Anne of the thousand days

From watching Anne of the thousand days, I must say that I really did enjoy the film because it was very interesting. It captured my attention fully. I will be honest and say that my first thoughts of this movie were that it was going to be boring and that I would fall asleep. But it proved me very wrong. In my opinion I think the movie portrayed the true story very well and it made me think I was actually watching it happen in real life. On the artistic side of the movie, the costumes looked really good and all of the props and backgrounds looked really nice. I must commend on the person who designed the set. The acting was great as well, the people who played each role did a good job and I give them a round of applause especially Richard Burton and Genevieve Bujold because they played the part of Henry and Anne very well. The movie showed how strong Anne really was and I was actually surprised that in the beginning Anne strongly disliked Henry and that she was destined to be with Lord Henry Percy. Even Katherine of Aragon was determined to not leave King Henry’s side as Queen but unfortunately he felt different about her. I don’t think he knew what love actually felt like. When he told Anne that he loved her, I think he was just telling her that just to make her fall for him and to get something out of her. I also believed that all along Anne didn’t really love him; she just wanted to become Queen as he promised her. In the end, things didn’t really work out. Also, in my opinion, I do think that King Henry was cursed in a way because of the fact he kept marrying new young women just to get male babies out of them instead of being appreciative for his daughters that he had received from the previous births from previous wives. But I guess if you’re the king in that time frame, you can do that. Once again I will say that the movie was good and I wouldn’t mind watching it again.