Tudor Historian Reviews The Tudors Season 2 Part 2
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Hi everyone and welcome for another History Police video where I review The Tudors Season 2 Part 2.
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Natalie Dormer is probably my favorite portrayal of Anne. She really did as much research she could get her hand's on to really feel the energy of the true Anne. As well Fun fact, the production team of the Tudor's wanted for Anne to be blonde (because dormer had blonde hair, but she said she wouldn't do the part unless she dyed her hair darker) because the true Anne is said to have had dark brown, raven black, to even a dark auburn. Which in some later scenes, she has reddish highlights shining through.
She really did a good job… the last episodes of season 2 really got me to tears…
@@ElleHistory same . 😭😭
Natalie’s performance also benefits from the amount of time she had to develop Anne, as opposed to a 90-120 minute movie. She just IS Anne, all the way.
Your obvious love for Anne is so moving. She really was both a powerful, yet tragic figure. She deserved so much better than Henry VIII!
She really did deserve so much better.. thank you! 🙏🏻❤️
Katherine thinking she sees mary as shes dying always gets me.😢😢
That’s an ugly cry scene for sure ❤
Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn was phenomenal
I couldn’t agree more with you!
You remark on the show actually using recorded statements by Anne Boleyn. As far as I recall and this is what made Natalie Dormer's portrayal of Anne Boleyn even better in my eyes, was that she insisted that the downfall part respects the historical record. I think the showrunners wanted to do something a bit different, but she convinced them to respect history.
I really enjoyed this. Seeing the emotions you feel for Anne is quite remarkable. She's not my favourite Tudor Queen but she sure made her mark on history and will never be forgotten. Ali
Thank you so much for watching and for all your support!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️
@@ElleHistory Je vous en prie 🌸
The second half of this season is like you said, incredibly hard and emotional to watch, but it has a really special place in my heart because it was the first I've seen of this show. I think episode 9 was the first one I watched, and though I didn't know a thing, I still felt the emotional impact. So it was in a way, my true introduction to Anne and The Tudors 🧡
"Henry VIII liked to listen to things that he wanted to hear" You couldn't have described him and the situation at his court more perfectly and accurately 👏🏼👏🏼
The scene at 9:45 was pure gold 😂👏🏼👌🏼
The scenes between the mothers & daughters were so incredibly moving 😢At the end of the one with Anne & Elizabeth when Elizabeth was gleefully looking for the "fishies" in the pond and Anne was crying and caressing her daughter's head because she clearly sensed the danger that was coming her, and therefore her child's, way. Then the sequence between Catherine & Mary and how it turned to be only a dream and how they never saw each other after their separation 😢And to think how this was all inflicted by the very person to whom they should've been able to look to for love and protection!
I so agree about the unnecessary scenes between Anne and the men who were accused of having slept with her. There was zero need for them and for having to come up with something that makes it look like Anne's maids actually believed the rumors. It actually takes away from the brutality and injustice of the real situation because all these women, Jane Parker included (The portrayal of her and George's relation, and the portrayal of his character in general, is just UGH!!), knew that for them, it was cooperate or suffer. Whatever they personally believed, they had no choice.
All the scenes related to Anne's downfall, from her begging Henry with Elizabeth in her arms to the execution of the five men (four in the show), to the constant delays and Anne's reaction to them, to the dream sequence on her last night, were so well done! And the beautiful soundtrack made them even more impactful 🥺The execution scene, some minor details aside, was just *chef's kiss*!! The final walk, the speech, the music, the way Anne carried herself, when Cranmer knelt and the others followed his lead, the human and realistic portrayal of Anne's fear in her final moments...It's honestly the best portrayal of Anne's death on film in my humble opinion. Natalie did a magnificent job! You could tell how she put all her passion and energy into making Anne come to life on screen and trying to do her life and story justice and it showed ❤❤
Thank you for this wonderful review. I'm really enjoying this series. You're always great at picking the scenes you want to highlight and I love your thoughtful and insightful comments. I can't wait for the future installments 💛💛
**P.S. Regarding GoT, if you don't mind my asking, have you only watched the show or have you read the books too? Who is your favourite character(s)? I've watched only S1-4 in full and a few clips of S5-8 but have read the first 5 books in the series and am currently nearing the end of my reread of them, so I got curious when you mentioned the Cersei quote 😂
Oh bless you. I so love reading your comments which are so thourough and show how much you have engaged with my videos. IT means the absolute world to me. More videos on the Tudors and OTHER shows to come !!! :) History Police segment is definitely one of my favourites as I can share with you my thoughts on fictional interpretation. As for GOT: Arya has always been my favourite character throughout all series :)
I thought they did a great job with showing Anne's fall and execution overall, but agree it would have been great to have seen a trial scene, Natalie Dormer would have killed it!
I so agree with you! 😊😊😊
Mary was my favourite character in this entire show (apart from the final few episodes of season 4) and I loved that scene with her and the baby Elizabeth. The scene with Catherine and Mary absolutely broke my heart. Great video as always.
