Relationships ending badly! | The Tudors - The Complete Second Season

Totally gripping (again) | The Tudors - The Complete Second Season | Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill

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	• The Tudors - The Complete Second Season Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill Showtime Ent., 2009 average customer review:based on 147 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Hot Henry The 8th

Another hit show filled with a beautiful cast. Now if Jonathan Rhys Meyers can just keep himself out of trouble with the law, the drink and the drugs it might have a fourth season too!

Relationships ending badly!

Wow! Ms. Dormer acted circles around everyone in this season, but then she had the best material too. Still, great job! I really hate to see her go. And the writers actually did clean up their act a little this season as far as accuracy goes. A lot less sex this season, but then treason trials, miscarriages, heretic burnings and royal beheadings don't really add up to effective foreplay - or at least not in Texas. (I've never been to England.) But much more actual history than previously and a lot more character development. All in all, a great season, with an extremely moving final episode.

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Totally gripping (again)

This is the most gripping dramatic historical series I've ever seen. As I finished each episode, I could barely wait for the next one, and there were occasions when I watched two or three episodes back to back, getting me to bed late and leaving me tired the next day -- but it was worth it. It's said that time flies when you're having fun, and some of these episodes felt like only 5 or 10 minutes. My wife had the same response.

The power of this series is a result of achieving excellence in all facets. The actors are uniformly convincing, the scenery is authentic and transporting, and the pacing and dynamics of the plot have a perfect ebb and flow. Many key dimensions of the human experience are represented, such as romance, (hot) sex, power politics, attempts at justice, friendship, revenge, religious conflict, glimpses of ordinary life, and violence so brutal that we tender Americans can scarcely comprehend or stomach it.

As to historical accuracy, I'm not qualified to judge with expertise, but I suspect that they got the general contours reasonably right, even if some details are debatable. Moreover, none of us were actually there and reconstructing the past always involves much inference, so a useful approximation is all we can aim for anyway. I would hope that anyone watching or reading a historical work will know to take things with a grain of salt, especially the details.

Some lessons I drew from the series are: (a) I'm glad I don't live in the England of this period, (b) being King isn't all it's cracked up to be, and (c) check your ambition and stay away from highly powerful people, lest you fall out of favor and wind up damaged or worse.

Highly recommended to anyone interested in the European history of this period (particularly that of England), or to anyone who just enjoys great drama.

Note: I've watched all three seasons and they're all equally excellent, so I've posted this review for all three.

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"The Epic Saga Continues"

"The Tudors-Season 2" continues with more wonderful production values, top-notch acting (most notably Jonathan Ryes Meyers who plays the King), and intelligent writing. This season focuses on King Henry VIII's break from the Roman Catholic Church and his creation of the Church of England due to the former's refusal in granting him a divorce from Katherine of Aragon. The King still has the desire to have a male heir for his Monarchy and it is his hope that his new love, Anne, will grant him his wish. Eventually, Anne is unable to give Henry what he wants and she becomes a mere memory in the King's line of sexual conquests. This season, like season one, features ten episodes. The only bonuses are select commentary on individual shows. The episodes themselves are presented in flawless widescreen. Four full seasons of "The Tudors" will be produced after the series halts production. Season three is scheduled for a DVD release in early 2010 and the fourth and final season should be availble in early 2011 after its original Showtime airing.

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Genre: Television: Series
Rating: NR
Release Date: 30-DEC-2008
Media Type: DVD