This movie was okay. i am a huge blanchet fan. but the film was more on Elizabeth's personal life. I wish that they included more history and really showed her great political accomplishments. Really, the end of this film is just the beginning of what causes her to be the most famous queen in history.
she wasnt trying to be our holy mother of jesus only to show her people in that devistating time that they could look up to her when there was dispare and she would be there for them to give them strenth and listen wisdomfanatic he who hasnt sinnith let he cast the first stone i believe you need to read more of the bible ..there was so much child abuse in the catholic church than you can imagine so dont judge to quickly for you are not the judge let it be...
Really: Such a SHAME, the Oscar in that year went to Gwyneth Paltrow for "Shakespeare in Love" instead of Cate Blanchett for this unbelievable wonderful performance of the "Gloriana Regina" Elizabeth.
gives me chills to see her walk down that isle. She rededicated herself to a plausible cause... Her country. But i love the way she ruled. She did not rule by politics, religion, & etc. She ruled in spirit. I wish i would have met this woman in real life. i would love to sit down with her and pick her brain.
@PrincessMioneKag I think in some ways cutting off your hair, especially if it's very long, signifies a new beginning. It's as if she's putting her past behind her sort of thing...if that helps.
@PrincessMioneKag She got small pocks disease in real life, which caused scares on her face and scalp so she wore a lot of make up and wigs to cover it up.
@PrincessMioneKag It's not "ugly" -- clean pure divinity, or the image of it, is often characterized by all-white-and-hairless in many cultures.
The point was to make her look like a God-King and not simply another human Queen. They were trying to mingle the Catholic people's religious faith in the "Virgin Mary" with loyalty to and faith in the (now recently) protestant Government of England.
Read: "Elizabeth: The Struggle for The Throne" by Dr. David Starkey. You can order it via Amazon.
@PrincessMioneKag This scene is symbolic of sacrifice and change. Sacrifice of love, sacrifice of happines, and yes, sacrifice of beauty for the well-being of her realm.
Great film, story. How did Paltrow win the Oscar over this?
The Philippines today is how England was during Princess Elizabeth's time: bankrupt, struggling, factionalism, no sense of leadership and phucking Catholic Church. IF REINCARNATION EVER EXISTED, I WANT ELIZABETH TO TRANSFORM MY COUNTRY INTO WHAT ENGLAND IS TODAY: prosperous, respected and powerful.
AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO FINDS PPL WHO FIGHT ONLINE STUPID?! Ppl focus too much on their differences of opinion and try to hurt each other pointlessly because one does not conform to another's point of view. If you don't agree with someone then thats fine you don't have to. Don't bashing others views or lack of knowledge on a wonderful movie and make it unpleasant for the rest of us. One thing we all agree on is that Elizabeth was a remarkable woman. So please stop being so childish and STFU
Well, I'll agree with all the statements in that Queen Elizabeth the first was a true legend and inspiration. It was almost unheard of for a woman to wield such power in the times that she lived in. I've always liked her story, because I imagine it must have taken alot of courage and intelligence to rule in those belligerent times. She did sacrifice her happiness for the duty in which God anointed her to commit and that is more than commendable. Always love the movie. Keep the discussions alive.
@pirategirl94best ~I just find it totally staggering just how many idiots there are on here who know absolutely nothing about anything. Do they teach ANYTHING in schools about history anymore ?
@RipCruncher1 Was the sand out of your posh ass please. While the school you've gone to goes in to unnecessary details about facepainting on queens or quotes or whatever at least my school teacher us the overall history and how to learn from it.
I didn't know it was paint for gods sake! It might as well have been some symbolic creme of virginity or whatever and what does understanding quotes from a movie I haven't even seen got to do with history? -.-
@pirategirl94best by saying she had become a "virgin" is somehow a promise she makes to herself that she would not marry any men, nor let a man to have such power and/or influence in her (through love and/or sex, as her relationship with sir Robert was). Second, the stuff she gets on her hand (and face) is paint. After looking Virgin Mary's statue at the Temple, she decided to become a virgin and took the white like "look", so she would look pale (and strong) as a statue.
Why is she cutting her hair? And why was that girl crying while cutting Elizabeth's hair??? I've seen this movie so many times but this part still confuses me
@strawberrifreak125 It represents and is symbolic of a transformation. The cute young naive passionate girl has transcended into a allegorical Virgin (Virgin Mary) who is a great mother and will sacrifice everything for her children and their safety, even her own happiness as the Virgin Mary did. Elizabeth sacrificed everything for her subject's protection and well-being. She went from a woman and Queen to an icon and legend. The girl crying also represents the metamorphosis.
