April 7 movie: The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Parts 3 and 4, Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves, were just as good as the first two. Beforehand I thought it didn't make sense to give a full ninety minutes to Anne of Cleves, to whom Henry was only married for two months. Actually it was really good, because they were able to go into the kind of depth I had missed in the Anne Boleyn segment.
The actor playing Henry, Keith Michell, is incredible. He transforms himself from a brash, fit young man to an obese old tyrant, and somehow manages to remain sympathetic. You know, I liked the first two episodes of The Tudors when I saw them. But that show is nothing compared to this.
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