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Title: Henry Soprano
Review: Ray Winstone is very good in the recent King Arthur film, where playing a side-thug to history is fine. But in the title role of this film, his all-to-20th Century thug acting left something to be desired. In fact, the producers admitted to the very flaw of this film as their intention, to make Henry VIII a modern day gangster. Tony Soprano as King of England.Part two, which features Henry in his later years, is much better than part one, but all in all, I still felt this was far too modern an approach to history.My main gripe about this was its lack of historical "feel" and "style". This was a conscious decision and not one I agree with. If you want a "Henry the VIII for the new Millennium" ... well, this might be it.
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