@strawberrifreak125 ~ God almighty, I knew there were some stupid fucking idiots out there but you just about take the biscuit. She became a virgin for the love and sacrifice of her country...England. It's not rocket science you cretin.
@RipCruncher1 I didn't know that curiosity made you an idiot? I guess all humans are idiots then? In actuality, I did an extensive research report for my IB History class on Elizabeth I and there was nothing I read about her being painted in white but when I did watch this movie I assumed that it was to symbolize her as the Virgin Queen. It's humorous that you label me an idiot from this one instance, making you a very judgmental person and in the end, making you the idiot.
u seem to have forgotten the monstrosity of british outside england.......ask any irish/indian/african.........& compassionate will never be the word they will use to describe britian
wonder if those monarchs, politician leaders and company bosses (if they have a conscience) go to bed every night with a hell of a headache, engulfing tons of pain killer. Getting high and screwed ^-^ hihihi
@ actorfilms Now I twig it better, she die to herself, sacrificing her personal dreams and aspirations as a woman. Allowing the Virgin Queen to come alive to live on, "marrying her kingdom" and go affirm her reign on her throne!
Holy s***, don't remember who says that but he/she was right "uneasy lies the head that wears a crown".
What's the name of the soundtrack vocal playing right with the final scene when she dress in white and go affirm her reign on her throne? (mozart or..??) anyone knows please??
OK, I get the virgin queen part. But did she REALLY have to go with those UGLY collar things????? Of all the fashion statements in the world, this has to be ranked among the top five for worst fashion of all time!!!!!
@marmaline2001 no you are mistaken it is parliment who made your life what it is today the whim of one person is never good for all the law is the law oliver cromwell
@visualvin oliver sucks, just like any republic. cromwell became a dictator. But I can say he contributed to the division and balance of powers in government, which is the oldest in the world. But the republic sucked so much because the politicians led like dictators and the country was stricken with poverty. So, when the constitutional monarchy was reestablished under King Charles II, the people were joyous. And it later led to a prosperous period with the powers of government more defined.
@flowerpuff2001 oliver did not suck at all at first.. but he did at the end. lol but he paved the way to remind that even if the monarch is the sovereign, the sovereignty belongs to the people. That principle, upheld by King Charles II and all later monarchs, has kept the monarchy under watch by Parliament. From absolutism, England became a constitutional monarchy with a constitution, bill of rights, and balance of powers in Parliament under the authority of the Queen, as country's embodiment.
@visualvin But i agree with you! Parliament is the one deciding the country's destiny. After 13 years of labour, they tried to strip the monarch her remaining powers and give those powers to their eussr masters in brussels. had the tories not defied them, Britain would be under eu's rule.. ruled by a bunch of unelected faggots in the eussr parliament and court of injustice.
Watch the State Opening of Parliament because it lays out the division of powers within government: Commons, Black Rod...
at the end of the film, it says she never saw Dudley in private again, thats just not true. Im reading her biography and it says they remained friends till the day he died. I know they have to add scenes to make it more dramatic but why not just show where they remain close till the very end? #justsayin
While Europe is plagued with unpleasant monarchs who are obsessed with power, money, gold, pleasure and religion... In Britain, we are blessed to have Queen Elizabeth I, a true Virgin, who truly cared for her country and who married to no one but to England.
"Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak and feeble you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind, and the heart and stomach of a King." Queen Elizabeth I (1575)
@Wisdomfanatic2011 you are stupid if you believed all the propaganda surrounding her. yea she was definitely a awesome leader but...the rest is all fluff.
You have got to be kidding. Do not even compare any woman to the Holy Mother of God. Moreover, Elizabeth may have never married, but she was certainly no virgin. Finally, consider these facts: over 4,000 Catholics (half of them Irish women and children) killed during her reign, the establishment of Anti-Poor Laws that (coupled with the dissolution of the last monasteries) eliminated ALL sources of aid to the poor, losing every naval battle against Spain except the Armada!
ah this music is by Mozart. What is it called again? I had this in my collection and now it can't be found >< I loved singing the soprano part to it and I need to know!
people love to watch films such as these.. with utter contempt to the historical measure, of the day. Contextual ambiguity, people, blinds no one, but thou self. whatever attire, in whatever manner of day or night, .. it no longer matters.. history is written, by the virtuous.. otherwise, even the mad, will become royals.. and so they did.. Britannia, is long dead now.. so weep.. in todays world, everything is about appearance, never eloquence, one can demur, perhaps.. in seeing the truth..
