Today we saw 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age,' the sequel to 1999's 'Elizabeth' with the same director and two leads. Watch the trailer here:
http://movies.aol.com/movie/elizabeth-the-golden-age/23641/credits
Strategic camera angles let Cate Blanchett command the screen and everyone & everything seemed dwarfed next to her. When she bellows, we quake with her followers and enemies. Geoffrey Rush repeats his role as her faithful advisor and Clive Owen is brought in to 'romance' her. The detailed costumes and sets are best seen here on the big screen. The religious and political intrigue of Queen Mary of Scotland and King Phillip of Spain threaten her and England. Traitors are everywhere as the Spanish Armada (digitalized) approaches the coast. If you enjoy longish, leasurely-paced historical epics, although this one has been criticized for playing with facts, then this movie is for you. Cate is every inch the Queen. The rest of the movie holds up well against this terrific actress who can chew up the scenery when needed but never is hammy. She deserved her Oscar portraying Katherine Hepburn in 'The Aviator' and soon she'll be starring with Harrison Ford in the next 'Indiana Jones' installment.
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