She was one of my favorites, too, and Maria did one of the best Catherine of Aragons I've seen. Her scenes after being banished from court, when she's getting sicker and finally hallucinating seeing her daughter, always made me weep.
I agree with you… so much!
Yes!!!
Same I loved Mary in this show you get to follow her throughout the years as she grows up during Henry VIII's reign. I felt like I was seeing the story of his reign play out through her eyes.
Anne Boleyn was my fav in seasons 1 and 2 and Mary was my fav in seasons 3 and 4
I've been studying English history from Richard the Lionheart through Henry the Eighth for about 45 years (reading on my own, not via coursework) and had always had a negative perception of Ann. The history is written by the victors and all that clop. Your videos and obvious affection for her have altered my perception completely and am now viewing her as a woman in an impossible situation. I am now very sympathetic to her plight. Was she perfect? No, but she was not as manipulative as she is so often portrayed. This has also caused me to rethink my views of many of the other women who played such an important role in this part of history. Thank you for helping me to see these people as more dimensional than a book can portray.
You know what, this comment has really touched my heart so thank you so very much. I'm a bit scared of sharing my next book with the world as I'm really hoping I did Anne Boleyn justice but seeing your comment here has given me faith and hope that I might have and for that I'm so grateful to you!! Thank you so much for taking the time to watch my videos but also for leaving that comment!!
If I had been Catherine Of Aragon I would have given Henry what he wanted. Anything to have my daughter back.
The scene with Mary cradling Elizabeth 💜 which is how I truly believe it was at that time
Really loving these reviews! Anne’s downfall is a hard watch, especially the final episode where she has flashbacks of her childhood running around playing with her father and George and you can see a loving relationship between them there, it’s really heartbreaking.
It also completely contrasts with the Thomas Boleyn in the show that uses his daughter as a tool for power and at one point condemns her to save himself.
Sometimes I wonder how Anne’s life would have been if she would have married Henry Percy.
@@emmar7504I think she’d be considerably happier.
@@emmar7504think she would have been a very successful woman and would have hopefully lived a long and happy life. England would be very different today though
I wanted to make a what if video about this… what if Anne Boleyn had never married Henry.. definitely would have been happier!
It is, but then she was just a baby. I actually kind of wish they could've softened his character. The real Thomas Boleyn hardly pushed his daughters to sleep with the King, was a successful man at court without needing to be utterly dislikeable.
Thanks for this great review, Dr. Paranque! Yes, Natalie Dormer is magnificent! The end of season 2 made me cry. The injustice and the monstrosity of Henry VIII was so perfectly conveyed and portrayed. I would have liked to have seen the trial and a better portrayal of George Boleyn’s defiance at the end, poor man. I also don’t think that Henry ever cared about anyone or anything but himself. Plain and simple. Thanks so much!
Yes totally. He was cruel… thanks so much for watching and for engaging with the content. I’m really grateful for you!
Another great review, Dr Parenque. I've always loved 'The Tudors' despite its inaccuracies but the acting is splendid. I appreciate your honest expert opinion and I can totally relate as I'm descended from French on my mother's side. Merci beaucoup pour votre travail formidable.
Merci à vous! Im so grateful that you’re here! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😊
Why didnt Henry have Katherine charged with treason for not acknowledging the annulment or divorce and have her beheaded?
She was of royal blood. No way he could have sent to the block a royal Spanish princess…
Henry would’ve begun a massive international incident, if not a war, with not just Spain but possibly the Holy Roman Empire and other Catholic nations. Although he thought that he was Heaven’s gift to the 16th century world he was savvy enough that to know that having the rest of Europe and the Pope against him and England wouldn’t work out well. However, Anne, Jane Seymour, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr didn’t have the protection of royal blood. Who knows what would have happened to Jane if she’d lived after Edward’s birth or Catherine Parr if Henry had decided to take a seventh wife?
Most shows make a caricature of Anne.
Amazing video again. You got me hooked on your series. To be honest I just discovered them today but I am watching them continuously. I love your passion towards history and also how honest you are discussing history. I share your opinion and passion for Anne. I can hardly wait for your new book. ❤ Go on with your videos and books. You have a wonderful spirit!!! Love it ^^
Gosh your comment just melted my heart… thank you so much!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
Great review I'm curious how you felt about the portrayal of the Boleyn family in this show? It seems to me that the Boleyn family especially George and Thomas Boleyn have been unfairly stereotyped as evil and ambitious people who did not care for their own daughter/sister but more recent research has shown us this was not the case. I want to get my hands on Lauren Mackay's book Among the Wolves of Court soon.
I touched upon it a little in my videos on season 1 but yes totally. They’re portrayals are beyond ridiculous and I could not recommend enough Lauren Mackay’s book on them as well as the docu-drama The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family that is basically based on her book. 😊🙏🏻
@@ElleHistory Yes I saw The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family recently. It was lovely I enjoyed seeing your appearances to chat abt Anne Boleyn. You guys did a terrific job. The scene at the end where Thomas was looking at young Princess Elizabeth leaving Edward's christening was beautiful.
