The Tudors: The Complete Series

The five star mostly comes from the series being complete and me finding it for a good price. There are some drawbacks: notably, there’s no subtitle option. The loss of this is felt. Also, only a few episodes to a disc. It’s weird, but I don’t remember navigating DVDs feeling so archaic. Nostalgic, yes. Convenient, not so much.But since The Tudors is no longer available for free on prime (ugh), and I’m planning a D&D campaign set in Tudor England that requires me to reference this show frequently, I was happy to pick this up for the price I found. Buy physical media, people. It’s a little annoying, but you’ll be glad you did later.

Liked the organized way the DVDs were packaged and I love the series. great price, too.

Admittedly I am not much of a TV watcher; I care far more about my documentaries and books. I was aware of the series when it was airing on cable, but being a bit of an Anglophile and not having cable I never pursued this further and eventually forgot all about it. My boss began watching this a couple of weeks ago and he highly recommended it as being mostly accurate so I came here and read some of the other reviews.I have to say that it's a very well done docu-drama. The first time I watched it I did just that; sat and watched it. The second go-round I sat with smart phone in hand and turned it into a research opportunity. Did that actually take place? Was Catherine Howard truly a giggling nitwit?" (According to her contemporaries, yes.) What did Chapuys look like in real life?I have to admit that when I first started watching it I had a little difficulty with the fact that Henry VIII was portrayed as a brunette when we all know better, however Jonathan Rhys Meyers does such an outstanding job of capturing what I believe to be His Majesty's personality that it didn't take long for me to ignore the lack of red hair.There is so much detail that you have to watch it at least twice because you're going to miss several things the first go round.I was highly disappointed in the special features dvd. The production was so outstanding that I expected much more history regarding the costuming, locations, etc. Instead most of the special features involve previews of other Showtime productions. There are also advertisements at the beginning of every disc; in season 4 you cannot fast forward through them, but muting them works just as well.All in all I highly recommend The Tudors. It was well worth the money and is something that I will definitely watch more than once or twice.

I just got The Tudors Complete Series Box set through amazon. I missed the series when it was on Showtime, I wish I had been introduced to it sooner.The Packaging: The jewel case the dvds come in is in booklet form with indiviual pages and pictures. The artwork is very beautiful. Discs go into indiviual slots in the pages. Downside is that I'm sure the booklet will not hold up well and with repeated viewing the disc's are likely to become scratched/scuffed taking them in and out of their slots.The DVDs: I've read alot of reviews bringing up a manufacturing malfunction causing the disc's to skip or not play at all. I only has two problems. The season 2 finale and series finale, these episodes skipped towards the end of the episode. However, both played perfect in my laptop, so I'm fine with that. The set also includes a bonus disc with a lot of extras.The Show: Michael Hirst is amazing. The show follows King Henry 8th and the begining of the end of the Tudor dynasty. The Tudors produced two of England's most famous monarchs. The show is fairly accurate, it's important to remember this is a historical drama. As for the complants I've read about the sex/nudity, it really isn't overbearing, there's a reason this show was on a premieum network. The show has a great cast who all performed very strongly.My complaints would be: (1)Some of the backdrops (castles and landscapes) looked incredably fake, the series was film in Ireland...there should have been no need for any cheesey CGI when you have real backdrop that beautiful. (2)The show can be a bit slow at times, I found myself falling asleep or wanting to skip forward.

Henry VIII has been portrayed throughout history as an overweight, ungraceful man, and a tyrannical king. A fat, sloppy man throwing chicken bones over his shoulder is the image many have of Henry VIII. I believe much like The Aviator did to tell the story of the young, handsome & brilliant Howard Hughes, The Tudors reminds us of the other side of Henry VIII. I agree that creator Michael Hirst took some poetic license, as the appearance of the older Henry, but this only inspires the viewer to learn more.The series is excellent, and it seems the decision was made to bring out the elements of this story that continues to fascinate. Over the four seasons of The Tudors, Henry is the center of the story, and is played wonderfully by Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. But just as in history, he is surrounded by equally compelling, and ultimately, more heroic characters.The Tudors looks beautiful, and is wonderfully entertaining. Because of some of the historical inaccuracies, I don't believe it gets enough credit for what the series does get right. There are several moments in The Tudors that stays with you, and many of these moments come directly from the history books, or capture the emotion of the event. For example:Henry's scream of pain when Thomas More dies...Anne looking up at the birds in the sky as the French swordsman distracts her...Catherine Howard's lonely ballet in Tower as her lovers are tortured and killed...Jane laying in the church as Henry cries over her body (the music by Trevor Norris is haunting-all 4 cds are wonderful)When "Anne" tells Henry near his death "Catherine lies beside me..."Anne of Cleves asking "If I don't please the King, will he kill me?"Henry looking up at the now famous painting, and whispering "Well done.."I would agree.."Well done"

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This series is brilliant I am only part way through it but I am enjoying every minute. What can I say but you have to watch this.... I be surprised if viewers did not enjoy this series.

The complete Series "The Tudors" was a great enjoyment. It was all I ever expected and then some. I now watching again with my grandchildren,and I hope that they will as much find in a time of history that I enjoyed and loved so much. It seems you are "living that time" with all the goodand bad and with enormous learning of a time long gone. I highly commend seeing it all - it is wonderful.

Ayant étudié abondamment l'histoire d'Angleterre dans le cadre de mes études, c'est avec curiosité que j'ai découvert cette série lors de sa diffusion sur Arte il y a trois ou quatre ans. Dès le premier épisode, j'ai été scotché à mon siège et par la suite, je n'ai pas manqué un seul épisode. On se prend très vite au jeu. Cette série est en tout point fascinante. Les décors sont somptueux et les acteurs campent merveilleusement bien les rôles de ces personnages historiques haut en couleur. Bien que le scénariste ait utilisé la licence poétique pour embellir les faits historiques, cette série reste néanmoins étroitement liée aux véritables faits et anecdotes historiques. Je dirais qu'elle est à 95% fidèle aux faits historiques. Quoi qu'il en soit, on ne peut décemment pas attendre d'une série qu'elle retrace l'histoire de façon authentique et linéaire comme le ferait un documentaire. Au demeurant, ce serait très vite ennuyeux. Je déconseillerais néanmoins cette série à un public de tout jeunes ou de non avertis. En effet, les scènes de violence (exécutions, tortures, et autres réjouissances...) sont assez nombreuses et parfois un peu choquantes. Pour ce qui est du sexe, c'est aussi ce qui fait le charme de cette série. Pour ma part, j'aime bien ce côté érotico-historique. Sexe et violence faisaient tous deux partie intégrante de la cour d'Henri VIII et il est impensable de ne pas les évoquer en abordant la vie mouvementée de ce monarque qui fit perdre la tête à bien des femmes...