Elizabeth: The Golden Age

[Miriamele]

Has anyone else seen the new Cate Blanchet Elizabeth Movie? I don't wanna preach too much about what everyone else thought about it, particularly in light of the fact that it's pretty much a sequal to her previous Elizabeth movie.

I actually liked it a lot, but mostly because it did a decent job as far as history goes. Were Elizabeth and Raleigh that close friends? I'm not sure, but she certainly did keep him from going back to the Americas! It just made me think alot about my history classes in college. Which was cool. But then again, like all historical films, there is always going to be some amount of inaccuracy due to our need to romanticize everything.

I read a review that said it was a bit dull but I didn't think so at all.

Hmm.. anyone else?

[Smam]

YES!! I went to see it with my mom yesterday. XD I love Elizabeth. I think she was an amazing woman & Cate Blanchet did an astonishing job at capturing that. Twas crazy. hehe. But I love me some strong females, so of course I'm gonna love that movie. <3 XD

[Megumi]

XD I totally want to see this movie.

Elizabeth I = +10 Awesomeness.

[Miriamele]

yay! I'm glad I'm not alone!! And of course Cate Blanchet + Elizabeth I = +20 awesomeness. Mmmm She's such a good actress - and gorgeous to boot!

[tmfkasueshm]

I went and saw it over the weekend, and I enjoyed it (as I enjoy most history movies that don't go way out of historical context or end up being annoyingly bias to one side or another), but it made me wish that I remembered more of my history so I could understand some of the subtle things ^^; I loved the costuming in any case, absolutely beautiful and almost worth seeing alone just for that, if you're into that sort of thing. But of course if I remember correctly, Elizabeth died with over 1000 dresses, so yeah, they had to do a good job with 'em XD

Sidenote: I noticed there were several people that looked like they were from the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, although I'm terrible with knowing actors, so don't complain if I'm wrong x)

Sidenote 2: I also saw Across the Universe after this movie, which was omg-awesometastic <3 I loved all the crazy and varied art styles they used, and the incorporation of Beetles music, which is always enjoyable ^^ If I had anything negative to say about it, it would probably be that it seemed a little slow at times, but that might be because I was just looking forward to the next song to see what they'd do next, or because I'd already seen one movie and I have a short attention span at times for theatres XD I'm gonna have to buy it when it comes out on DVD so I can enjoy it's craziness over and over again.

[Miriamele]

Oooh I'm so happy to hear a review for Across the Universe. Since I first saw the preview for it days ago I knew I wanted to see it but I haven't yet. I really wanna see it. Now I wanna see it even more! XD

[sam]

I really want to see iiiiiit D:

I'm a huge British history buff, and while the historical inaccuracies in the first one were atrocious at times...I loved it anyway XD I think it's an awesome movie, and Cate Blanchett is a beautiful woman, great actress, and fiery Elizabeth~

[Miriamele]

You should definitely see it if you can then. I really enjoyed it : ) I bet you will too!! <3 She DOES make a fiery Elizabeth! Cate Blanchett, that is : )

[naoko]

TMF - I know that Geoffery Rush is in it, and he was Barbossa XD
I'm going to see it with my aunt first thing in the morning!

...first thing in the morning being 1:30 on a Sunday afternoon, for me.

[Miriamele]

Oooh~ Tell us what you think : )