Well the real Henry was a blob.. so i feel likd choosing an attractive man to play Henry was purely for audience purposes to get as many viewers as they could
This scene was so emotional. Youth is indeed beautiful. That flashback where he is playing tennis, his and charles's bond there is so beautiful. Absolutely in love with the flashbacks
Love the part where he kissed his daughter and I remember that scene from years ago. He didn't even think of the baby being a girl. He just loved her... because she existed.
the scene where he is kissing his baby wasnt his daughter but his son. That's Henry Fitzroy, right after he was born who was the only illegitimate son that Henry acknowledge which is why it was the first because that was the first or second episode
@@onemercilessming1342 timeline: "I AM" referred to the baby as a girl, "Kathrine Wilder" explain what you said (and shorter) "the clown emoji is stupid" said they think "I AM" reffered to a scene with Mary tudor, I said "I AM" wrote baby girl.
When he saw his life i couldn't stop crying .... but this series is a part of nu life , I never thought it will mean so much ,but at the end , god i laughed with tears
I cried immediately when the music started and he put his arm around Charles during tennis, ugly tears, but there was NO reason they needed to put that song at the end 💀
It got a lot right I mean In Henry's Evil mind from hs warped perspective both Anne and Catherine Howard were as guilty as sn and he was the vvictim Henry was so good at being "the victim"! whn in reality he was anything but
thing is he knew Anne was innocent and one of the menconvicted with the young Howard girl confessed after alleged torture Anne was still Queen right up to her arrest even to her death possibly and Anne atleast was given a trial though not a fair one Catherine How ard was immediately stripped of all her priviledges and title and whatever and taken to the tower like a common street criminal and Catherine Never even got her day in a court she never got a trial that junk about him being inconsolable that Catherine Howard had betrayed what a performance Henry here is your Oscar I am not buying it then he has Limestone and or Lye poured over her grave to dissolve Catherine Howards remains as if she never existed catherine howard should have never been in that position in the first place they were not married out of love she was pushed into that marriage that got her killed she was a kid still so someone besides Henry also has her blood on their hands alot of people who pushed her into that position and also she was never properly protected before she ever met Henry
Henry played victim in most of his marriages he claimed in his divorce Catherine of Aragon "tricked" him by claiming she and Arthur never consummated their marriage his argument that he can annul the marriage on grounds of incest because Catherine was married to his brother Arthur which Henry knew that when they were married and Catherine and Arthur never consummaetd the marriage they got sick soon after and then Arthur died leaving her a widow at 15 Henry twisted a bible verse in Leviticus to try to get the pope to let him out of his marriage Pope said nope then he was th victim of Anne which he knew was not true Cromwell helped him so Cromwell also has Anne's blood on him boy I bet he felt stupid when Henry had him beheaded later on after the Anne of Cleves fiasco which again Henry played the victim then with Catherne Howard Henry threw in the crocodile tears this time inconsolable my foot ! by now he was used to throwing disgusting out rageous alleagtions and lies at his wives so do we really know if Catherine Howard did anything of what he said especialy if Dereham was tortured to confess that girl was traumatized she may have been promised to Culpepper before she got with Henry but why does what happens before matter
Morgana Tudor--I really do wish people would do just the smallest bit of research before snarking. "I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am" is a 1910 music hall song by Murray and Weston. I was part of Joe Brown's LAST album in 1962, "A Picture of You". Herman's Hermit's recorded it in 1965, outselling any single to that date and, somewhat surprisingly, becoming more popular than "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones. It is a song that features a Cockney accent and has stood the test of time throughout the 20th and into the 21st century. I will grant you that, after the intense drama of the events of the reign of Henry VIII, it was a bit jarring and I can see why it was deemed an alternate ending. However, do keep in mind that, in the UK, it is a treasured bit of musical history.
@@onemercilessming1342 Thank you for that bit of background about the song. Herman's Hermits was one of my favorite groups but I did not know the song's history.
@@onemercilessming1342 Great explanation. But for my ears it remains a little bit stupid. Sorry. Probably I can’t appreciate because I’m not from uk, idk
Henry VIII was such a huge waste of potential. The irony, of course, is that his extracurricular love life and obsession with producing a male heir, ultimately committed England and its spawn, the United States, to a path of Protestantism, unleashing the most economically productive society in the history of the planet. His successor, Elizabeth I, spent 50+ years digging the exchequer out of debt that Henry, Mary I and Edward VI left after them, and she was so traumatized by the court life in which she grew up that she never married and the Tudor dynasty failed for lack of a direct male descendant.
