clive owen should never wear puffy shirts

Rating: 2/10 (9 October 2007)

I liked the first Elizabeth with a fresh Cate Blanchett and Joseph Fiennes. This movie was putrid. The dialogue was wretched - Elizabeth to Sir Walter Raleigh: "I need something from you. And I haven't had it in a long, looong time." It's not what you think, either. And when the lady-in-waiting Bess asks Raleigh if a sailor's life isn't lonely, he replies, "Sometimes.... But it's the life I've chosen." These were two times when I actually couldn't help myself from laughing out loud.
Cate Blanchette and Samantha Morton are terrific actresses, usually. But this movie made them look like screaming, hormonal b*tches.
And Clive Owen, who is a fabulous actor in modern roles should never wear puffy shirts, or a goatee, or spangles. Ever.