The Other Boleyn Girl

[tvordlj]

Well that has to be the absolute worst movie I've ever had the misfortune to see. And it was like a train wreck, i couldn't turn it off. Just putting the historical inaccuracy aside, and believe me, it's only passing resemblence to history were the names of the characters, it was just appalling. The writing and acting? Oh. My. God. Every second scene seemed to take place months or years after the one before it. It jumped through time more than Skippy the kangaroo. There was nothing left of the scenery, it was chewed so badly except for Eric Bana who played an inexplicably quiet and understated Henry VIII. Yes you've just found out your wife is apparently unfaithful. What's his reaction? Bad luck, that. He did raise his voice to call for the guards to arrest her, but i think that was only because they were in the other room. Come on, Henry VIII was well known for fits of rage. One of the few times they did show him lose his temper, they implied he raped Anne which was meant to be their first time having sex. Total sensationalistic bullshit. I don't even recall that being in the book. Oh yeah. The book, by Philippa Gregory wasn't all that bad, not as a pot boiler or work of fiction. At least it had a bit of substance to it. This movie felt like a bunch of random scenes stuck together with the only continuity being the two women that played the Boleyn sisters, horribly, horribly miscast. Quite possibly the worst casting ever. Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn was every bit as bad as i expected when i first heard about it and Scarlett Johansen as her sister Mary? Laughable. And what was Kristin Scott Thomas doing in that movie other than to wring her hands every now and then.

My god what were they thinking?

Comments

[diggerjohn.myopenid.com (from livejournal.com)]

Must be the season for bad movies - we've watched some absolute stinkers this holiday! What's worse, we've even PAID for some of them! O__O

[tvor.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. I hate when that happenS! i don't mind paying really cheap prices for dvds and have them be awful, something from the 2 for 10 dollar bin but would hate to pay full price or movie theatre prices

[kissmeforlonger.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Can't say fairer than that.

I did wonder how on earth they got away with casting Eric Bana as the 41 year-old overweight redhead Henry VIII!

[tvor.livejournal.com]

About the same as they got away with Johnathan Rhys Myers in The Tudors. He looks about 25! They don't plan on aging/fattening him up either. They did pad Eric up with heavy clothing which they didn't do with JRM. JRM, though, was the opposite and was in a screaming fit rage most of the time. *sigh*

[psychfringe.livejournal.com]

comPLETE miscast.

portman isnt even english is she?
come ON

[tvor.livejournal.com]

She was born in Israel but yes, raised American. Scarlett isn't English either.

[sammantha.livejournal.com]

I saw the movie too and didn't like it much. You are right re the casting.
Two other movies that aren't worth seeing are -Burn After Reading and No Country for Old Men - the second one had the worst ending I have ever seen.

[tvor.livejournal.com]

I tried watching No Country, and it was so violent and choppy that i couldn't get through it. Burn after Reading just looks silly.

[nancy-j.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine Natalie Portman as the sensuous Anne Boylen!!! She has a one expression face......her demeanor - cold.

[abishag.livejournal.com]

Philippa Gregory was on Celebrity Mastermind last night here. I've not read her Tudor books, or seen the film - I liked her earlier Tredescant novels, but feel going for more obvious historical characters like the Tudors was probably a bit of a sell-out in itself.

[tvor.livejournal.com]

Yes you're probably right. The first few weren't too bad, historical accuracy apart, but the Tradescant ones and her other early ones really were good.