Elizabeth

Last night during knitting, my girlfriend and I watched “Elizabeth”, the one with Cate Blanchett.  I’m not much of a history buff, so any of the inconsistencies completely flew over my head.  And even with some (quick) research today, I’m still oblivious to the inconsistencies.

I was impressed with the movie.  I like how strong Elizabeth was portrayed and Cate Blanchett did a great job.  Of course, I think that Cate Blanchett is a spectacular actress anyway.  She comes off as one of those actresses that just fully becomes every character she takes on.  I knew that Elizabeth was either a) having an affair or just involved in a b) extremely close relationship with Robert Dudley.  But in the movie I never see his wife or her scandal causing death.  I only heard mention of her very slightly and this causes Elizabeth to shun him.  I confess that I spent much of the first half of the movie trying to figure out where I had seen Geoffrey Rush before.  Then it clicked after studying his nose.  He’s Barbossa!  After I solved that mystery, I invested much more of my time in watching the film.

The one thing I was slightly disappointed in is that I read the back of the movie and expected all kinds of thrills and adventure.  Then the movie, while it provided thrills & adventure, didn’t seem to live up to the blurb on the back.  But I suppose you have to edit some things out because if you were to do a full story of any monarch, it would take a lot of film.  That’s probably why they made “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”.

So tonight I think I’m going to rent “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” while I’ve got Elizabeth’s monarchy on the brain, and then since I’m admiring Cate Blanchett’s work, I might pick up “The Aviator”.