awful, awful awful!!!
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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
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nyctc7 — 10 years ago(June 12, 2015 10:37 AM)
Mixed feelings. It is certainly not awful. But I wish it was a little better. So far (just finished episode 3) I like the 1970s BBC production "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" (Keith Michell, Wolfe Morris, Dorothy Tutin) better.
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pvd295 — 10 years ago(June 12, 2015 04:41 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.
Agree. It's a show I really want to enjoy and love - but for some reason, I just can't enjoy it as much as I want to. It's rather slow and draggyI feel as though the story could have been told already in half the time.
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mformoviesandmore — 10 years ago(July 29, 2015 10:28 PM)
I dragged myself through three episodes. And as each episode progressed I found myself doing more and more - other things.
It dawned on me that no connection had been established with any character and the events were playing out as if read by a monotone narrator.
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jstang411 — 10 years ago(June 27, 2015 10:29 AM)
the plot is so deep it has drowned.
Perhaps that is your real problem. I think of the plot as brilliantly and finely nuanced..you think of it as drowned in depth. To each his own, and lots of options out there these days. -
thebigmouth — 10 years ago(August 01, 2015 09:10 AM)
Different strokes. I thought Rylance's performance was incredible and the plotting impeccable.
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