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224 of 230 humans found the following review helpful.
Bravo!!
By kc_sunshine101
If you liked season one, you are going to love season two. However, if you only liked season one for the racy sex scenes, you will be disappointed. Season two focuses on the political distinct features of Henry VIII's sovereignty and the precipitation of Anne Boleyn. The show received a ton of criticism for being with respect to history inaccurate in season one, and thankfully, they actually cleaned up their act for season two. I have since read various books (Alison Weir and David Starkey both have good ones) and the crusade to make season two more exact is apparent and I think that the viewers will be grateful for that. I surely did. Here is a summary of my bestloved sequences from season two:
Episode 2- Henry tells Anne that he intends to marry her and make her Queen of England. He dubs her Marquess of Pembroke and they travel to France where Henry presents her to Francis I (King of France) as his future wife. She does an amazingly enchanting dance with her ladies for Francis I that will leave you drooling. Henry and Anne in the long run seal the deal; she becomes pregnant with Elizabeth I.
Episode 5- This episode is centered on the precipitation of Thomas More. This is galore of the finest acting work that I have ever seen. Jeremy Northam gives the performance of a lifetime. This episode will make any grown man cry. Henry makes the tough decision to carry through the only man that has ever had the integrity to be honorable with him and stick to his beliefs even for the duration of the political mayhem of the time. Without giving too much away, the ending sequence is breathtaking. Bravo to both Jeremy Northam and Jonathan Rhys Myers, both did a outstanding occupation in this episode.
Episode 7- Anne realizes that she will never veritably be Queen of England as long as Katherine is alive. She is starting to realize that her days are numbered and she is quickly losing the King's favor. Anne and Henry part a sex scene that will make your heart race. Amazing camera and editing work in this episode from the dance/sex scene to the final scene that I will explain in a second. Katherine dies and Maria Doyle Kennedy genuinely shines as she hangs on for dear life until the very end. Anne and Henry have their illfamed celebration in the courtyard and Anne has a very intense scene with her father at the very end where she announces that all is good in the world, "There is good news all around. Katherine is dead and I am pregnant. I am pregnant with the King's son. We are on the edge of a golden world!"
Episode 10- There is no doubt that season two belongs to Natalie Dormer as Anne, but here she leaves the viewers with no doubts. She IS Anne as she awaits her death in the tower and ultimately takes leave of the world. Calling her performance amazing would be an understatement. Everything from her quiet hysterics to her eerie calm to her notorious line, "I have a little neck." She captures everything that we recognise regarding Anne Boleyn and her final days in the tower. I have watched this episode over and over and over again and cry like a baby each time. They actually remunerated a lovely tribute to this arousing and attention holding woman, even down to the color of her gown and her final words as she approaches the scaffold. Brilliant!! I unquestionably felt a sense of loss that Natalie won't be on the show next season, but we must be proud of her representation of Anne Boleyn. Natalie will veritably be missed and the other cast members have huge shoes to fill.
I do want to point out a couple of things that I did observe that were inaccurate just in case persons want to talk about it here. In episode one, Charles Brandon tells the King that he has remarried and that his wife's name is "Catherine Brooke" when her name was actually Catherine Willoughby. He also said that he necessitated a mother for his young son, when in fact, he already had 3 children by this time. Also, in episode one there is a scene where Thomas Wyatt and Anne Boleyn are in bed together. They show this as galore sort of dream or figment of his imagination, but I can not figure out why they would do this in the primary place. It is known that Thomas Wyatt did have a lot of sort of positive feeling of liking toward Anne, but this scene may cause a bit of confusedness for viewers that aren't as intimate with the story. Also, in episode ten, after they arrest the men (Thomas Wyatt included) Cromwell tells Wyatt that he will be freed and he yells after Cromwell, "But I am the only one who is guilty!!" I don't actually think that this was necessary since there is no proof to back up any type of physical kinship amid the two of them or any proof that Thomas Wyatt had a great deal of sort of obsession/imaginary kinship with Anne going on in his own mind. However, I do think that historians in general agree that he was enamored by her.
73 of 77 humans found the following review helpful.
Absolutely pretty imaginativeness of a primary moment in history! Highly recommended.
By Mr. A. Crowley
There will be spoilers here - a caveat. Please read on.
Meet Henry VIII as he was as a young man: a political rock star -- handsome, robust, wild, spoiled, and hot-tempered. Everything he wanted, he got -- except for that elusive male heir...
The Tudors (SII) is an perfectly pretty visual ode to one of the most disputable chapters in Western political history. The series itself is a dazzling celebration of Tudor-era music (a precursor to our own pop music), stunning costumes, lovely, lusty women and handsome manly men, breathtaking castles and Tudor manors. Season II is even more provocative, dangerous, and sexy than the primary season. Bravo, Showtime, for formulating such a lush, thoughtful, and beautifully invented series that is above all an intellectual meditation on the shifting nature of politics and the dangers of gross imbalances of political power.
I am a literary scholar who specializes in this amount of time and I love the adaptation, in spite of a good deal of of it is loose treatment of dates and persons. The series captures the tumultuous *spirit* of Henry's era. The series allows us to peer into this astonishing historical moment, the instant when England broke from the Church of Rome. The future of politics and the state of nations would never be the same. Another plus: Henry's queens are brought to life beautifully by Maria Doyle Kennedy (as the pious and determined Katherine of Aragon) and by the newcomer Natalie Dormer, who excellently plays the debatable Anne Boleyn as a fierce social-climber haunted by her past and bothered by her father's rabid political manipulations. Dormer's Boleyn has a look deep in her eyes that shows us that she knows, in her soul, that she is doomed. This is a testament to Dormer as a young actress; she shows us the "arc" of Anne Boleyn as Anne/Natalie matures from a young and ambitious mistress to-the-king to a neglected, then persecuted, wife and lonely mother (to Elizabeth I, future outstanding queen). JRM is also splendidly original as Henry: brash, lustful, and temperamental. We may believe in his Henry's burning love for Anne as well as his eventual hatred for her and his willingness to have the mother of his child executed.
This series is in my opinion the finest imagination of this time period, superior to A Man for All Seasons, Anne of the Thousand Days, the Elizabeth I series with Helen Mirren, and numerous others. This series has sparkle and spirit in addition to rich intelligence (evidenced by it is well-composed screenplay), smart casting selections (though Joss Stone is still a question mark for me as Anne of Cleves), and sensational locations. Bravo!
47 of 54 persons found the following review helpful.
Excellent Television
By barry
I have only the most eminent praise for season 2 of The Tudors. I don't want to give away spoilers by going into the plot. Yes, it is history which we all pretty much know. But it is amazing to see it played out in front of you with 3 dimsional characters that make the facts take a life of their own.
The presentment is glorious. The scenery, costumes and all to do with the time amount of time is breath taking and expertly done. And the acting is of the most eminent caliber.
I find complaints humans have had with this season to be rather minimal. Anyone may take a masterwork and have something with it that does not please them. For me everything in regards to this show gives it an A +++++. King Henry and Anne Boleyn are the center here but all the other historical pieces are expertly put in.
I am astonished how the show manages to show history so unfeigned to fact, unfeigned to life and mezmerizing to view. Season 2 is an entity to itself and such ensemble acting is rare to find. View this and you will see only the most eminent quality television available, refresh your history noesis and see the best acting out there.
Kudos.
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