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The Tudors presents the seldom dramatized, tumultuous early years of King Henry VIII’s almost 40 year, omnipotent sovereignty (1509-1547). In addition to his widely known and esteemed female consorts and 20+ year marriage to Catherine of Aragon to the notorious dalliance with Anne Boleyn, the series delves in to Henry’s most noteworthy political kinship and the deconstruction of the Roman Catholic Church in England.
Henry VIII is not in a very good humor in the final season of The Tudors, in spite of the fact that much of England and Western Europe has been bent to his will. But that means only that this season of The Tudors is just as captivating and engrossing as the three preceding it. By this time, King Henry (the always magnificent Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is restive, facing ongoing rebellion in the north of England, and fissures in his own family and among his own children. Well, that's what you get when you have multiple children from dissimilar wives, and new declarations of who's the rightful heir and who's banished to the Tower. Season four focuses on Henry's declining health--and while Rhys Meyers has been padded a bit in a nod to reality, he still looks handsome and fetching, not one thing like the squat, obese martinet depicted in official royal portraits. This season of The Tudors likewise focuses on King Henry's final two wives, and the actors who play them are amidst the best thing in the entire season. Young vixen Catherine Howard (Tamzin Merchant) probably never stood a chance, and was outwitted in court and played like a pawn by the king's advisers. Ultimately, Howard compensate the uttermost price for having had the indecency to have had a bit of a past well before she wed the king. Enter wife No. 6, Catherine Parr (the veritably regal Joely Richardson), who is perchance at long last the king's match intellectually and politically. Twice widowed when she captured the eye of the king at age 31, Parr was in the first place asked to marry by Thomas Seymour (Andrew McNair), the brother of the king's earlier wife Jane Seymour. But when King Henry proposed, Parr agrees--and, because of her earnest intellectual curiosity and embracing of the new Church of England, sets in motion the final dramas of Henry's life. The conniving and plotting are never over for The Tudors, altho King Henry, after a finelooking good run, in the end meets his end. The Tudors is so satisfying, however, that one wishes it would carry on and follow the lives of Henry's daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. There could be a good deal of more entrancing years of history writ large. The Tudors: The Final Season includes assorted sequences from other Showtime series, including United States of Tara, Dexter, and Episodes, but alas, no extras affiliated specifically to The Tudors. --A.T. Hurley |
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 And so Henry's sovereignty ends...
By Amanda
Ironically enough, I've had a tumultuous kinship with The Tudors ever since it primary started. It was an odd, kind of on-again, off-again kinship that ranged from near-fanatic fandom to downright apathy. I was a fan of Tudor historical fiction novels before the show began, and was more than ecstatic when I heard that Showtime was bringing the illfamed Henry VIII to the screen with his a lot of wives.
Sadly, the series didn't always deliver for me. The biggest issue for me, specially in the primary season, was the unbelievable number of historical inaccuracies. Even though this always bugged me all around the entire series' run, I had to just put it apart and receive the fact that this show is a Hollywood-ized version of Henry VIII's reign. Perhaps the aspect that got me through were the lush sets, impeccable art direction and utterly pretty amount of time costumes and accessaries (especially on all of Henry's queens) -even though the costumes were more like Tudor style mixed with innovative couture influences (okay, they looked cool).
In season four -titled by Showtime as "The Final Seduction" -Henry deals with war with France, lingering religious issues, his own fading health and of course, wives five and six -Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr, respectively. By this point, of course, Henry ought to be very rotund (300 pounds) and nearing the end of his life. Even even though Jonathan Rhys Myers does get the aging treatment in the final sequences and they undertake to dress him up in large, heavy costume to make him look a little more prominent it's doesn't rather work-though it's at least something.
The season, overall, is comparatively entertaining, altho numerous sequences are better than others. The primary half deals mainly with the young Katherine Howard, her affair with Thomas Culpepper (and Lady Rochford's well-documented involvement), the funnily included misadventures of Lord Surrey (a supposed distant relative of Katherine, who is a boring and pointless character) and Henry's continued political troubles. While I didn't find Kitty Howard peculiarly likable, Tamzin Merchant brings a strong liveliness to the reputation and emphasizes her age, her questionable moral character, and the fact that she is a completely inept queen.
After beheading poor Katherine Howard, the married Lady Latimer (Catherine Parr) grabs Henry's attention. Once her husband dies, she reluctantly marries Henry, and decides to use her new position to advance her strongly Protestant beliefs. Henry, meanwhile, departs to France for war and Catherine dodges accusations of heresy. After the war is over, Henry's health starts to decline until he dies.
