Today we were going to watch a movie (no evening service as we had it in the afternoon!) so Dad asked me to cue it up.
Well, much to Mom's surprise, it was Lady Jane! Apparently she and Dad had decided that we'd watch Pirates of the Caribbean, which message was not relayed to the cuer-upper, who had merely heard LJ mentioned. *cough*
Anyway, we ended up sticking with LJ. So here's a bit of analysis.
They did a very nice job tying up the loose ends (for the most part) and going full circle. Lovely, lovely. *gives kudos points*
They never actually showed the severed heads *ughshudderugh* but unfortunately, that's not worth points, it just didn't lose them any. ^_^
Jane was pretty, but she was also sort of a brat. =P
Guilford was... um... very... let's see. He really reminded me of Westley from the Princess Bride!
 
What? You say that Cary Elwes does have a tendency to look... well... like himself? What a novel thought.
OK, some more serious thoughts.
The romance which they had going between Jane and Guilford was nice, in a Hollywood-ish fashion, but it really spoiled a lot of other stuff.
First of all, it is completely historically inaccurate. =P Jane hated Guilford.
Secondly, it stole much of what she stood for as well as her reason for dying! At the end of the movie (right before her head comes disconnected >_<) Jane whispers, "Guilford!"
She did not die so that she could be with Guilford. She died because she refused to renounce her Reformed faith!
Anyway... now that I have that rant out of my system...
I did have a hard time watching Cary Elwes in a "serious" role.
 In fact, I added a few quotes from the Princess Bride in... "It was a strange wedding."
So it really was a pretty good movie, it was a lot of fun to watch the interactions between characters, especially King Edward VI and and Jane when she is queen. ^_^
But for a more, erm, historically accurate (I think) and also interesting book, I highly recommend Coronation of Glory by Deborah Meroff.
One other thing about this movie: I came away with appreciation for the separation of church and state. Yes, it's been much mis-used, and mis-interpreted, and so on, but the movie gives a very clear picture of some MAJOR problems with what happens when the state determines the religion! | 
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