This final scene shows that even though she's a queen, she's still a woman. She gives herself an extreme makeover to mark a turning point in her life.
What oh what would Henry VIII think if he knew Elizabeth the child he basically neglected for half her life became Englands most loved Monarch ! This is one of the most ironic and beautiful things about nature , he and the time only thought a son should rule and yet from Anne Boelyn the woman who is vhemently misunderstood in history as a whore , had beheaded on some bullshit charge of adultery gave him the ruler he always wanted A GIRL ... she is both her fathers daughter & her mothers .......
A lot of historians cite many possible reasons her decision to never marry. Look what it did to her Mother? She had to be powerful and to be a queen with a husband would have substantially cut her powers because men would have dealt with him and not had to deal with her.
And geisha girls were born... WOW, she looks scary!!! White lead and a wedding dress. Kinda goulish. It would definately freak ME out -- I'd be afraid if I even whispered about her behind her back, she'd know and send her squad of flying monkeys after me or something...
Elizabeth is dead...Gloriana is born. Her natural beauty replaced by majesty, her innocence replaced by crualty. She's becoming immortal, she comes from the light and brings light into the darkness of England as she knew it.The last image shows us how much she sacrificed herself, for her country. "Et lux perpetua"
The whloe story is extremely touching, excellent cast.
Queen Elizabeth 1st was an inmaculate person, but I feel so sorry about her for the Robert 'issue' - she would have deserved a nice warm-hearted and supportive husband!
Un final digno de Richard Attenbourg, crudo sin consesiones. Elizabeth quien lo dudaria ha sido y sigue siendo la mas grande monarca que ha tenido Inglaterra, llevo el Reino Unido a su máximo esplendor y a su epoca dorada. Una mujer ejemplar y digna. Me alucina como tienen que inclinarse ante ella todos los que un dia soñaron con destruirla y verla en ruinas. Grande entre las grandes reina entre las reinas. Elizabeth
look i understand the wanting to give your people a person to look up to, but if it were me i would have to draw line somwere ....and it would be were my hairline started. there s no way in hell i would shave myhead(ESPECALY IF I HAD HER HAIR) in order to give myself a spiritual clinsing. and then make a wig that was the same color of my ORIGANAL FREAKING HAIR!! WHAT WAS THE POINT IF NO ONE COULD SEE IT.
@RavenRobin18 Do you honestly think that all those locks would've fit under any wig? And besides, with THAT sort of countenance, she was more intimidating. She could easily impose authority that way whenever the situation called for it. Seemingly strip herself of all physicality and material obsession, and become a philosopher for her country, as it were. It helps when these things start with appearance.
@DancesWithEskimos91 1. if she could'nt make long hair fit into a fucking wig then she was'nt trying hard enogh
2. she did'nt strip herself of material obsession did you see what she was wereing if anything her new tast is more exensive than anything she had previasly worn in the movie, and in history she became like a fashone icon.
@RavenRobin18 1. What? :S Should I even consider that as a real answer?
2. She was the friggin queen of England. Her clothes had to stand out compared to everyone else's. It marked her superior status. Her pension (or whatever they used to call it) was all connected with making her a queen one could recognise. It's not like we're going to compare her to Marie Antoinette, who drove her country to bankruptcy. Her materialism only went so far as to aid her power as queen.
@PandaPawSmile On the contrary - Elizabeth has become the quintessence of Walsingham's vision: "all men must be able to touch the divine, here on earth".
@SUPPLEANDFIRM I think it was more spiritual to be honest. Plus they didn't know a lot about women's bodies in them days as the only doctors were male and they weren't allowed to examine women, only the mid-wifes were and they only had very basic training.
The music playing while she is getting dressed is Mozart's Requiem Mass, a work composed some two-hundred years after Elizabeth's reign. Did the makers of this film think that the audience would not recognize one of the most famous and popular works of classical music?
