The Tudors - The Complete First Season
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend The Tudors presents the rarely dramatized, tumultuous early years of King Henry VIII’s nearly 40 year, omnipotent reign (1509-1547). In addition to his famous female consorts and 20+ year marriage to Catherine of Aragon to the infamous dalliance with Anne Boleyn, the series delves in to Henry’s most notable political relationship and the deconstruction of the Roman Catholic Church in England. Product details and pricing info |
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- The Tudors
- The Tudors - The Complete First Season Not exactly historically accurate but spicy nonetheless. Great actors, great costumes, and leaves you wanting more.
- 2008-08-29, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Engrossing saga
- Always a history buff of this period I have enjoyed the Tudors. Some of the facts have been skewed for dramas sake. All in all a satisfying and pictorially atmospheric series.
- 2008-08-24, 2 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Incredible - can't wait for the second season
- I don't have cable at home so I bought this and watched each episode over a week's time period. Loved it! Knowing only a minimal amount about the history of this time period I knew that they took a lot of liberties and hollywood-ized it but I found it to be very entertaining and engaging. The actors are all amazing and they drew me in to the stories. I can't wait for the second season.
- 2008-08-17, 2 of 3 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Tudors- review by Nick
- Fascinating...intriguing...powerful....dynamic....rich.... this is how I would describe this series... Outstanding piece of cinema creation. A must see series. Excellent... can not wait for season no. 2
- 2008-08-16, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Just okay
- Aside from all of the historical inaccuracies (which Showtime obviously did not care about, since they were looking for ratings), I found much to not like about this series.
There were not just historical inaccuracies, but entire elements and people who were made up. Totally unnecessary to do this when the real people and events were so dramatic already. Other, far more well-informed reviewers have detailed all of the historical blunders, so I will not go into that any more. Suffice it to say that even a casual observer of British history would have a difficult time not laughing at what these producers did with a story that would have been far more interesting had it been presented as it really was.
Season One was soooooo dragged out. After all those hours, no divorce!! I much preferred the way the "Six Wives of Henry VIII" was done: one wife per episode.
Then there was the casting. Jonathan Rhys Meyers is great to look at but was horribly miscast as Henry. Among other things, he was way too young-looking compared to Catherine....and she aged but he did not! His portrayal of Henry was off the mark, but then again, he only acted the material that he was given. I do think his miscasting in this role is the reason he got no EMMY nod.
I cannot help but think that some other actor with larger stature could not have been found to play Henry. I also disliked the acting of the woman playing Anne Boleyn.
Then there were the American idioms that were used. I found myself re-winding just to be sure I had heard correctly! - 2008-08-07, 2 of 4 people found this review helpful, Rated:
