Elizabeth: The Golden Age 5 Stars Worthy Historical Movie Review

Elizabeth: The Golden Age 5 Stars Worthy Historical Movie Review 

A few months ago, I got around to watching the Queen Elizabeth movie. I knew her history rather well. However, that still did not stopped me from enjoying the movie. Like we all know, Queen Elizabeth defeated the Spanish armada and fixed the British economy. Her most important innovation was the decapitation of her cousin Mary Stuart.





That event was very important. It served as premise for the decapitation of the French monarchs, during the French Revolution. Frankly, I found this movie to be a bit too pro British. I read Mary Stuart's autobiography. How she ended up prisoner of her cousin was a due to a big misunderstanding... Then again, the murder of her husband was a bit too problematic.

Yet, the real reason she was prisoner was because her son wanted to inherit the throne. He sold his mother out to Queen Elizabeth. Mary Stuart was indeed plotting against her cousin. However, she was doing so because she feared for her life. It is natural for you to plot against those who keep you captive. Plus, she was in her very right to kill her husband. After all, during those days, Kings and Queens were above the law.

It was Queen Elizabeth who brought them down to the mundane world. In a way, she single handily caused the events that destroyed monarchy as we know it. Another interesting fact, that was omitted in the movie, was the story of Mary Stuart's pet dog. When she was taken to be decapitated, her dogie followed her along. He was bathed in his owner's blood. When they tried to take her head, the bloody puppy came out frightened. It was a very gory sight.

Another interesting detail, was that her hair turned completely white overnight. When her head fell, the executioners saw that she had been wearing a wig. It was a real bummer. One last important detail was that Mary Stuart was a cute blondy. She was also infinitely more beautiful then Elizabeth. In this movie, they made her uglier to make Queen Elizabeth shine.

Those were the few things that I did not like about the movie. Thinking about it, this was a movie that glorified Queen Elizabeth. It makes sense that the writer would tweet the facts in her favor. She did have a lot more half lovers. The reason why she did not have a guy were two folds. First, she had an odd disease around the leg. She had inherited from her father, Henry the 8th. The second reason is that if she got man she would loose all her powers.

During her early childhood, she was kicked out of her palace because she was not a man. She feared that if she got a husband, she would end up like her mother. If you think about it, she was not very far from the truth. Movie drama wise, I liked her relationship with the pirate. My family is a direct descendant from those pirates. It was cute how the movie showed that the Queen was living through her attendant.

She liked to make her maid dance with the man she liked. The ending of the movie was pretty epic. It is interesting how they orchestrated the ocean battle. The storm was a lovely detail. Since then, everyone thought that the Queen could summon up storms at will. This only furthered color the Spanish's opinions of the Queen.

Another thing that I liked about the movie where the Queen's dresses. She compensated her ugliness with fancy dresses. She had like a 1000 elaborated dresses. That is a lot of dresses even for this day and age. They included the fancy jewelry that went along with them. I also like the Queen's fancy silver armor. I think that is everything worth mentioning about the movie. Truly, it is a 5 stars worthy historical movie.