National Geographic - The Madness of Henry the VIII
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Brand: Warner BrothersDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: National Geographic Video
Movie Reviews of National Geographic - The Madness of Henry the VIII
Movie Review: Not the best informative documentary
Summary: 2 Stars
I was excited to watch this DVD due to the good reviews, but was quite disappointed. I should start by saying that I didn't make it past Anne Boleyn because I found it so dreadful, but here is my review of the first half.
The reviewer before me who said this documentary is "flashy" was spot on. The producers seemed to be too concerned with making it over-dramatic than informative. But I think what was worst about the documentary is that there were no well-known, respected TUDOR historians doing the commentary (not even the prominent American Tudor historian, Retha Warnicke). I don't count someone who wrote a book called "Sex with Kings" as an authority on the subject. I could maybe overlook this if these so-called "historians" even got the facts right. I think I turned it off shortly after two of them talked about the fact that Henry made Wolsey break up Anne Boleyn's engagement to "her true love" Henry Percy because Henry VIII wanted Anne for himself. They fail to mention the fact that this engagement was made in secret between Anne and Percy, much to the embarrassment of their families--rather, these "historians" act as if this was a planned betrothal. They also fail to mention that the reason the marriage was broken off was because Percy was already promised to Mary Talbot, and Anne was not highly ranked enough to marry a future Earl. I can only assume that the "historians" made this mistake because it dramatized the story even more.
To sum up, the documentary is inaccurate and over-dramatic.
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