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Elizabeth is not something really that terrific of a movie in terms of the movie itself, but in terms of Cate Blanchett performance, yes, she was terrific, she was amazing, she was incredible, and she was really the key of the film, if it's not because of her i think the movie will be just ok or worse because despite most of the good things in the film, there is still some unnecessary and meh scene on the film that makes Elizabeth not perfect, it's a good powerful movie still overall and it is indeed a pretty interesting biopic story to tell.

This superb period drama has everything going for it, and I am saddened that it didn't get more awards. For one thing, the whole film is splendid for the eyes. A lot of care went into the scenery, cinematography and costumes and it showed. The music score was absolutely beautiful, dramatic in some parts and poignant in others. The screenplay is quite extraordinary, and the story while perhaps historically inaccurate, is still intriguing. The direction, while the least impressive element of the film, was still solid. The performances were flawless; Cate Blanchett was above mesmerising as Elizabeth, and she is supported by an outstanding cast that include Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Christopher Ecceleston and Richard Attenborough. All in all, sumptuously filmed, and pretty darn good. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Gwenyth Paltrow winning the best actress Oscar over Cate Blanchett was and still is a travesty. An excellent movie that comes across as more political thriller than biopic. Led by the mesmorising Blanchett, this is one of 1998's best movies.

It has its flaws but it makes for an interesting journey through eye-catching costumes and a slightly over the top but effective performance by Cate Blanchett.

A real life game of thrones. Queen Elizabeth and her winding, **** road to ascent the throne; the road was marked by conspiracies and betrayals from Catholic Church and Pope himself, so enemies of Henry VIII. Cate Blanchett is smashing.

La actuacion de cate blanchett desaparece para trasformarse en su personaje es genial

Un panégyrique à la gloire de la Reine et de son royaume comploteur au sein duquel les princes ne songent qu'à renverser et assassiner leur souveraine... Et les Français s'y mettent eux aussi, tentant de tirer quelques ficelles mais sont hélas ridiculisés du début à la fin : le film anglais (ou anglo-américain ?) n'est en effet certainement pas des plus "fair play" à notre égard... Et comme pour mieux souligner la perfidie de la réalisation, on a même inclus un joueur de football (et de karaté à ses heures très perdues) en guise de "Français"... (laugh on laugh my Queen !). Et Vincent Cassel n'y est rien moins qu'un dandy travesti ?!... oh really My Dear ? Mais les Espagnols sont aussi planqués en embuscade, de même que le Vatican, car sur le continent, on ne saurait tolérer l'infamie de cette reine protestante... qui refuse de se marier : pfff encore une féministe ! Le Saint-Siège envoit donc Daniel Craig (pas encore agent de Sa Majesté) qui a tout l'air d'un Seigneur Syth (?!)... what the **** Your Majesty ? Quoi qu'il en soit, le film est trop souvent confus sur les évènements et leur déroulement alors que quelques longueurs plombent notablement le rythme même s'il y a là matière à quelque drame shakespearien. Cate Blanchett campe en tout cas fort bien cette reine souvent dépassée par les complots, déçue par son coquin de comte, puis qui se construit un coeur de pierre. Mais finir sur le Requiem de Mozart, le petit Autrichien, est-ce bien conforme à l'étiquette ? je m'interroge à ce sujet, Votre Majesté. Le film reste néanmoins élégant dans de beaux décors et de magnifiques costumes et les acteurs de la cour anglaise ne déméritent pas... mais on reste en froid et sur une mauvaise impression générale, faite comme décrit plus haut de maladresses plus ou moins sévères. J'ai vu pourtant que tout cela avait été écrit par Michael Hirst qui a officié sur la bonne série des Tudor, celle à propos du père de Votre Majesté, Henri VIII. Nous en sommes sensiblement mortifié, Votre Grâce, car ce film n'est certainement pas à la hauteur de la série, ni de votre prestige.

and make me a martyr.. Elizabeth The over thought out inner politics occurring between a major transaction isn't project to its best no matter how grand and rich the scale is, its just not royal-e. Michael Hirst's script isn't as smart as the makers think for it seems like spending its time just to pass it till the end by visiting different places and characters with an attempt to offer room and range to it. Shekhar Kapur is not in his A game and unfortunately fails to create the anticipated vision on screen. The feature aces on performance where the protagonist, Cate Blanchett is so good that she needs no support from her cast. Elizabeth is surely an important feature that might be accurate but the question raised upon here is whether it is an entertaining or intriguing one or not.

