I can't believe someone could make Tudor history boring for me, but they did here

Rating: 2/10 (12 April 2008)

I was bored. The movie is boring. The cast was boring. Natalie Portman while unbelievably beautiful parading about in the pretty frocks did not fit this role at all. She is simply not a seductress. She's got this Bambi innocence about her. While it's not a very popular thing to say, I find her to be a weak actress. She seems forced. When I see her in movies I see her as an actress and not as the intended character. Maybe I am prejudiced because I have seen how great the actress who portrays Anne on "the Tudors" is in this role. I think Natalie Portman is OK at playing one dimensional characters, but honestly she should not be cast in 3D roles. She just doesn't deliver. Also Scarlett Johanson, who is manifestly a beautiful and provocative woman in a very visceral way was not very well cast here. In fact, I think she would have played the role of Anne here more convincingly than Natalie. I will not even begin on the actor who played the King. He is not even worth mentioning. But even the picture-perfect cinematography and beautiful young actresses all dolled-up in the fantastic costumes cannot make up for the very poor acting and the lack of a good dialogue. This movie was bland and awkward.