@Architect115 Elgar's Nimrod was used in the previous scene (part 11).....from the early 20th century. A period piece doesn't have to have music strictly from its era. We did hear some period music during the dance scenes at court. Imagine if Henry V or Braveheart were all period music. It wouldn't have the impact that those movies (and Eizabeth) have. ~ Susan
@patientlywaiting10 she was crying because for that time period a woman's was considered her crowning glory of beauty, second only to her skin. Also it can be traumatic for a woman to not have hair for any number of reasons. Locks of Love which makes wigs for cancer patients, exists for that very reason. The hair can be part of the personality and identity.
@chotch87 I do agree, and would like to add that it could also be that she cried cuz her mistress accepted the complete responsibility of what she had to take on from that point and that meant the person she was would no longer exist. Is how I precieved it.
@chotch87 She was crying because she knew her Queen for that point on will never marry nor have children--never. Her only dedication will be for England: which was her husband, lover and child.
me encanta esa parte donde recuerda todo lo que ha vivido, todo lo que renunciara, renunciado ser mujer para ser solo reina buuu. yo quiero ser como elizabeth
...and I still think the BEST part (this is awesome, don't get me wrong), is when she confronts Lord Robert in what I assume to be his home, by the fire... anyway, they are there to arrest him for treason (he being involved in the plot to murder her and all that), and she turns to him and says:
@missineichen I think it's really more of a "personal power" movie, which is equally applicable to men and women. I can see how women would really identify with this film, sure, the main character and many of the supporting and strong roles are female, but... if you ignore the gender (and with royalty, you really are supposed to anyway: gender doesn't matter, the "queen" is actually a "prince", etc, etc) you can then revel in the majesty and glory of it all, equally. :)
@MehrunesDaagon it's as much a girl power movie as it is a personal power movie. many of the difficulties she faced is the mens' reluctance to take her seriously cos of her gender. thats why she had to resort to rhetoric like "I may be a woman... but I have the heart of a man!" & "i am my father's daughter" to emphasise that she's as capable as any man. & in reality, we wouldnt be half as interested in her story if she were a man
@missineichen And that is true, btw: In Western monarchism, being most visibly England's monarchy, the Queen is regarded as a "Prince", and once coronated she ceases to be completely female, as she wields the "divine mandate and blah blah blah", which is attributed in its origin to male archetypes and all that. There's a very complicated psudo-religious/mystical tradition to the whole "royalty thing", and so anyway: The Queen is more Divine than mortal, so "she" embodies both genders.
It's so interesting how Britain's queens have always been powerful, majestic, and very, very, headstrong and intelligent - and they all conveniently appear at times of great change (maybe their causation?): One for the 1600s' enlightenment, one for the 1800s's industrial revolution, and another (more subtly) for the 1900s and 2000s information age.
@caohanlu You do realise that your sentence is riddled with factual errors right?
Firstly, Elizabeth reigned from 1553-1603, clearly in the 1500s rather than the 1600s as you said.
Secondly, the Enlightenment Era is generally applied to the late 1690s to early 1800s. Not the 1600s
Thirdly, neither Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II were powerful in any sense, being constitutional Monarchs, they reigned, limited to the right to warn, to consult and to advise.
@chonge Oops. I meant to say the English Renaissance/Elizabethan Era. Often get that and Enlightenment mixed because there were lots of "enlightening" in both eras. Never knew about Queen Malthida. Never read about her in my textbooks. Did she ever do anything worth mentioning?
Only a massive Civil War. Which in turns kinda defeats the whole "Britain's Queen have always been powerful, majestic and appear at times of great change yada yada
I wonder why this version didn't have the historical captions before the opening and end credits. There is supposed to be a "crawl" several slides long when the screen fades to black.
The hair the make up is all symbolic of a nun renouncing the real world for that of a convent.She has de-sexed herself as would a nun and marries herself to Christ/England.She announces her intention to marry no one 'I am married to England' Her old life has ended and her new life is given over to her country (God)only....SIMPLE!!
This movie was okay. i am a huge blanchet fan. but the film was more on Elizabeth's personal life. I wish that they included more history and really showed her great political accomplishments. Really, the end of this film is just the beginning of what causes her to be the most famous queen in history.
msmcla101 1 day ago
cate is by far my favorite elizabeth
alexia513 2 days ago
great movie. thanks so much for the upload. i realy enjoyed it.
