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The Other Boleyn Girl: The Trailer
I am excited to share that the trailer for The Other Boleyn Girl is now available online. I’ve just watched it and cannot wait for the movie! I recently won a half-vacation day at work for making my United Way donation. It’s a certainty now that I’ll be saving that for the afternoon of Leap Day, February 29. I hope to see you there!
This leads back to the conversation we had earlier about what makes a movie based upon a movie good. I agree that to do any book worthy of a movie justice that it has to be longer than two to three hours. Based on the trailer, the movie will not be 100% faithful to the book; but is that necessary for the movie to be enjoyable? I loved this book so much, but I’m not a purest when it comes to film renditions – at least not all the time. Now that I’ve seen the actors in motion, I’m excited about the casting. I had thought that Scarlett Johannson would make a better Anne than Mary, but I like what I see of her here. I also see that Natalie Portman can be an effective bitch when she needs to be. 
November 16, 2007 | Filed Under Books, Film, Henry VIII, Philippa Gregory
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Tracy
Posted: Nov 21st, 2007 at 12:56 pm1Reply to this comment.I can’t wait for the movie either!! The trailer is great (although all I could focus on was the announcer’s voice from the old Geico commercials!) and I agree with you abou the casting — very good choices! I hope they don’t mess up the book too much, though… I may have to re-read it again in February just to make sure!
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