Striking

Rating: 10/10 (5 November 2007)

This movie was one of the best historical movies I've seen. It changed my view of the Queen Elizabeth of England. Although this movie is not exactly historically accurate, they made the war with Spain amazing, absolutely striking. Cate Blanchett does an amazing job as the queen for she is powerful, forceful, amazing, and weak at times when necessary.
Although the camera angles are OK, the movie has some blurred and then focus effect that does not add into the overall appeal of the movie.
Also, the best scenery, I'd say is when Queen Elizabeth places the ring back on her finger and walks out the camp, barefoot and climbs up to the edge of a cliff and watches the whole Spanish Armada sink and burn and it shows a scene that kind of looks like a scene from Pride and Prejudice with Keira K.
Although, there were some unnecessary blood and violence in this movie, the overall effect was great. However, I'm a little disappointed in how they conveyed the virgin queen. They focused so much on her faults and her weaknesses rather than her strong points and did not show how Philip of Spain at first wanted to be with the Virgin Queen and after she denied him, went to Mary Stuart of Scots.