I have no idea when I’m going to get a chance to see the movie, but if you have and want to comment on it, this is the place!
I have no idea when I’m going to get a chance to see the movie, but if you have and want to comment on it, this is the place!
Hi!
I haven’t seen the move yet but I wanted to leave a note. This morning I saw a new paperback copy of The Other Boleyn Girl with Eric, Natalie and Scarlett all dressed up on the cover. It looked like the poster for Cruel Intentions. Thats it.
Maggie
I just saw it today!! The costumes are SPECTACULAR! Oh my goodness they were just breathtaking. I’m not sure she used feathers as much as they used in the movie, but they looked great anyhow! Mary Queen of Scots only had like 2 different costumes..I think she might have had more than that even if she was in prison. Cate Blanchett of course was wonderful too. They played up a romance between Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh..which is something I hadn’t heard much of. Sir Francis Drake wasn’t in the movie at all, and I think he should have been. Overall it was a great movie and can’t wait to see it again!!
Was really Good. Saw it when it opened on Friday. Great costuming.Great scenery. It was wonderful to see a different aspect of Elizabeth being portrayed, she has some great, very personal relationships with people in the movie. Just loved when she was chatting away to her Ladies in Waiting about the type of husbands they wanted. Only 2 quibbles, Mary Queen of Scots and the Scottish accent and Philip’s Daughter Isabella who serves no purpose really…Of course, I’ll need to see it an additional 30 times to be satisfied!
PS: Tudor fans I asked the theatre about the movie poster and managed to get my hands on a great pin and a mini poster.
I saw the movie yesterday and really enjoyed it, although I’m not sure it was very accurate historically. The cinematography and costumes were amazing, and Cate Blanchett was excellent as well. Some aspects of the plot were hard to follow–the defeat of the Spanish Armada seemed to happen rather abruptly and with no real explanation as to how they pulled it off. Walsingham was also on his deathbed quite randomly.
There was also an interesting reference to Henry VIII’s having Anne Boleyn killed–something along the lines of “Was it also my father’s duty to have my mother murdered?” I do wonder if Elizabeth ever actually gave voice to that horrific detail of her childhood.
I agree it was nice to see Elizabeth’s personal relationship with some of her ladies, as well as her sense of humor and playfulness. I think the movie also did a good job of conveying just how isolating and lonely her life must have been, and how she must have longed for the intimate connections with people she really couldn’t allow herself to have.
I had mixed feelings about this movie. I thought it was crap history, but I thought the performances were wonderful and as Megan said it was interesting to see the interplay with Elizabeth and her maids of honor. However, Sir Francis Drake got shafted in favor of Sir Walter Raleigh, and I’m not even sure how much of that was historically accurate and how much of it was borrowed from other movies such as the one from the fifties where Jean Simmons played Bess Throckmorton to Bette Davis’ Queen Elizabeth.
As Richard Roeper said, “They must have spent a billion dollars on this movie!” Most of it on the costumes, which are pretty astonishing, although no one seems to have heard of a farthingale and Mary Queen of Scots’ ladies seem to be channeling the late 19th century. Tremendous symbolic use of color, particularly the way Bess Throckmorton’s clothes are always a pale reflection of the Queen’s effulgent gowns. A lot of people – Burghley, Leicester, Essex — have been suppressed to build up the Queen’s relationships with Raleigh and Walsingham (Walsingham seems to have ripped off his deathbed scene from Leicester’s real one a few months after the Armada), poor Chris Hatton never even was formally identified and Babington is decidedly creepy. I liked little cold-eyed Infanta Isabella with her Elizabeth mommet (you just know she stuck pins in it at night) — the whole freaky Spanish court was reminiscent of David Lynch’s Dune.
For scenery and costumes, this was a fantastic movie. Cate Blanchett was tremendous, I can’t think of another actress, besides Helen Mirren of course, who could pull of such a strong, vibrant, and emotional Elizabeth.
Poor Drake was mentioned maybe once or twice by Raleigh during the battle with the Armada, where Drake calls Raleigh “Walter” and Raleigh refers to Drake as “Drake.” Otherwise, you would have thought Raleigh planned the entire Armada victory, including the idea of the fire ships!
Did anyone else notice the older, austere, very pale-faced lady in waiting who was always minding Bess Throckmorton? Was she supposed to be Cat Ashley, who was the primary lady in waiting in the first Elizabeth movie in 1998?
On a non-related note, Deborah Kerr has died — she was a fine Katherine Parr in “Young Bess,” which was on Turner Classic Movies a few nights ago. Perhaps there should be a post discussing actress performances in the roles of Henry VIII’s wives …
Loved, loved, loved it. The costumes were amazing and the acting was, too. It’s a definite must-see and probably a must-own, too.
I want to know who Infanta Isabella was!!! I know she had no lines, but she potrayed the role so well. My school had a production based on Elizabeth’s story, and I played Anne Boylen from Elizabeth’s birth all the way untill the exacution.
I much liked the movie, but I wish to know who Isabella was played by!
Let me introduce you to the wonderful site, the Internet Movie Database. It’s a great place to look up anything movie-related. According to their entry, Aimee King played the Infanta. It looks like The Golden Age is the only thing she’s been in.
Here’s the link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414055/
I love the movie. I have only seen it recently. It is very historically based, check the internet. I had not heard of Bess before, but she is real. The costumes were great. I bought the movie. Plan to watch it oftern.