Elizabeth (Special Edition) (DVD)

Elizabeth is an Academy Award-winning based upon the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It stars Cate Blanchett as the Queen, Geoffrey Rush as Walsingham, Joseph Fiennes as Robert Dudley, Christopher Eccleston as Thomas Howard, and Richard Attenborough as William Cecil. Eric Cantona also had a minor part. Elizabeth: The Golden Age is the sequel to this film. *********synopsis*********** The film opens with the death of Mary I (Bloody Mary), in 1558. We then are given a glimpse of the new Queen hearing this news beneath an Oak tree as tradition dictates. From here the film follows the story of Elizabeth's Strugggle's ...  Read the complete review

***Elizabeth 1998*** My daughter is learning about the Tudors at school and when I saw this on Sky I recorded it and watched it together. I love watching films about this period of history and knew that this version of events had a particularly well respected cast. ***What's It All About?*** This film covers the life of Elizabeth just before she became queen after her sister Mary dies and goes into the first few years of her reign. It starts off with the worrying time for Elizabeth, when one minute she thinks she is close losing her life for treason, to being crowned queen the next. It also depicts the religious troubles at that time and ...  Read the complete review

Having only just got myself a DVD player (pjs catches up with the world very slowly) I decided I should probably buy something to watch in it. I had hoped videos would fit if forced, but no such luck! This also means that this is my first ever DVD opinion, so stick with me guys! So, on a miserable afternoon in London I noticed that HMV on Oxford Street were having a MASSIVE SALE – to use their words. So in I popped, promising myself that I wasn’t going to buy something just because it was in the sale. Fifteen minutes later I walked out with 4 DVD's, one of which was Elizabeth. Again, being months behind the rest of the world, ...  Read the complete review

Elizabeth has to be one of the most sumptuous costume dramas of recent times. Based on the ascension of Queen Elizabeth I to the English throne and the earlier years of her reign it is visually stunning, packed wall to wall with world class performances and drama. But?. Before reviewing the film in its own right there is a but. This film has taken a huge scoop of artistic licence with the story and for those with an interest in Elizabethan history it will probably annoy you beyond compare at times. I would class my knowledge of this era as so-so but even I could see glaring distractions from what history tells us. Of course there is no law that says film has ...  Read the complete review

This film documents the early years the rule of Queen Elizabeth I of England - arguably Britain’s most successful monarch. At the end of her 40 year reign, Britain owned or had colonised over 25% of the world. Shaken by the death of Queen Mary (played by the brilliant Kathy Burke), Catholic Britain conspires against its new protestant ruler, Elizabeth I(Cate Blanchett). Weak and inexperienced in the ways of governance, Elizabeth relies heavily on her advisors, whilst carrying on a love affair with the earl of Leicester(Joseph Fiennes), unaware that those who advise her would also see her downfall. Queen of patriarchal Britain, her only purpose it would ...  Read the complete review