Right...
I will never simply trash a film, I even tried to find some good in Carry on Emanuelle, but this....
It's trash, the trouble is I know this period of history, I studied it at A Level, I cannot recognise anything, characters, motivations, morals, politics.
It's a sixteenth century story, given a twenty first century slant, so expect zero accuracy. I'm sorry, but this time was governed by religion, not gender, it's shocking to even hint that Mary or Elizabeth would have had such a degree of tolerance, or had such a liberal look on the world. I'd class myself as someone pretty liberal, but please don't mess with history, it's there to teach us. There is a visible agenda.
It's not an entire write off, David Tennant as always is exquisite, it's hard to even recognise him initially, such is his performance. I didn't particularly care for any of the others, Queenie in Blackadder was perhaps a more accurate representation of Elizabeth, who had an iron will, you wouldn't know that from seeing this.
It's visually decadent, it looks amazing, great costumes, terrific sets, I'm not quite so sure that all men would have dressed in black, I don't think that's accurate. Relationships are forced, not explained nor developed.
There are snippets of accuracy, but they are fleeting, and lost in its desperation to be politically correct.
Do yourself a favour watch Glenda Jackson and Vanessa Redgrave, you'll see a superior adaptation, one amusingly that's almost fifty years older than this one.
You can put a mannequin in a designer dress, it's a lovely visual, but underneath it's still a mannequin, blank, without a heart or soul, that's how I feel about this film, it's a mannequin.
3/10.
I will never simply trash a film, I even tried to find some good in Carry on Emanuelle, but this....
It's trash, the trouble is I know this period of history, I studied it at A Level, I cannot recognise anything, characters, motivations, morals, politics.
It's a sixteenth century story, given a twenty first century slant, so expect zero accuracy. I'm sorry, but this time was governed by religion, not gender, it's shocking to even hint that Mary or Elizabeth would have had such a degree of tolerance, or had such a liberal look on the world. I'd class myself as someone pretty liberal, but please don't mess with history, it's there to teach us. There is a visible agenda.
It's not an entire write off, David Tennant as always is exquisite, it's hard to even recognise him initially, such is his performance. I didn't particularly care for any of the others, Queenie in Blackadder was perhaps a more accurate representation of Elizabeth, who had an iron will, you wouldn't know that from seeing this.
It's visually decadent, it looks amazing, great costumes, terrific sets, I'm not quite so sure that all men would have dressed in black, I don't think that's accurate. Relationships are forced, not explained nor developed.
There are snippets of accuracy, but they are fleeting, and lost in its desperation to be politically correct.
Do yourself a favour watch Glenda Jackson and Vanessa Redgrave, you'll see a superior adaptation, one amusingly that's almost fifty years older than this one.
You can put a mannequin in a designer dress, it's a lovely visual, but underneath it's still a mannequin, blank, without a heart or soul, that's how I feel about this film, it's a mannequin.
3/10.