Unabashed

I’m in a funk, and I blame it on the incredibly wretched Elizabeth the Golden Age. I rented it this weekend, expecting to be entertained with the story of the Spanish Armada, which, as it ends up, is only a side story in the movie. The acting was fine…I can see why Cate Blanchett got her nomination. Jeffrey Rush was the only quality role in the film, though, in my opinion. I used to like Clive Owen, but his reputation is imminently tarnished now. It’s easy to see why the film got no other nominations: it was utterly horrible, but I watched on, in anticipation of the Armada attack, which occupied a full six and a half minutes at the end, and involved Clive Owen’s Sir Walter Raleigh lighting his own ship ablaze within seconds of impacting a Spanish ship, and then leaping into the English Channel. This movie excelled only in its capacity to overthrow The Patriot as the worst, most innaccurate historical adaptation ever.

I think I’m coming around now, getting over the funk, but it’s been a hard ditch to climb out of.

written by Matt Mitchell