2000joec 6 days ago
she wasnt trying to be our holy mother of jesus only to show her people in that devistating time that they could look up to her when there was dispare and she would be there for them to give them strenth and listen wisdomfanatic he who hasnt sinnith let he cast the first stone i believe you need to read more of the bible ..there was so much child abuse in the catholic church than you can imagine so dont judge to quickly for you are not the judge let it be...
chevyss67222 1 week ago
elizabeth sacrificed her life to england that she truely loved and her people bless her soul may she rest in peace.
chevyss67222 1 week ago
your grace ..............................
chevyss67222 1 week ago
Really: Such a SHAME, the Oscar in that year went to Gwyneth Paltrow for "Shakespeare in Love" instead of Cate Blanchett for this unbelievable wonderful performance of the "Gloriana Regina" Elizabeth.
Lili8015 1 week ago
gives me chills to see her walk down that isle. She rededicated herself to a plausible cause... Her country. But i love the way she ruled. She did not rule by politics, religion, & etc. She ruled in spirit. I wish i would have met this woman in real life. i would love to sit down with her and pick her brain.
dollazndiamondz 2 weeks ago
I still don't get why she had to become ugly.
PrincessMioneKag 3 weeks ago
@PrincessMioneKag I think in some ways cutting off your hair, especially if it's very long, signifies a new beginning. It's as if she's putting her past behind her sort of thing...if that helps.
nicoolio19 3 weeks ago
@PrincessMioneKag She got small pocks disease in real life, which caused scares on her face and scalp so she wore a lot of make up and wigs to cover it up.
richierichnumber1 2 weeks ago
@PrincessMioneKag It's not "ugly" -- clean pure divinity, or the image of it, is often characterized by all-white-and-hairless in many cultures.
The point was to make her look like a God-King and not simply another human Queen. They were trying to mingle the Catholic people's religious faith in the "Virgin Mary" with loyalty to and faith in the (now recently) protestant Government of England.
Read: "Elizabeth: The Struggle for The Throne" by Dr. David Starkey. You can order it via Amazon.
DarthZimmeris666 2 weeks ago
@PrincessMioneKag This scene is symbolic of sacrifice and change. Sacrifice of love, sacrifice of happines, and yes, sacrifice of beauty for the well-being of her realm.
ThePharaoho 2 weeks ago
Great film, story. How did Paltrow win the Oscar over this?
The Philippines today is how England was during Princess Elizabeth's time: bankrupt, struggling, factionalism, no sense of leadership and phucking Catholic Church. IF REINCARNATION EVER EXISTED, I WANT ELIZABETH TO TRANSFORM MY COUNTRY INTO WHAT ENGLAND IS TODAY: prosperous, respected and powerful.
1818JoseRizal1898 3 weeks ago
She one of the few Queens I do like besides my neighbor he's nice too. lol
richierichnumber1 4 weeks ago 5
Bravo!!!
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"Observe Lord Burly; I am married to England."
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"You'll be damned for this,"
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AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO FINDS PPL WHO FIGHT ONLINE STUPID?! Ppl focus too much on their differences of opinion and try to hurt each other pointlessly because one does not conform to another's point of view. If you don't agree with someone then thats fine you don't have to. Don't bashing others views or lack of knowledge on a wonderful movie and make it unpleasant for the rest of us. One thing we all agree on is that Elizabeth was a remarkable woman. So please stop being so childish and STFU
magz21dec 1 month ago 2
Well, I'll agree with all the statements in that Queen Elizabeth the first was a true legend and inspiration. It was almost unheard of for a woman to wield such power in the times that she lived in. I've always liked her story, because I imagine it must have taken alot of courage and intelligence to rule in those belligerent times. She did sacrifice her happiness for the duty in which God anointed her to commit and that is more than commendable. Always love the movie. Keep the discussions alive.
nwilson1979 1 month ago
She became a statue... wow, this is a powerful movie! It was really great!
SuperKpopLuvr 1 month ago
@pirategirl94best ~I just find it totally staggering just how many idiots there are on here who know absolutely nothing about anything. Do they teach ANYTHING in schools about history anymore ?
RipCruncher1 1 month ago
@RipCruncher1 Was the sand out of your posh ass please. While the school you've gone to goes in to unnecessary details about facepainting on queens or quotes or whatever at least my school teacher us the overall history and how to learn from it.
I didn't know it was paint for gods sake! It might as well have been some symbolic creme of virginity or whatever and what does understanding quotes from a movie I haven't even seen got to do with history? -.-
pirategirl94best 1 month ago
thanks alot for uploading : )
great movie.
