Movie: The Other Boleyn Girl

Well. The book was better.

The problem, I think, with doing a movie based on this book is that even though the events are historical and epic and lend themselves to film story-telling, the book was more intimate. A lot of that intimacy was lost in the scope of 'ooh! castles! Eric Bana! ooh! pretty girls!'

Sometimes when I watch too many Hollywood movies, I start to see the terrible stereotypes everywhere. Here is the 'good sister' here is the 'bad sister' here is the 'weak dad' here is the 'chummy brother'. It's as though everyone only ever gets one word to describe their character, and heaven help them if the want to bring anything more to the table. "No! I said you are the good sister and THAT IS ALL!!"

Sometimes Hollywood drives me nuts.