Wolf Hall on Masterpiece

[2curlydogs]

Has anyone been watching this? I just found the episodes buried in my recordings. 

Squeeee!

[gpw]

I wanted to, but I couldn't slog through the book. Is it good? I should probably try it.

[foundmylazybum]

I tried...It was boring.

[hopecounts]

I'm dvring it to binge watch.

[2curlydogs]

It's BBC, so it's all a bit "folded in", as Eddie Izzard puts it.

It's got Jonathan Pryce as Wolsey, Damian Lewis as Henry VIII, Clare Foy as Anne Boleyn, Joanne Whalley as Katherine of Aragon. and Mark Rylance as Cromwell.

[elleblue]

I like it, though I'm not sure that painting Thomas More as a villain is the right tack to take. I think it would have been much more interesting to allow for more nuance and shades of gray.

[MrsAxilla]

Damn!! I wanted to watch but I missed it! How many episodes have there been? I wonder if can stream it anywhere...

[hopecounts]

Apr 20, 2015 20:55:19 GMT -5 elleblue said:

I like it, though I'm not sure that painting Thomas More as a villain is the right tack to take. I think it would have been much more interesting to allow for more nuance and shades of gray.

But it makes sense that a story about Cromwell presents More as a villain. 
From Cromwell's perspective he probably seemed like one.
Narrator's perspective has to be kept in mind.

[hopecounts]

Apr 20, 2015 21:04:16 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Damn!! I wanted to watch but I missed it! How many episodes have there been? I wonder if can stream it anywhere...

All the eps are on PBS streaming.

[elleblue]

Apr 20, 2015 21:05:13 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

Apr 20, 2015 20:55:19 GMT -5 elleblue said:

I like it, though I'm not sure that painting Thomas More as a villain is the right tack to take. I think it would have been much more interesting to allow for more nuance and shades of gray.

But it makes sense that a story about Cromwell presents More as a villain. 
From Cromwell's perspective he probably seemed like one.
Narrator's perspective has to be kept in mind.

I'd just prefer key players to have more depth. People are generally more complicated and with more going on than just two dimensions. It's a small criticism and one that doesn't turn me off the show, but I think it could be better. 

[2curlydogs]

Apr 20, 2015 21:04:16 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Damn!! I wanted to watch but I missed it! How many episodes have there been? I wonder if can stream it anywhere...

So far there have been 3. I think of 6.

I think perhaps it's available on the PBS app? At least that's my hope because my recording of the first episode craps out about an hour into it. OMG, the rage last night.

[jillboston]

I loved the books (Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies) I wonder how well they transferred to the screen.
I tell myself to "fix my face" which is what Cromwell said before meeting w/ Henry the 8th when I have a meeting I'm dreading

[Miss Phryne Fisher]

Will I scream at the TV due to it being woefully historically inaccurate like I did with the Tudors? I have a few episodes on DVR and a few DH downloaded.

[2curlydogs]

Apr 21, 2015 10:05:29 GMT -5 Miss Phryne Fisher said:

Will I scream at the TV due to it being woefully historically inaccurate like I did with the Tudors? I have a few episodes on DVR and a few DH downloaded.

No. It's nothing like The Tudors.

There's an article on "9 Historical Inaccuracies" is really, really scraping the bottom of the barrel - "The codpieces are too small!" "None of the action  takes place at Wolf Hall!" "The tapestries were much more vibrant in color!"

ETA: Don't get me wrong. I loved The Tudors. But I never looked for it to be historically accurate.