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Elizabeth - The Golden Age [HD DVD] [2007] | ![Elizabeth - The Golden Age [HD DVD] [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EOmksloML._SL75_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Shekhar Kapur
Actors: Geoffrey Rush, Jordi Molla, Rhys Ifans, Cate Blanchett, Christian Brassington
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Category: DVD
List Price: £24.99
Buy New: £7.96
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 3556
Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: HD DVD
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 111
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050582548082
ASIN: B0012OTRQQ
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: February 25, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: brand new and factory sealed region 2 HD dvd, exactly as pictured by Amazon. sent recorded delivery first class via royal mail.
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Good but not great May 26, 2008
As a HD disc the picture is superb, the colours are bright, detail sharp and the sound excellent.
I agree with the other reviews that it was not historically correct and spent to much time trying to find a love interest
The navel battle takes about 4 minutes of the film which is such a waste as the detail of the ships and battle scene is amazing.
I think Cate Blanchett is a superb actress who plays her part extremely well, I don`t think Clive Owen was right for the part as Raleigh the part was too big.
It is a good film only because Cate Blanchett is a superb actress.
 Thirty Years Later May 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Elizabeth is back and she is... well... 55... You wouldn't tell from the movie, would you? Bearing in mind that average life expectancy was below 30 in her times, she was positively ancient...
Well, you shouldn't be able to tell her age and generally too much knowledge of history will spoil the fun. When the movie started I decided to follow Coleridge's advice to "suspend my disbelief" and enjoyed it OK.
You don't get a lesson in history here (a very general but shouldn't you have known before about the Armada?) you get a picturesque vision of history and as such it works. Some twists made me smile. I found it quite amusing that all Roman Catholics look ugly and their behaviour is rather irrational. A comment to the ending - Elisabeth left England in debts (although not bankrupt as Philip did) and the quoted "age of prosperity" led directly to the Civil War half a century later.
Show it to your children - if it makes them interested in history, it's for the best. If they can remember only the date 1588 after the movie it's a sufficient reason to spend an evening together.
 ropey April 9, 2008
10 out of 16 found this review helpful
Well for a start Mary Queen of Scots didnt speak with a glasgow accent. This movie has a plot that could only have been decided by a team of Holywood producers as it bears no resemblance to historical fact whatsoever. I know not many historically set Hollywood movies do , but the first movie Elizabeth was great this one sadly isnt. Cate Blanchet does her best but its cheesy and silly. the romantic subplot does little other than fil screen time and illustrate how unconfident the studio was in getting a financial return on their investment if it didnt play out like a cheesy period TV drama. A huge disappointment.
#2's March 13, 2008
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
Cate Blanchett is superb, but the film is flawed by not making more of the epic sea battle, which is rather ignored (Drake only appears for a few seconds, it's mostly Raleigh's film). I was left wondering quite how accurate the film was historically
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