlon Brando in Street Car Named Desire. Scratching, belching, raping his sister in law, rutting like a pig.
That would take care of the people who say they are bored and how terrible it is but keep watching. Maybe they should throw in some vampires and zombies while they are at it.
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bongo-6 — 10 years ago(April 30, 2015 04:09 AM)
Have a look to see how Henry VIII should be played by watching
A Man For All Seasons
and whilst you are there look at how good Cromwell is - in fact the whole cast is brilliant. Glad you reminded me I'll look for it on DVD.
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jstang411 — 10 years ago(April 30, 2015 10:43 AM)
awful, awful awful!!!
But yet it has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Why do you figure that is? We could leave it at cinematic tastes are person, but you felt so strongly that you had to put out "awful" thrice, with four exclamation marks to boot. -
laverite — 10 years ago(May 23, 2015 02:29 PM)
I have to agree with the original poster.
I love me a period drama and the sets and costumes were lush but it was so slow and ponderous that it was hard to get involved in it. In fact, I came here to see if I had missed the current episode/s only to find it ended without an ending.
PBS' preview
Inside the Court of Henry VIII
was far more interesting and even more entertaining.