The Other Boelyn Girl-a movie review
Saw The Other Boelyn Girl last night. It's a very good movie; not great, but very good. I was definitely captivated while I was watching it-and not just because Natalie Portman stars in it-I was caught up in the story (even though I knew how it had to end), the scenery, the costumes, and the performances. It was almost all great. But thinking about
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As for the birth order of the Boleyn girls, I think Mary was older, then Anne. Which was did the movie have it? I think the book had Mary older.
How different the world might have been if Henry had been able to legitimize his acknowledged bastard son (Henry FitzRoy)? Was Henry Carey fathered by William Carey or Henry VIII? It's all speculation, but such things make history.
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In the movie, Anne makes the point, repeatedly, that she is the older sister.
I loved the book, and look forward to seeing the movie.
Warning if you've read the book. One of the people working the screening, a friend of ours, who had read the book, said she was very disappointed with the movie. I didn't catch why, though she did loan us the book. You have been warned, proceed at your own risk.
How different the world might have been if Henry had been able to legitimize his acknowledged bastard son (Henry FitzRoy)? Was Henry Carey fathered by William Carey or Henry VIII? It's all speculation, but such things make history.
What, you mean no Queen Mary? No Queen Elizabeth (which would make the current monarch Queen Elizabeth)? Lack of the Spanish Armada? A continuation of the Tudor lineage? Yeah, I guess things would have been different.
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