I'm doawnloading part 2 right now :)
souperbian 1 month ago
I have two questions:
1. What EXACTLY does she mean by "I have become a virgin."???
2. What is that stuff they put on her hand at 1:10?
:)
pirategirl94best 1 month ago
@pirategirl94best by saying she had become a "virgin" is somehow a promise she makes to herself that she would not marry any men, nor let a man to have such power and/or influence in her (through love and/or sex, as her relationship with sir Robert was). Second, the stuff she gets on her hand (and face) is paint. After looking Virgin Mary's statue at the Temple, she decided to become a virgin and took the white like "look", so she would look pale (and strong) as a statue.
akdyr 1 month ago
mooie film...mooie spelers en mooie muziek maar vooral een bijzondere koningin...koningin Elizabeth de eerste...de maagdelijke koningin.
1zwitser 1 month ago
@marmaline2001 yeaaa very compassionate! killing millions of people all over the world
ro143cky 2 months ago
Why is she cutting her hair? And why was that girl crying while cutting Elizabeth's hair??? I've seen this movie so many times but this part still confuses me
strawberrifreak125 2 months ago
@strawberrifreak125 I think it might be the fact that Elizabeth as letting go of life itself. She traded her love and happiness for her country.
tasnia95 2 months ago
@strawberrifreak125 It represents and is symbolic of a transformation. The cute young naive passionate girl has transcended into a allegorical Virgin (Virgin Mary) who is a great mother and will sacrifice everything for her children and their safety, even her own happiness as the Virgin Mary did. Elizabeth sacrificed everything for her subject's protection and well-being. She went from a woman and Queen to an icon and legend. The girl crying also represents the metamorphosis.
ThePharaoho 1 month ago
@strawberrifreak125 ~ God almighty, I knew there were some stupid fucking idiots out there but you just about take the biscuit. She became a virgin for the love and sacrifice of her country...England. It's not rocket science you cretin.
RipCruncher1 1 month ago
@RipCruncher1 I didn't know that curiosity made you an idiot? I guess all humans are idiots then? In actuality, I did an extensive research report for my IB History class on Elizabeth I and there was nothing I read about her being painted in white but when I did watch this movie I assumed that it was to symbolize her as the Virgin Queen. It's humorous that you label me an idiot from this one instance, making you a very judgmental person and in the end, making you the idiot.
strawberrifreak125 1 month ago
@strawberrifreak125 agreed.
magz21dec 1 month ago
this is one of my ALL time favorite scenes in all of the Elizabeth movies. Between the dramatic effect and the music, just brilliant.
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Cate should have won best actress. Infinitely better than Gwenyth in Shakespeare in Love.
kleos2008 2 months ago 2
I'm Australian but I have british blood in me
QueenWaterLily 2 months ago
@QueenWaterLily cool story, bro
Melkiyad 2 months ago
@Melkiyad
thanks mate
QueenWaterLily 2 months ago
3:14 did he wipe his nose on her veil? XD
Rixera 3 months ago
@marmaline2001 Except for Edward II ...
BenyMoreGamer 3 months ago
Britain rules!!!!!
cnh10 3 months ago
Pretty sure that if I weren't from Texas, I would want to be English.
gryphonbeak01 3 months ago
@marmaline2001
u seem to have forgotten the monstrosity of british outside england.......ask any irish/indian/african.........& compassionate will never be the word they will use to describe britian
bindasbolre 3 months ago
A powerful scene, any way you cut it. It was the icing on the cake of a pretty phenomenal movie!
MDkid1 3 months ago
Elizabeth was the original HBIC.
HelloPancakes 3 months ago 2
This scene really makes the movie, in my opinion.
actorinfilms 4 months ago
so exciting and full of action
WhatWeCallLife 4 months ago
wonder if those monarchs, politician leaders and company bosses (if they have a conscience) go to bed every night with a hell of a headache, engulfing tons of pain killer. Getting high and screwed ^-^ hihihi
DanyLofico 4 months ago
@ actorfilms Now I twig it better, she die to herself, sacrificing her personal dreams and aspirations as a woman. Allowing the Virgin Queen to come alive to live on, "marrying her kingdom" and go affirm her reign on her throne!
Holy s***, don't remember who says that but he/she was right "uneasy lies the head that wears a crown".
