Dir: Shekhar Kapur
2007
**
Unlike the first and far superior film (1998's Elizabeth), the sequel, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, is riddled with historical inaccuracies. It's actually quite shocking and insulting and I'm afraid Shekhar Kapur's reputation is in tatters because of it. The film looks beautiful and the Spanish Armada scene is visually stunning, it just needed to be longer (I'd like to see it have its own film to be honest) and more truthful, for example Sir Walter Raleigh had nothing to do with it, he wasn't even there and nor did he introduce the Potato! Visually stunning, brilliant performances but it makes a complete mockery of British history and it is both insulting and unforgivable. No wonder kids are so bleedin' thick these days. A real shame. Two stars for Cate Blanchett and Samantha Morton's wonderful performances only.
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