A movie standing on it's own was great, but historically...

Rating: 7/10 (29 December 2004)

I am a huge history freak. In fact that's why I saw this movie. In my sophomore year of high school in 2000, we were learning about the Prodescents vs. the Catholics. It was extremely interesting. We started watching "Elizabeth" to get an idea of what it was like for the war. We never finished, but the movie had been stuck in my head ever since. When I went to Blockbuster and saw the movie, I grabbed it remembering how interesting it was.
The movie "Elizabeth" is very remarkable. The directing is perfection, the sets are imacculate, Cate is without a doubt very wonderful and capturing in her role, and the whole movie is very good. The supporting cast adds to the movie as well. Geoffrey Rush and Joesph Fiennes really add a lot to their roles. Even though their characters are quit typical, it seems that they are very typecast. Geoffrey Rush is kind of this bad British guy who is very controlling. Joesph is always the hopeless romantic. You know how it goes.
The history however is... sorely inaccurate. I wasn't pleased on how they presented the history of Mary, the Protestants, the Catholics, Robert, and Elizabeth. The list could go on, but this is a movie comment, not a history essay.
So as a movie, I will say that it was great.
7/10