Em and I saw Elizabeth: The Golden Age last night. Fantastic film. Just as good as the first one. Cate Blanchett was awesome again as Elizabeth I. Actually, she was so awesome, it was scary sometimes. There are scenes where you forget it's an actress playing the role, and instead, you think you're really watching Elizabeth. Geoffrey Rush and Clive Owen were good too, although Clive Owen's lines seemed a little too poetic.
The costumes were gorgeous. Em's favorite was the purple dress with the red hair. My favorite was Elizabeth in the suit of armor with the long hair let down. I wish I had hair like that. I need to get that poster and frame it and hang it up somewhere.
I was impressed with how they handled the historic events - how upset Elizabeth was at having to condemn Mary to death, her insistence that Catholics were free to worship as they chose provided they didn't break any laws, and just overall portraying Elizabeth as a human being with a temper, a sense of humor, fear, jealousy, loneliness, longing.
Well worth seeing. I do suggest watching the first one, if you've not seen it, before seeing this one. It gives you a better orientation to her early life and how she came to the throne. I wonder if they'll do a third one about the rest of her life.
I have to confess that I was reminded of Miranda Richardson's version of Elizabeth in the Blackadder series. If someone countered something that she'd said, and it displeased her, her response was, in a high-pitched, slightly crazed voice, "Who's queen?" And they had fun with the potatoes too.
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