The glory and suffering of the "Virgin Queen"

Katrine 2021-12-09 08:01:33

Perhaps it was because Britain took the lead in 1840 to start the history of China’s hundred years of being ravaged. Whenever I look at textual and graphic things about how strong Great Britain is, I often feel hatred. Instead, I look at things like opposition to the tyranny of England. It's very happy. As one of the strong symbols of the British era of Elizabethan, Queen Elizabeth is of course a character worthy of a big book, a good deification, but in "Elizabeth" and "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" starring Kate Bletchett, I But I saw a Queen of England who was closer to the world, and saw the glory and pain of this "virgin queen". The story of human nature is often more conquering than the iron horse of war. Therefore, this story of the Queen of England deeply affects me.

The two Queen Elizabeth stories, undoubtedly the first "Elizabeth" is better. The beginning of the story is the famous "Bloody Mary" period. At that time, the name was not as cute as today's cocktails. What we saw was sectarian disputes. Under the white horror, the neurotic Mary killed innocent people indiscriminately, and even put her sister Elizabeth in jail, but she did not kill her. Therefore, after she passed away, Elizabeth accepted the throne naturally, giving people a kind of heavenly mission. Yusi's feeling. In fact, the film is more ingenious without the naked deification of Elizabeth. Instead, it promises her image through a series of plots that seem to take her life, but they all turn out to be auspicious. This kind of continuous escape from death is unnecessary. With too many words to sing, a deified queen with a god-given monarchy naturally stands at the forefront of the times. In the presentation of the court struggle, the film strives to show its sinister, ugly, and bloody, especially the repeated abuse and torture of prisoners in the Tower of London, making the good and evil in the political struggle no longer clear, whether it is Elizabeth’s enemy, It was her ally, she was unscrupulous and extremely cruel in their fights, and in the process, Elizabeth became somewhat indecisive, bodhisattva-hearted, and repeatedly gave way to the enemy, and it was this kind of foreshadowing that made her last The outburst of is obvious and exciting. The bloodstains of a woman's growth from a woman to the empress are gently wiped away in such a pathetic way, while her suspicion and decisive character are gradually being contrasted.

In fact, in the two films, the most sad description of Elizabeth lies in her "virginity". In the film, it is no longer just a sign of purity and sacredness, but the pain and sacrifice of a woman. Regardless of the love between Lord Robert in the first part or the ambiguous relationship between the pirate Raleigh in the first part, in the end she had to succumb to the interests of the country, and in the face of the "seekers" from various countries, she was also very concerned about such a political marriage. Resolutely resisted, so in this film, we saw her painfully drawing a clear line with her sweetheart again and again, and then put on the noble gown that obliterated the femininity of women, and appeared on the queen's throne. In the first part, she forgave Lord Robert who had betrayed her at the end, and after drawing a clear line with him, minus her long hair, accepted the people’s adoration with a dignified and solemn face, and then said "I am married to England." ", a kind of decisive air brought the helplessness of his love to the end, and also rendered the most sacred atmosphere for the birth of an iron-fisted queen.

Compared with the first movie, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" is a lot worse. Blanchett's Elizabeth is still outstanding, still full of contagious performance of the Queen's struggle to sacrifice her love for the national interest. However, the script of this film is indeed a little bit different. It is different from the first natural image of the queen escaped from the catastrophe many times. This one comes naked. For example, when the queen escapes assassination while praying in the church, she has to get on her. The scene of the deification of the shining brilliance squeezing the opponent is disgusting. This kind of excessive religious deification can be seen everywhere in this film, which can be described as a big failure. Another major problem with this film is the excessive demonization and mental retardation of the queen’s opponents, such as the arrogant, arrogant, and neurotic that King Phillips of Spain was interpreted in the film, like a god, unlike the many opponents in the first movie. There is flesh and blood. We know that if the characters in a movie are trying to eulogize as flesh and blood, wise and martial, the performance of her opponents should also be treated equally, otherwise how can a group of rookies set off the image of the queen? However, fortunately, there are still a bunch of outstanding actors supporting this movie. For example, Cliff Owen, who plays the role of a pirate, presents an unruly and sentimental legendary pirate with extraordinary charm, and the Spanish actor Gardy, who plays King Philip. Mona, the paranoid king who sets a script, is still full of dignity and sadness. On the whole, the shortcomings of this film are compared with the first one. Compared with similar works, the hysterical biopics that show the master of Wenzhi Wugong are still more watchable.

Whenever biopics involving historical figures always arouse controversy, what is Elizabeth like in history? This is an extended topic of the film. In fact, for a film, the interpretation based on basic historical facts is based on multiple perspectives. In the series of movies, we see the story of a woman who has grown from an innocent girl to a queen of iron and blood. What we see is a woman who used to look forward to love and finally abandons her personal love and marries England without marrying others for life. The sad story of, what you see is the glory and pain of a queen who created a glorious era in Britain. The truth of history is far more complicated than the movie. But in this movie, the girl and Leng Jun who were still playing with her companions on the grassland The contrast of the cruel queen is complicated enough and intriguing enough.

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Elizabeth quotes

  • [on the Virgin Mary]

    Elizabeth: She had such power over men's hearts. They died for her.

    Sir Francis Walsingham: They have found nothing to replace her.

  • Sir Francis Walsingham: Madam, if I may. A prince should never flinch from being blamed for acts of ruthlessness which are necessary for safeguarding the state and their own person. You must take these things so much to heart that you do not fear to strike. Even the very nearest that you have if they be implicated.