What a great movie!! That’s my first impression when I finished watching Elizabeth: The Golden Age. I watched this great movie with my fellow classmates.
I really enjoy watching this movie because it is a story about the Queen of England, Elizabeth, who was portrayed as a caring and loving queen. She has all the abilities as a queen even though she is a woman. At the beginning of the movie, Walter Raleigh is presented at Elizabeth's court, having returned from the New World, and offers her some of the New World's riches: potatoes, tobacco, and two Native Americans. Raleigh also offers her gold from Spanish ships that he ironically claims were unable to continue their journey, but the Spanish ambassador present protests that Raleigh is a pirate and should not be welcomed. Elizabeth commands the Native Americans be treated well, and refuses to accept the gold. Elizabeth quickly finds Raleigh is attractive. She becomes enamoured with his tales of exploration and high-seas adventure and asks Bess, her most favored lady-in-waiting, to observe him. Bess also finds Raleigh an attractive man and secretly begins an affair with the explorer. That gives Elizabeth some hard times in life. The Spanish Armada begins its approach up the English Channel, and Elizabeth forgives Bess and sets Raleigh free to join in the attack on the Armada. Then, Elizabeth, back at her coastal headquarters, walks out to the cliffs and watches the Spanish Armada sink in flames.
The ending of the story also is very touching. As the film ends, Elizabeth visits Walsingham on his deathbed, telling her old friend to rest. She then visits Raleigh and Bess and blesses their child, presumably Damerei. Elizabeth seemingly triumphs personally through her ordeal, again resigned to her role as the Virgin Queen and mother to the English people.
Watching this movie makes me realize that it has some similarities with the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles especially the part that Elizabeth believes in the prophecy of a prophet about her life and her country. The same thing happened in the play Oedipus Rex where Oedipus really believe in prophecy of Teiresias to fullfil the riddle and find the murderer of Laios.
Whatever it is, I am very happy and excited that I have a chance to watch this great movie with all my friends.
I really enjoy watching this movie because it is a story about the Queen of England, Elizabeth, who was portrayed as a caring and loving queen. She has all the abilities as a queen even though she is a woman. At the beginning of the movie, Walter Raleigh is presented at Elizabeth's court, having returned from the New World, and offers her some of the New World's riches: potatoes, tobacco, and two Native Americans. Raleigh also offers her gold from Spanish ships that he ironically claims were unable to continue their journey, but the Spanish ambassador present protests that Raleigh is a pirate and should not be welcomed. Elizabeth commands the Native Americans be treated well, and refuses to accept the gold. Elizabeth quickly finds Raleigh is attractive. She becomes enamoured with his tales of exploration and high-seas adventure and asks Bess, her most favored lady-in-waiting, to observe him. Bess also finds Raleigh an attractive man and secretly begins an affair with the explorer. That gives Elizabeth some hard times in life. The Spanish Armada begins its approach up the English Channel, and Elizabeth forgives Bess and sets Raleigh free to join in the attack on the Armada. Then, Elizabeth, back at her coastal headquarters, walks out to the cliffs and watches the Spanish Armada sink in flames.
The ending of the story also is very touching. As the film ends, Elizabeth visits Walsingham on his deathbed, telling her old friend to rest. She then visits Raleigh and Bess and blesses their child, presumably Damerei. Elizabeth seemingly triumphs personally through her ordeal, again resigned to her role as the Virgin Queen and mother to the English people.
Watching this movie makes me realize that it has some similarities with the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles especially the part that Elizabeth believes in the prophecy of a prophet about her life and her country. The same thing happened in the play Oedipus Rex where Oedipus really believe in prophecy of Teiresias to fullfil the riddle and find the murderer of Laios.
Whatever it is, I am very happy and excited that I have a chance to watch this great movie with all my friends.
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ReplyDeleteI'm TOTALLY agree with you! Elizabeth is a great movie! even though this is the second time i watch it, I didn't feel bored at all. And yes, when you really understand the movie, it does resemble Oedipus Rex's play in some way. Both Oedipus and Elizabeth are rulers, both have their dilemmas and ups and downs. And if you ask me whether I want to watch Elizabeth for the third time, really, I do!