This is an good historical film, which depicts the initial period of Elizabeth I of England's reign, and how she tried to hold on to power before her enemies. Historically, appears to be quite close to reality, despite the existence of some discrepancies. Its the first of three films (the third is in development) that depict the reign of this monarch, embodied by Cate Blanchett, a remarkable actress who achieve, in these three works, her magnum opus. And no less. Blanchett has managed to capture the physical aspect and most likely personality characteristics of this queen. A true chameleon work, which earned the actress a Golden Globe for "Best Actress Drama" (would have won the Oscar for Best Actress that year but, sometimes, the heads of the Hollywood Academy does not seem to know to see something good when they have it in front of their noses). Another actor who deserves congratulations is Geoffrey Rush, who gave life to Sir Francis Walsingham. Sir Richard Attenborough also participated in this movie (I think it must have been one of his last films) in the role of Lord Burleigh, with great talent. However, the male role that stands out in this film is Robert Dudley, played by Joseph Fiennes. This character was the true (probably the only) love of the young queen and is very important in the plot. Fiennes managed to capture his essence, opportunistic and somewhat hypocritical. The sets and costumes are absolutely rigorous, depict pleasant rigor clothing and environments of the Elizabethan era. The colors are very good, nice to look at the movement of the camera is excellent, the dialogues are memorable and worthy of quotation. An excellent film that apparently ended up in the shadow and did not catch much attention from the public and specialists. Under-appreciated, perhaps a look at the overall of the three films allow this film a different look, and more just.

Elizabeth is not a bad film, but it is poorly directed, agonizingly slow, and oddly constructed. From the very beginning, the film has a weird tone to it that continues throughout (I saw somebody compare the beginning to a comedy like Monty Python and they're not wrong). Cate Blanchett is phenomenal, as are Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Richard Attenborough, and Joseph Fiennes. The structure reminds me oddly of The Godfather and pieces of it bear some resemblance in how it was portrayed, which was unexpected. Additionally, though slow, it feels like it needed to be longer. At two hours, it felt like some things got left out and others were rushed, which hurt the overall film. That being said, the acting really saves this one and it is as strikingly gorgeous production/costume design wise as a period piece should be. Overall, Elizabeth is an above average biopic of Queen Elizabeth I.

For Spain, this piece of **** is part of Black Legend: First Elizabeth was a catholic murderer, more than Maria with anglicans, in second place the character of Felipe II is the other great **** because the king Felipe was Knowing "the prudent", Now a days hispanic Bibliographic is in a revisión in that all of specialist being in agreement that He wasn´t a fanatic, monster, murderer or a lunatic... He wasn´t a saint , he was other king with politics ambitions and absolut power, but not this monster. In conclusion this film is a horrible sample of unknown history knowledge, and I don´t know how Blanchet could **** I dont know who and why Nowadays this film could win an award. P.D: sorry for my bad english.

This film is great. Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth is very good, the costumes and the sets are beautiful. The story is good, full of political intrigues, although with a few annoying clichés as well. All in all, an entertaining film.

Elizabeth is a spine tingling slice of historical drama dressed up as the Godfather. Doomed love, political intrigue and savage murders are the order of the day here. One wonders what Shakespeare would have made of Elizabeth's reign if he was actually divorced from it. Maybe it would have looked a little like this movie. Whatever, Elizabeth is badass entertainment!