The spotlight of this season must have been the much-anticipated and strongly rumored "dream sequence" in the final episode that would feature Henry's deceased wives. Though this ended up being somewhat disappointing (only three of the wives appeared), it was good to see galore of the ladies return to Henry's life at the end, but it just wasn't enough. The fact that I felt let down by this, as well as the more or less anti-climatic ending, left me with an unsatisfied sentiment at the end that even made me wonder why I had expended all of my time observing the show. You know what would have made this finale better? More Anne Boleyn -okay, perhaps not, but I've seriously missed Natalie Dormer since she was knocked off at the end of season two. Not only was she a wondrous actress, but she portrayed a strong and compelling Anne who stands as the firmest and more interesting of Henry's wives, stealing the show in each scene she was in.
Thus ended my strange kinship with Showtime's The Tudors. Even altho I had my doubts, I held with it until the very end, and, unfortunately, wasn't satisfied but have to confess -journey getting there was agreeably diverting and terrifically done. 90 of 100 people found the following review helpful.
 anything that spurs interest in real history
By Robert Hardaway
I agree with the reviewer who brought up the historical innacuracies in the Tudors series. While numerous of these innacuracies may be condoned on grounds of poetic license, some appear to be egregiously gratuitous (i.e., having Henry's sister Margaret not only marry the King of Protugal--which never happned--but then have her murder him!) There appears to be no dramatic reason for that kind of historical innacuracy which is genuinely unforgiveable. On the other hand, I am more forgiving of the Series having Wolsey committ suicide rather than dying of natural causes inasmuch as there was a great deal of speculation at the time of his death that he did without doubt commit suicide given that he was facing the curel justice of a vengeful Henry.(And surely if Wolsey did committ suicide, Henry would have each reason to cover it up in a way that the historians could not access). A more severe criticism is that the Series apparently made no crusade whatssoever to represent Henry even close to how the paintings of the day depicted him. Arguably the "young" Henry--depictions of which are rather rare--could have looked something like the actor in the Series, even though the dark slicked back hair of the actor is hard to reconcile with the descriptions of Henry as more blond and stocky. And surely the marine crewcut styles are even more difficult to reconcile with the images available. But perhaps the worst failure is to not have Henry age at all over his entire reign, specially given the galore historical roots which all agree on his ballooning obesity and deterioration in his health. This failure is all the more stark given the near perfective depictions of Ann Boleyn and Katherine of Aragon by the actresses.(Especially the depictions of Anne Boleyn which is so almost on the cash that it's almost scary). So why, given these apparent deficiencies do I give this Series four stars? Because I applaud each undertake by the dramatic arts to make history interesting sufficient to inspire an interest in history. Many of those who watch this series will go to the history books and read the real stuff (and hopefully discover that Margaret never married the Kind of Portugal, and never in fact murdered him). Indeed, had the Series at least made a half-hearted try to depict Henry according to the origins available, and not engaged in the most egregious of it's historical innacuracies (the marriage of Margaret to the Kind of Portugal), I would have given this polished, entertaining, and addicitive production a full five stars. (I be grateful for very much the use of candlelight in the indoor night scenes). 49 of 53 people found the following review helpful.
Oh, Henry...
By Melissa Niksic
My greatest complaint in regards to "The Tudors" is that it ended after only four seasons. The Tudor dynasty didn't end with Henry VIII. Showtime had an aweinspiring probability to proceed this show with the short-lived reigns of Edward and Mary, followed by the lengthy Golden Age commandeered by Queen Elizabeth I. The network chose not to go that route, which is a major bummer.
As for the fourth and final season of "The Tudors," it unquestionably had it is moments. I've been a fan of the show since Season 1, realizing that the series is wholly throughout history inaccurate and a blatant depiction of not one thing but sex, violence, and more sex...however, I love it for what it is! By far the best constituents of this season were the appearances of Henry's final wives, the flighty Catherine Howard (perfectly portrayed by Tamzin Merchant) and the strong-willed Catherine Parr (Joley Richardson). I won't go into the plot details because I'm assuming that anybody who ever took a history class knows how Henry's story ends. I will say that I think the show took a downward spiral for the duration of the final two episodes. Jonathan Rhys Meyers started out speaking in a "sickly old Henry" voice that sounded identical to Dick Van Dyke's portrayal of the old banker, Mr Dawes Sr., in "Mary Poppins." Obviously, rather of coming all over as adverse and grave, that amazing voice was gravely comical to me, which kind of took away from the severe events leading up to Henry's demise.
Also, the season finale itself was a huge disappointment. I was thrilled that the show brought back three of Henry's former wives, who I assumed were going to haunt him, but their appearances were both short and uneventful. Had I the prospect to write the final episode of this show, I think I could have done a heck of a better job. It was a real shame to watch what used to be such a powerful show go out with a whimper rather of a roar.
Still, the majority of Season 4 is filled with more good scenes than bad. I am sad the series is over and look forward to re-watching it on DVD (especially the Anne Boleyn episodes, which were by far the best).
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