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Title: Over-rated, over-acted, was there a director?
Review: Part music video, part historical epic? Some of the film's shots were inexplicable: circling ministers shot from above--why??? Straightforward shot? make up your mind! Choppy and ineffectual. I had heard good things about the film, but I must go back and examine the heads of my informants, Someone here wrote Blanchett was pale and ethereal. That's nice--but not enough to tackle an iconic ruler such as Elizabeth I. Give me Glenda Jackson or Helen Mirren . . .even Bette Davis for crike's sakes--at least they have the CHOPS to tackle a great role. I was bored and irritated by this film which didn't seem to tell a great historic bio as much as it used the film to allow Blanchett several costume changes and some wacko camera-person to occassionally film from MTV-ish angles (for no consistent or apparent reason). To borrow from Snow White's two dwarves: Dopey and crappy . . .
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