THE OTHER BOELYN GIRL. Meh.

[Flippancy]

Posted: 3/3/08 at 9:24am

Saw this over the weekend. Not because I'm a great fan of Philippa Gregory's novel (I think they're a little treacly and not historically accurate), but because I like Tudor history.

Meh. It was okay, I guess. Well, not really. But kinda. Great costumes, though.

[madbrian]

Posted: 3/3/08 at 9:37am

Anne of the Thousand Days was on cable yesterday. How does The Other Boleyn Girl compare to that? I am also a fan of all things Tudor; when I was in England I made a day trip to Hamden Court Palace. It was well worth the trip.

[Flippancy]

Posted: 3/3/08 at 9:43am

I think ANNE OF A THOUSAND DAYS is better. TOBG was... hard to describe, but I guess it's a little too soap opera-ish (even though the situation is definitely soap opera-ish).

[Elphaba]

Posted: 3/3/08 at 10:30am

er, it's Hampton Court........and I am looking forward to this if only for the costumes......haven't read the book.

[xoangel2789xo]

Posted: 3/4/08 at 12:19am

hm...I saw it because I enjoyed the book and am just into the whole tudor history thing.

Didn't think the movie was terrible, but I wasn't crazy about it either.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 3/4/08 at 12:23am

A movie with this kind of pedigree that is released in February...well, that usually doesn't bode well for the quality of the film. So I'm not surprised.

[verynewyorkcurious]

Posted: 3/4/08 at 12:38am

Meh indeed. I saw The Other Boelyn Girl because I lost at Rock Paper Scissors. I wanted to see Penelope.

We've seen these characters from these actors before, and I thought it was overacted. The only actor I liked was Kristin Scott Thomas who played the mom.

The dialogue was just..oy.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 3/4/08 at 12:57am

StickToPriest, you're completely right.
VANTAGE POINTS and this film have been released on February for a reason. I don't think studios start releasing okay films until April or so.
I'll rent this because I love Natalie Portman.