The Other Bolyn Girl
I have decided that i am not a particularly inspired film reviewer. You may have already noticed. So from now on i think i shall say that rather than writing film reviews i will write personal comments. This I think has come from the fact that when it comes down to it what i would really like to say is ‘this was good’ or ‘this was crap!’ without too much other stuff.
The other bolyn girl was good! Or i thought so. True it was historically inaccurate, most noticably in that Henry VIII probably didnt look nearly as good as Eric Bana seeing as he was very fat, but it would not have been nearly as appealing if you put a great big fat man in next to Scarlett and Natalie! It is also true that it probably didnt push itself as hard as it could have into the dirty side of the story due to the desire to be a 12A, however if you just pretend it is a film, designed to entertain, it acheives its goal. Therefore i say it was good, not excellant nor crap.
3 popcorns
Henry was not “fat” as a younger man. He had, what
would be considered today as a slender or “athletic”
physique.
His complexion and hair color were both much lighter
than those of Eric Bana, and in fact, looked nothing
like Bana.