Nonureva Really Surprised!

NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Filipe Neto This film is based on the love affairs between the English King Henry VIII and his two courtesans, Mary and Anne Boleyn, the second of which would become queen, though for a short period. Directed by Justin Chadwick, was written by Peter Morgan and has the participation of Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson and Eric Bana.This film has its origin not on historical facts but on a historical novel by Philippa Gregory, slightly inspired by historical facts. So, this movie does not portray what really happened. An historical novel is not a history book and, unfortunately for the movie, this novel is bad, openly subverts the facts and omits some historical personalities that were crucial for this events. Basically, she almost rewrote history and Justin Chadwick obediently swallowed all the straw the book had without bothering to examine their veracity.In fact, while this film portrays Mary Boleyn as a very serious girl, the truth is that she had a very bad reputation and maybe have had lots of lovers, in the French and English courts. As the Boleyn family machinations seem to be true, probably didn't have involved Anne because she fell in love with Henry Percy, heir to the duchy of Northumberland. Who probably also fell in love was the king, but we know that Anne rejected his advances. Thinking about it, we can almost hear Anne saying "no, no way. Only after the wedding, I am a family girl".Returning to the film, and knowing now that the script is bad because it had a poor start (everything that is born crooked, later or never straightens), we can say that Eric Bana disappointed in the role of the English king: besides he not seem very inspired or comfortable with his character, Bana starred in a stupid violation scene. Henry VIII was a famous gentleman, a seducer, he didn't need to humiliate himself violating a girl, no matter what. Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson look good in the roles of the Boleyn girls and, judging by the portraits, they must be very similar to what the real girls were.The most interesting thins in this film are the sets, the costumes and the visual effects. The scenarios are many, usually English cathedrals and palaces from that time. The costumes have been carefully designed to portray the historical period faithfully, radically contrasting with the script.

Rebecca Robinson I have read the book version of this movie at least 8 times, as I really enjoy reading about the Tudor period. I have waited a long time to watch this film and finally managed to, lets just say I am very disappointed. The film has cut out many of the main storyline's found in the book. 1. Mary's relationship with Catherine of Aragon.2. Mary had a daughter first, not a son straight away as implied.3. The illness that drained Anne and killed Mary's husband William.4. The summers Mary spent at Hever with her children...and so on.These storyline's seemed important to me as they built up the character of Mary, we did not get this in the film. Her relationship with William Stafford also appeared out of no- where, they didn't kill off William Carey and I felt this caused some confusion in the film.I was very disappointed in the film portrayal of the book, I will read the book again but the chances of watching this film again are very slim.

slightlymad22 Whilst I think this movie Missed a trick by not casting Keira Knightley as Natalie Portman's sister, this is still an excellent movie featuring brilliant performances from Portman, Scarlett Johansson and Eric BanaPlot In A Paragraph: Two beautiful sisters, Anne (Portman) and Mary (Johansson) Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII. (Bana)David Morrisey (Walking Dead) Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) and Eddie Redmayne (Les Miserables) Kristin Scott Thomas (Four Weddings & A Funeral) are all good in their supporting roles, as is future Amazing Spiderman, Andrew Garfield. However this movie is all about the three leads, and Portman is the best of an excellent bunch, giving what I consider, to be one of the best performances of her career.She gives a brilliant performance as the tragic Anne Boleyn. Her Speech in her final scene is wonderful, and I'm surprised her performance here has not been as praised as much as her Oscar winning turn in "Black Swan"Sadly her career will forever be linked with the Star Wars prequels which seemed to hurt her career, rather than help it. I think she is wonderful, and any movie automatically becomes better when her name is in the cast.

petarmatic How many more films on this theme I have to watch? I mean I saw a whole bunch of mini series, series and films about Henry VIII and his six wives.This one has some excellent costumes, sets and acting is outstanding. When these stars act, you really just have to sit and watch in amazement. It can not get much better then this as far as the acting is concerned.If you go to the Hampton Court you can see good old King Henry being reenacted by an actor and the rest of his court as well. It is interesting, but that is it. I would not dwell too much more on that part of English history, because it was very tragic for some, but at the same time very interesting and it changed that rainy island for ever...