I saw Six the Musical with my Mom. And when my she saw Anne get beheaded in this tv show. She said she would not have watched that Musical. Knowing this behavior from Henry.
I CANT wait to share with you my review of Six (next Friday!) you’ll have to let me know what you think!!😊
@@ElleHistory I will Ma'am, trust me.
@@ElleHistoryAlso I was curious when you were going to do once upon a woman on both Mary Tudor Queen of England. Henry the 8th's daughter. Because I notice you have a lot of admiration for after seeing your review of Becoming Elizabeth Ma'am. And speaking of Six and Starz have you seen Starz's Spanish Princess? which is about Catherine of Aargon.
I saw Six this summer as well and thought it was a bit bizarre hehe. The wives and their characterizations were all over the place. But it was still fun Anne of Cleves was my favorite.
@@heatherwaetzig2633 Catherine Howard was mine.
Love Natalie! The tudors was great, but historically inaccurate lol side note: Henry was a narcissist
Totally!!!
Now I know what was weird about Natalie in Hunger Games..... she didn't laugh the way she did here😂❤❤❤
I love your videos, and I love your reviews of this series!
Thank you so so much!! It means so much to me!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 I can’t wait to keep creating content for you! 😊
Have you reviewed Wolf Hall? It also depicts Anne Boleyn, but from Thomas Cromwell's perspective. I find it noteworthy because in Wolf Hall, Anne, played by Claire Foy, is depicted as having a French accent. And also, Thomas More is depicted very negatively. I would be interested in your reaction.
I really need to review it!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you we appreciate these videos!!
Thank you for being here!!
Team ANNE!! I love her
My next book will be on her! Out in May 2024 in the U.K. and an announcement for the US launch to be made soon!
The video and your reactions were both great i think this is finest season of the tudors it portrayed queen anne bolyen, princess mary and all the characters preety well and also showed us the carring side of princess mary as you mentioned in the video and it was quite moving to not fully accurate but even it wasn't fully accurate it helped to fell the characters more then just potraits. And i must say not only the season but your reaction was also relly moving as well thanks for the amazing video may god bless you mam🙏❤
Thank you so much. Having you here means so much to me and I always look forward to your comments on my videos as they are so insightful! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😊
Thank you so much🙏😊
This tv series is what made me interested in the Tudor dynasty and this series to this day is my favorite 🖤 No matter how many times I rewatch this series Anne Boleyn’s fate always makes me cry. Anne is also my favorite of the 6 wives and recently started loving Katherine of Aragon after watching The Spanish Princess because we finally get some of her story rather than portraying her just as the first wife and skipping their story. Going back to talking about Anne I know your stance is that you didn’t like that the writers made her promiscuous because she was too smart but that is something she could have taken advantage of. She could have been smart about being promiscuous and not getting caught. But it is also Hollywood so that sells if they can fit it into the story. I want to believe her innocence and love that she got her last laugh with her daughter being Henry’s successful child but again none of us were there
If Henry was still onboard with having a son with Anne, after Elizabeth’s birth, than why would he not be visiting her bed as often as possible to get her pregnant again?
He was still visiting her and she was pregnant a few times but with the stress and pressure she had miscarriages… it’s such a sad story…
The great Peter O’Toole as the pope was amazing. However, Brereton wasn’t a priest, nor did he try to kill Anne. James Frain does a wonderful job as well, though Cromwell wasn’t as thin or nice-looking as the actor. Also Cromwell was like 50 at this time. Jane Seymour was not as pretty as the actors who played her. But hey, we still love the show ❤
Jane Seymour was played by two actresses right cause it was weird how different she looked in season 3 vs. season 2.
14:00 Now that you've mentiioned it... True!!!😢😢😢
Thank you for being here! 🙏🏻😊
@@ElleHistory , first of all, I am a Catherine of Aragon's fan. But in the end, every wife was H8's victim. He conquered them, only to drop them later when convenient to him.
@@sobeidalagrange7129 I love Catherine of Aragon but yes I feel bad for all his wives... He was horrible!!
Jonathan Rhys Meyers was totally miscast in this series, hands down Keith Michell played Henry brilliantly❤ back in the back, and for me Genevieve Bujold will always be Anne
Well, I know what you are talking about but I don't mind😅😊
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Yeah, there are similarities but Anne did it to herself. I don’t feel badly at all😊. Not sure why you like Anne so much, or the portrayal in the show. The acting is great but still she made her own bead
One must have some rather questionable ethics to think that a woman of Anne's social status in the Tudor period somehow deserved to be beheaded for - what would you accuse her of, 'bewitching' and marrying Henry, the poor helpless king who Brexited the Roman Catholic Church and made himself the Supreme Head of the Church of England just to have her?
To this day Catholicism has a lot of power, whereas the Church of England, not so much. King Henry torched the monarchy so he could have some strange with Anne, what a disaster