DanyLofico 4 months ago
:-)) Great !! thanks for the hint @ actorinfilms. Nice day to you!
DanyLofico 4 months ago
What's the name of the soundtrack vocal playing right with the final scene when she dress in white and go affirm her reign on her throne? (mozart or..??) anyone knows please??
DanyLofico 4 months ago
@DanyLofico It's Mozart, his Requiem Mass: introitus. a great song.
actorinfilms 4 months ago
It makes sense that hey would play Mozart. Elizabeth was at least one century ahead of her time.
GreenTeaGarlic 4 months ago
OK, I get the virgin queen part. But did she REALLY have to go with those UGLY collar things????? Of all the fashion statements in the world, this has to be ranked among the top five for worst fashion of all time!!!!!
bac051201 4 months ago
@marmaline2001 no you are mistaken it is parliment who made your life what it is today the whim of one person is never good for all the law is the law oliver cromwell
visualvin 4 months ago
@visualvin oliver sucks, just like any republic. cromwell became a dictator. But I can say he contributed to the division and balance of powers in government, which is the oldest in the world. But the republic sucked so much because the politicians led like dictators and the country was stricken with poverty. So, when the constitutional monarchy was reestablished under King Charles II, the people were joyous. And it later led to a prosperous period with the powers of government more defined.
flowerpuff2001 4 months ago
@flowerpuff2001 oliver did not suck at all at first.. but he did at the end. lol but he paved the way to remind that even if the monarch is the sovereign, the sovereignty belongs to the people. That principle, upheld by King Charles II and all later monarchs, has kept the monarchy under watch by Parliament. From absolutism, England became a constitutional monarchy with a constitution, bill of rights, and balance of powers in Parliament under the authority of the Queen, as country's embodiment.
takemybreathawayok 4 months ago
@visualvin But i agree with you! Parliament is the one deciding the country's destiny. After 13 years of labour, they tried to strip the monarch her remaining powers and give those powers to their eussr masters in brussels. had the tories not defied them, Britain would be under eu's rule.. ruled by a bunch of unelected faggots in the eussr parliament and court of injustice.
Watch the State Opening of Parliament because it lays out the division of powers within government: Commons, Black Rod...
flowerpuff2001 4 months ago
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@marmaline2001 --- compassionate to their own subjects. butchers to the rest
TheRingoduck 4 months ago
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flowerpuff2001 4 months ago
at the end of the film, it says she never saw Dudley in private again, thats just not true. Im reading her biography and it says they remained friends till the day he died. I know they have to add scenes to make it more dramatic but why not just show where they remain close till the very end? #justsayin
bella22010 5 months ago
i really want these vocals on my ipod
flirtasiax3 5 months ago
While Europe is plagued with unpleasant monarchs who are obsessed with power, money, gold, pleasure and religion... In Britain, we are blessed to have Queen Elizabeth I, a true Virgin, who truly cared for her country and who married to no one but to England.
"Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak and feeble you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind, and the heart and stomach of a King." Queen Elizabeth I (1575)
In short, SHE IS A FREAKING LEGEND! YOU GO GIRL!
Wisdomfanatic2011 5 months ago 56
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@Wisdomfanatic2011 She is no different than the other monarchs.
Montyleeny14 3 months ago
@Wisdomfanatic2011, may the strength of the LORD be with us, as we move through these last days of the end times for his glory.
academysounds 2 months ago
@Wisdomfanatic2011 you are stupid if you believed all the propaganda surrounding her. yea she was definitely a awesome leader but...the rest is all fluff.
ro143cky 2 months ago
@Wisdomfanatic2011
You have got to be kidding. Do not even compare any woman to the Holy Mother of God. Moreover, Elizabeth may have never married, but she was certainly no virgin. Finally, consider these facts: over 4,000 Catholics (half of them Irish women and children) killed during her reign, the establishment of Anti-Poor Laws that (coupled with the dissolution of the last monasteries) eliminated ALL sources of aid to the poor, losing every naval battle against Spain except the Armada!
telamon2011 2 weeks ago
@SingaPrimus Indeed and not to forget Cecil. Without him, England would've been a Spanish colony.
This movie is MTV style! You should watch Glenda Jackson's "Elizabeth R."
324wilson 5 months ago
nevermind found it. Requiem-Introitus :)
JTeamjesters 5 months ago
ah this music is by Mozart. What is it called again? I had this in my collection and now it can't be found >< I loved singing the soprano part to it and I need to know!
