Whats all the fuss?

Rating: 7/10 (17 December 2007)

This was a very good movie. I cannot simply understand what was so bad about it. It is accused of being too short, the plot flimsy and having Geoffrey Rush under used. This is rubbish and I advise readers strongly to not listen to it. It is only 114 minutes but that is only bad if it actually feels short. To me Elizabeth was done justice and I felt that the ending was fine and summed up the movie well. As for the plot being flimsy there is no way of that. It was as strong as the first Elizabeth maybe even stronger when you think of it. Finally Geoffrey Rush is the last person to be called under used. From my point of view he was nearly used to much with his emotions flying everywhere in some places. The one person who was under used was Samantha Morton as Mary, Queen of Scots but no offence to her but she just wasn't pretty enough for the role. Apart from those small hiccups I could easily recommend this film for one sole reason. Cate Blanchett! She was absolutely brilliant. At least all the critics agreed on that. She really have off the vibes of a queen and we aussies are proud to say she is ours! Go see it and throw the critics rating in the bin!