does this count as history revision?

does this count as history revision?

It's Charles Laughton as Henry VIII, this movie is inherently absolutely bonkers. Largely vignette driven through most of the his wives in a fashion that's somewhere between legitimate black comedy and just the absurdity of history. Wild stuff.

It's Charles Laughton as Henry VIII, this movie is inherently absolutely bonkers. Largely vignette driven through most of the his wives in a fashion that's somewhere between legitimate black comedy and just the absurdity of history. Wild stuff.

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived

Charles Laughton delivers such a great performance as Henry VIII that it shaped the way our modern minds perceive the king, as a gluttonous monster obsessed with his manhood and the production of male heirs, which isn’t inaccurate per se but it’s certainly an exaggeration and that’s what makes this so much fun. Laughton gave me so many laughs and brought to life exactly what I imagined and hoped for going in and I’m so glad he won the Best Actor award for what he did here. It wasn’t just him though, the performances from all his wives were so good too, Binnie Barnes, Elsa Lanchester, Merle Oberon, and Wendy Barrie all impressed me even if some of them didn’t get much screen-time. The script is decent enough, Charles definitely boosts it with his performance and the wives were able to as well, aside from that there were definitely some slow moments, that and the ending are what’s really holding this back for me. Maybe I’m just not a big fan of old hollywood endings but I’ve also seen some I loved so the abrupt ones like this, and the movie I watched yesterday, Hobson’s Choice, confuse and disappoint me a bit. I really enjoyed this though, could very well get to a 4 on rewatch, for the oldest movie I’ve seen up to this point it’s a very fun time.

Charles Laughton delivers such a great performance as Henry VIII that it shaped the way our modern minds perceive the king, as a gluttonous monster obsessed with his manhood and the production of male heirs, which isn’t inaccurate per se but it’s certainly an exaggeration and that’s what makes this so much fun. Laughton gave me so many laughs and brought to life exactly what I imagined and hoped for going in and I’m so glad he won the Best Actor award for what he did here. It wasn’t just him though, the performances from all his wives were so good too, Binnie Barnes, Elsa Lanchester, Merle Oberon, and Wendy Barrie all impressed me even if some of them didn’t get much screen-time. The script is decent enough, Charles definitely boosts it with his performance and the wives were able to as well, aside from that there were definitely some slow moments, that and the ending are what’s really holding this back for me. Maybe I’m just not a big fan of old hollywood endings but I’ve also seen some I loved so the abrupt ones like this, and the movie I watched yesterday, Hobson’s Choice, confuse and disappoint me a bit. I really enjoyed this though, could very well get to a 4 on rewatch, for the oldest movie I’ve seen up to this point it’s a very fun time.

Why the eyebrows? Whybrows?

Why the eyebrows? Whybrows?