An interesting, sometimes intense movie.

Rating: 7/10 (22 March 2004)

I had been wanting to see the movie "Elizabeth" for quite awhile. I had heard such good things about it, from friends and reviews on here. I had that chance recently, and have to admit it was a pretty good movie. Cate Blanchett plays a wonderful Elizabeth, the character development is rich and interesting to watch. This movie has a somewhat long running time but the time passes quickly and that's a plus. Your also drawn in from the beginning, to the duplicity, deception and numerous motivations of the many around her. One thing "Elizabeth" certainly isn't is boring.
If one has always been fascinated by royalty, this movie is just about the perfect choice. I was and am,one who does have a strong interest in that, growing up I read many a book about kings and queens etc etc. "Elizabeth" creates the feeling of the royal court wonderfully. And I mustn't forget to mention the cinematography either which is wonderful.
Elizabeth is a movie I liked a whole lot while never actually loving. I think that's because of the Amount of characters and the ambiguity of virtually all of them. So many characters are introduced, many peoples' motives are never revealed fully, it's absolutely,a movie, where if your distracted for a second or two you lose a great deal. While the character development for Elizabeth is darn near perfect it's not there as much in anybody else. Still, The story of Elizabeth is a fascinating one and this is an absorbing and good movie. My vote is 7.5 out of 10.