awful, awful awful!!!
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thebigmouth — 10 years ago(August 28, 2015 09:05 AM)
I was just so impressed by the cast of A Man For All Seasons and found Henry VIII, Cromwell and Wolsey a bit boring - try the movie yourself and see what I mean.
I've seen a Man for All Seasons, but it was when I was much younger probably too young to fully appreciate it. Perhaps I'll give it another shot.
TV:
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EllisFowler — 9 years ago(June 22, 2016 07:06 PM)
I tried the movie. I love it. I've loved it since its release. It's on my short list of perfect films. I also love
Wolf Hall
. Different perspective, different emphases, different focus, i.e. More (who, incidentally, really did think torturing "heretics" was necessary) as opposed to Cromwell. I'm not sure why people seem to find these works' merits mutually exclusive. -
!!!deleted!!! (8778465) — 10 years ago(September 03, 2015 11:12 PM)
What a bunch of nonsense.
Why should anyone care if you think something is 'boring'? Do you actually hold yourself in such high regard that you think your personal tastes and preferences are actually anything but subjective? I just don't get why people are so beep dumb these days.
Wolf Hall is certainly not for everyone. I know why people might find it boring, but, I also do not care. I don't care if you think something is boring, no one does. Go eat a dick.
Not every show needs to be puffed up with drama and over-acted. Points could be made as to historical inaccuracy, but to call it 'boring' is jackassery. I used to always complain about being bored when I was 8 years old. How old are you guys? -
bongo-6 — 10 years ago(September 04, 2015 06:05 AM)
By the same token do you think anybody cares what you think. I was never bored by it or anything but it was boring in a critical kind of way. If you don't like what people write on here don't read it. You see we don't care that you don't care just as you don't care what we care about and guess what? I wrote this without need for all the beeps you needed. But to say
no one cares
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!!!deleted!!! (8778465) — 10 years ago(September 05, 2015 06:41 AM)
The 'need for all the beeps'? I didn't realize anyone was counting, or that 'beeps' are some sort of resource that are ever 'needed' or 'not needed'.
'If I don't like what I read why do I read it?' Good question.
"But to say no one cares is a bit silly - how do you know that idiot?" Yes, it is a bit silly. It's such a tiresome point though, if anyone can claim that 'no one cares' about something, or can call something truly boring, it's this.
I'm sorry that my post upset you. I don't even remember what I wrote and I'm not actually interested enough to go back and read it. All I remember is that I read a whole bunch of nonsense, had a 'I can't believe people are so stupid' moment, and felt compelled to write something in response to it all.
To bring this back to the actual topic of the thread, 'boring in a critical kind of way'? I guess I just fundamentally disagree with you, probably on almost everything. The word 'boring' typically denotes a negative connotation, does it not? If Wolf Hall is not 'boring', why would you call it such? 'It's boring but it's not boring.' I know what you mean, but it's still nonsense, and it's a terrible way of describing something. It's not boring, and it's a shame that you feel obliged to say it is. Do not enough words exist in the English language to pick a descriptor that actually describes how you feel about the show, without throwing in intrinsically negative ones that you don't even actually agree with? 'Boring in a critical way' doesn't mean anything, it's dumb. -
LawrenceJoseSinclair — 10 years ago(March 19, 2016 04:30 AM)
YES, it's everyone else that's taken leave of our senses, your's are perfect, lol.. like the SNL character played by Martin Short, the evil corporate dude being caught, who always says "It's all of THEM right, it's not ME, right?"
My only regret in life is that I'm not someone else - Woody Allen -
mallaverack — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 04:15 AM)
Rylance has been critically and popularly acclaimed for his performance in this excellent series.
The subtlety in his responses, especially to those of higher social standing,
is wonderfully delivered, just as you would expect from a person in his position and in his time and place.
Having watched innumerable films and documentaries dealing with Henry VIII over many years, I was at the stage of losing interest in further portrayals of this flawed and ultimately wretched monarch but Wolf Hall, in every respect, has proved to be a marvelous account of him and his time as ruler.