Movie -- Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Director - Shekhar Kapur
Release Date: 12 October 2007
Genre: Biography | Drama | History | Romance
Cast: Jordi Mollà, Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush
Summary:
King Philip ll of Spain (Jordi Mollà) wants the throne of England for his daughter Isabella and conspires with a group of Jesuits to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England (Cate Blanchett).
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (Samantha Morton) is also involved in the “English Enterprise”.
Queen Elizabeth meanwhile is busy with rejecting potential husbands and flirting with Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen), who fascinates the Virgin Queen with his tales from the New World and the oceans -- and with his honesty and straightforwardness.
The assassination plot fails, and Elizabeth has no other choice than to agree to Mary Stuart’s beheading because of high treason, and that’s Philip’s raison de la guerre. Sacrificing the woods of Spain, Philip has ordered to build a fleet of war ships for an invasion of England -- the Spanish Armada.
Review:
Elizabeth: The Golden Age is less a historic epic (actually it’s historically quite inaccurate) than a medieval soap-opera, concentrating more on the (fictitious) relationship between Queen Elizabeth 
Costume and production designs are as well worth seeing as the always great Cate Blanchett, and Clive Owen is a convincingly charming and dashing pirate.
So the bottom line is that Elizabeth: The Golden Age is watchable and enjoyable too, but still not considered a great film…
My Honest Rating: 6.0/10