This film was amazing...the performances were top notch. Particularly memorable were Helen Mirren and Hugh Dancy. I can understand her winning the Golden Globe that year and he being nominated. They were wonderful as was the script and direction. You owe it to yourself to watch this great production.
December 27, 2008 |  | Great film on Elizabeth I |  |
This is one of my favorite films and one of my favorites on Elizabeth I. The film focuses on Queen Elizabeth once she is settled into her life as Queen. The main theme of the two parts is her two great loves of her life. Queen Elizabeth famously never married and used her single status to keep and maintain power in a male-dominated world. Her greatest love, which most historians will agree, is the main focus of part one. The second part focuses on a young man whose greed and lust for power gets him in trouble with the Queen on numerous occassions until she can no longer save him from the fate he chose. The movie will humanize Queen Elizabeth and show you that even though she was this iconic and one of the greatest Queens England ever had, she was human and did feel. She had to choose: to be Queen or to have love. She could never have both.
I HIGHLY recommend this movie to everyone who is interested in Queen Elizabeth, English history, or history in general. It is a fairly long movie (it is in two parts) but it is worth it. I guarentee it will become on of your favorite movies.
December 9, 2008This is an excellent rendition of Queen Elizabeth I. It's pretty accurate according to history. Marvelous acting.
November 11, 2008| | | Twilight of the Virgin Queen | |
This is a great show!! I love the fact that this show is both accurate and interesting. Elizabeth is my FAVORITE historical figure and I Love it when I find a show that does her justice!!
Helen Mirren is a great Elizabeth. She captures everything from Elizabeth's confidence and intelligence to her frustration and pervasiveness so perfectly. I love her! I wasn't so sure about Jeremy Irons as Dudley, but after a couple of viewings his performance has grown on me.
What is so great about this show is that it takes place during the last years of Elizabeth's reign, which means we see some of the events that made Elizabeth a legend (like the death of Mary, Queen of Scots and the defeat of the Spanish Armada). But these events aren't changed for the sake of Hollywood, they are depicted accurately and honestly. And if you LOVE Elizabethan history as much as I do, then I'm sure that you can appreciate that!
July 31, 2008A wonderful movie. Great acting, costumes, and didn't want it to end. Glad it was in 2 discs. Gives you a breaking point. Loved it.
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