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[endlessrarities]

I don't know why I've avoided watching the second Elizabeth film until now.  I think a reviewer once said it was more like watching chick-lit than a decent follow-up to an enjoyable historical drama...

I'm watching it now, and I'm not really getting on very well with it.  I was disturbed in the first film when they tried to pass off Durham Cathedral as Westminster, but now they've tried to use Eilean Donan as Fotheringay, 

Aargh!!! Some Hollywood sleight-of-hands just go TOO far.

And after reading Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles (which was an enjoyable read, if not exactly a barrel of laughs....), I'm not that enamoured with the twisted attitude of poor Maria Stuart...

I have additional sad news to report. After a short but happy life, 'Homer' the bread-maker has mysteriously expired (D'ough!), while trying to make a cheese and chive loaf.  And guess who's lost the receipt???  We're both a bit gutted about its longevity, or lack thereof.  A week's not that impressive, and Kenwood's normally a really reliable make...  Meanwhile, the cheese and chive loaf has been given an emergency kneading and is now getting flung into the oven in the hope that we can salvage the ingredients...

The good news is that at long last, after much angst and consternation, Novel #3 is at last coming together...

Right.  I'm going to return to my two hour game of 'Spot the Monument'... Aka Elizabeth: the Golden Age.

Oh, hang on.  I've spotted something I like.  The zebra....

Comments

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[rowangolightly.livejournal.com]

There were SO many things that pissed me off about the first movie; why the nine hells didn't they just stick with actual history, like, oh, the stuff that actually happened that was so much more dramatic than the way they re-wrote it!

The greatest value to both movies, I think, is getting people to be aware of the characters and to think about the history. Unfortunately though, then people think that what they actually saw is correct. My friend who sat next to me during the first movie kept patting my knee and saying, "It's only a movie, it's only a movie."

They should've kept the original title of the book, "Elizabeth: a Novel."

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Durham Cathedral as Westminster? Egad!

[gylfinir.livejournal.com]

Don't get me started...

Mary, Queen of Scots with a Scottish accent - ARGH! ARGH! ARGH!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I saw the end of that movie. I particularly liked the bit where Walter Raleigh rides a fire ship right into the Armada then jumps overboard- into the North sea at night- and swims to safety.

[es0terika.livejournal.com]

I actually enjoyed Golden Age more than the first one, the cinematography in it was beautiful and the acting absolutely top class.

[goddessofchaos.livejournal.com]

This is why I rarely watch films based on true events, either historical or more recent. Even if I'm no expert on the time period or characters, I always sit there thinking "I'm sure that's not accurate... I doubt that happened like that... That doesn't look right".

Wow, a breadmaker only lasting a week? That's pretty shabby :(

[jennyblackford.livejournal.com]

Did you by any chance pay for the breadmaker by credit or debit card? The statement might be enough.