Candice Honeycutt or joint monarchy if she married another king. Although Henry’s obsession with producing a male heir led him to not betroth his daughters and pretty much ended his line with them. Imagine how much of the world history would’ve changed if they had more Tudor heirs
Well said I’d never thought about the direct impact that Henry had on the US. Even more the impact the lack of a son from Catherine had or If marry had been a son. Geez how the little things could’ve changed it all
As an Irishman and a Gael,english royalty makes me feel sick to my arse cheecks,but have to say, The tudors was absolutely brilliant,fantastic show,watched every episode and season.Thanks HBO. :)
+Fergus Duffy As an Englishman of Anglo- Saxon, Norse and Romano-British heritage , Englands Norman- French royalty make me puke as well but they did make interesting history, albeit bloody to the extreme - as this excellent series showed.
but there's a little detail to that He wanted to be remembered fro everything he did as a King He remembered by most people as the king who married six different women and beheaded two of them...
I think he looks like a thirty-ish man dressed up to look old, with stuffing in his suit not at all convincing, I really like the Tudors especially the music, but I think it would have been better still if they had someone who bore a passing resemblance to Henry viii in the lead role. As to the woman who said he looked too old most people have a few white hairs long before they turn 50, it is only hair dye that hides the fact. Besides he wasn't a healthy 50 year old man he was a sick over-weight 50 year old man living in the 16th century.
+48caro you are wrong JRM is so believable, there have been lots of BBC Henry Viii programmes and none are as charismatic as Jonathan Rhys Meyers, he was born to play this role.
No one would've been interested in the show if JRM wasn't the king. He is perfect. And in reality king henry 8 was also quite handsome in his youth. JRM has done his part very beautifully, he's so fucking gorgeous
An obese and unattractive Henry would have distracted from the emotion. We can conceive of a young woman marrying a man like that for money or status but NOT for REAL love and REAL physical attraction. In the age of religious duty holding everyone to their fates and stations in life a young woman really could love such a man as her view on what was Godly and natural (being geniuenly sexually attracted and geniuenly in love with God's chosen prince) is a view point on life modern women simply cannot relate to. If Henry were cast as an obese ... aging... and unatteactive man the story would always be "what is she REALLY up to? There's no way she's really in love with this grotesque tyrant (think Donald and Melania)... Stripping all emotion from what were.... In their day... Real and genuine love matches (some of them). And the show.... Whose power in story telling was the EMOTION.... would be totally lost. It was a very wise choice in casting in my opinion. It let me focus on a (to me) realistic emotionally relateable story rather then a string of women who could hold no genuine love for such a man.
Levi Blevins Absolutely, not to mention that this is a drama, not a historical documentary. They weren't going for 100% accuracy. Nobody wants to look at an old fat king for 2 seasons.
One thing I've always hated about Henry the Eighth is just how damn selfish and useless he was. I mean, honestly, what did he do except for spend money and sleep with women? And I think this clip really shows just how pathetic he really was; even after everything, even after thinking back on his entire life, it still wasn't enough for him. He ruined countless lives! But what I really appreciate is that in the end, once his youth and vigor had run out, he was left as nothing more than
I love that most of the flashbacks were anne he truly loved her I think it was a case of couldn't live with her couldn't live with her but couldn't live with her I feel if he kept her alive he would of kept going back which you couldn't do such a tragic story
Even though Anne was killed due to Henry she got the last laugh. Her daughter with Henry would end up ruling England for a long time. Anyways shame on him, but I adore the actress who played her Natalie Dormer was brilliant.
@Taraum In the long run, Henry VIII saved England from the corruption of the Church. Indeed, the genesis of his reformations saved te country in the long run. He also, with Wolsey's help, laid the groundwork for the concept of the United Nations. Henry VIII did alot for England and could of done much more, but he wanted the security in a male heir for the Tudor dynasty. Sadly this dominated his mind of other issues. In the end, he ended up being a King that was remember: what he always wanted.
The lead actor had to be captivating for the show to last. JRM was a good casting although not historically accurate, he played his youth pretty well as we wasn’t all fat and stuff. It wasn’t after his jousting accident where he changed
The world is beautiful the people are cruel every where from baganing to the End & never stops. very sad for thos lost their lifes & lived very short some fought for Money, Sex, woman, Religion, Land👎.
@Diana212121 I see what you're talking about. The song is called The Death of Jane Seymour but it's only the first half of the song. It's from season 3 if you wanna look it up on iTunes or something. Hope I didn't cause any confusion!
Though I hate Henry for what he did to his daughters and wives, I pity him, He never expected to be king, and the way his father treated him made him the way he is, same with his daughter, Mary
Can you tell me where this is documented? I have never found anything the shows any remorse for having executed Anne. While I do think he loved Anne, I think the injury he suffered after the fall from his horse scrambled his brain and may have contributed to his decision to have her executed. Personally I would find a certain amount of redemption if he showed any remorse and I have looked for it. Unfortunately I have not been able to find it in anything but fiction.
This was a great series, so great that make you see a piece of shit like Henry as a likeable person without softening his rule and I thing they would have made the same thing with Mary and Elizabeth, but they screwed up the chronology of this great series, a series that could have continue with Mary and Elizabeth.
