Why did this film get nominated for an Oscar???

Rating: 6/10 (15 May 1999)

Even before this film was realised, I wanted to see it. After it was nominated for the Oscar, I REALLY wanted to see it...then I saw it.... This film is one of the worse things I have ever seen. I spent half of the movie trying to figure out who the characters were (such as who Sir Robert and Sir William were in real life) and then the rest of it trying to believe why the film got nomintated. The acting was good, but this film to so many poetic liberties that it became horridly disgusting save for most of the acting. The plot became confusing for even me, who, I have to add, has read up on this period. I fail to see how this film did so well.