The White Queen (2013)

flower crown hipster queen

You know how there are people who you go 'Oh, they're beautiful, aren't they? And their clothes and the things they say, because you've just caught brief snippets of their conversation and tone. You just end up assuming that this person is somehow holy in someway or the other. That they're an institution of their own. That they're brilliant and have to be amazing. I've got that problem with costume drama's of any kind. I tend to presume they're good from the get-go, which is a terrible assumption, especially when they try to be historically accurate.

Okay, when they claim to be historically accurate, but are in fact - not accurate.

It's not that The War of the Roses information was lost to me, but we weren't schooled much about European history that wasn't our own. We got small little bits of course, and then everything was left for you to dive into on your own. This was one of those things. Knowing very little I began The White Queen with naive eyes, of course taking the sudden 'witchery' with disbelief, and what-not of presumptions of how historical figures personalities were. But it was just iffy. And that feeling got strengthened by my own research. Quick Wik-search and you could see the errors made. Suddenly it's all too dramatic and silly and very fictional. Maybe this is why they don't do so many of these kinds of shows, but they could try to do them well. 

In the end I couldn't finish the White Queen with the knowledge that Elizabeth was going to fall in love with her Uncle Richard. Yeah, spoilers, but honestly.

Don't try to be Game of Thrones.

You're just doing it wrong.