Good acting... irritating script

Rating: 6/10 (29 March 2008)

Maybe we don't go to the movies for a history lesson but, when there are recorded historical facts available, script writers should follow them. The movie would have been no less entertaining if it had been historically accurate. It was not, after all, a fictional story. The acting was excellent, Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, and Abby Cornish in particular. Clive Owen was good in the most inaccurate portrayal of all, dragged in only to have something romantic for the queen. To ignore all those genuinely responsible for the defeat of the Armada was an insult; Raleigh was a very minor participant. The first movie, Elizabeth, was far superior.