So, who’s planning to see The Other Boleyn Girl? Nobody, right? And how did you know (besides the casting) that this movie was going to suck even before the reviews told you? It’s because humans are genetically able to sense horrible costuming inaccuracies and shortcuts, and act accordingly. The same way we can tell that a dog is about to attack, we know this movie is terrible. Even Cate Blanchett (who shouldn’t be throwing a lot of stones about historical inaccuracy) can’t bring herself to look directly at this post.

First of all, we’ll hit the number-one indication that a movie has taken historical accuracy out behind the house and shot it:

“Where to even BEGIN?”
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