JTeamjesters 5 months ago
If I had to cut off all that beautiful hair, I'd cry, too.
HerGuardianAngel1991 5 months ago 2
@marmaline2001 I was thinking the very same thing! Long live our monarchy!
324wilson 5 months ago
I guess wearing wigs would be easrier with very short hair
idole8 5 months ago
she was a ginger and she ruled a country...say what?
catdebo7 5 months ago 2
bravo!!
1awareness 5 months ago
people love to watch films such as these.. with utter contempt to the historical measure, of the day. Contextual ambiguity, people, blinds no one, but thou self. whatever attire, in whatever manner of day or night, .. it no longer matters.. history is written, by the virtuous.. otherwise, even the mad, will become royals.. and so they did.. Britannia, is long dead now.. so weep.. in todays world, everything is about appearance, never eloquence, one can demur, perhaps.. in seeing the truth..
teddythebenny 5 months ago
This scene is amazing! She´s wonderful....
Penpen447 5 months ago
Et Lux Perpetua is RIGHT! represent! Fantastica!
sicilianotoronto 5 months ago
This final scene shows that even though she's a queen, she's still a woman. She gives herself an extreme makeover to mark a turning point in her life.
jonwiley 5 months ago
I will always give HRH Elizabeth 1 my utmost Respect.
kitcat2011able 5 months ago
Lol This is one of the earliest proclamations of somebody saying " I am married to my job."
Duszka 6 months ago 4
@Duszka Haha, fair enough XD
DancesWithEskimos91 5 months ago
should have won the oscar that year
lilibit2 6 months ago
What oh what would Henry VIII think if he knew Elizabeth the child he basically neglected for half her life became Englands most loved Monarch ! This is one of the most ironic and beautiful things about nature , he and the time only thought a son should rule and yet from Anne Boelyn the woman who is vhemently misunderstood in history as a whore , had beheaded on some bullshit charge of adultery gave him the ruler he always wanted A GIRL ... she is both her fathers daughter & her mothers .......
SuperArtist23 6 months ago 5
@emerald7273 Amen I agree!
MzsHePpHeRd 6 months ago
Mozart requiem ftw!
readtoomuch 6 months ago
hey thanks a lot for uploading. It is exactly 4 years past. Appreciate a lot
muthubella 6 months ago
"Observe Lord Burghley... I am married-- to England." Favorite quote in the whole film!
Wallylex 6 months ago 4
possible one of the best movie endings I've ever seen, divine.
myRincon 6 months ago 3
A lot of historians cite many possible reasons her decision to never marry. Look what it did to her Mother? She had to be powerful and to be a queen with a husband would have substantially cut her powers because men would have dealt with him and not had to deal with her.
She survived as did
England.
wendyverdades 6 months ago
Godfather rip-off !
prodf 6 months ago
And geisha girls were born... WOW, she looks scary!!! White lead and a wedding dress. Kinda goulish. It would definately freak ME out -- I'd be afraid if I even whispered about her behind her back, she'd know and send her squad of flying monkeys after me or something...
KDVx3 6 months ago
@KDVx3
Yes, that's precisely the feeling she wanted to elicit from every member of her court.
Wallylex 6 months ago
OH MY GOD!......i want a hair cut like at 1:31
plasmoplasmoplasmo 6 months ago
Observe Lord Burgley, I am married to ENGLAND
gayarmaan 7 months ago 4
Gloriana: "Observe, Lord Burghley: I am married, to England".
AntPDC 7 months ago
Elizabeth is dead...Gloriana is born. Her natural beauty replaced by majesty, her innocence replaced by crualty. She's becoming immortal, she comes from the light and brings light into the darkness of England as she knew it.The last image shows us how much she sacrificed herself, for her country. "Et lux perpetua"
Artegalatus 7 months ago 3
@Artegalatus A most perceptive comment.
AntPDC 7 months ago
The whloe story is extremely touching, excellent cast.
Queen Elizabeth 1st was an inmaculate person, but I feel so sorry about her for the Robert 'issue' - she would have deserved a nice warm-hearted and supportive husband!
God Bless her memory :)
EVANGELIUMofCHRIST 7 months ago
Un final digno de Richard Attenbourg, crudo sin consesiones. Elizabeth quien lo dudaria ha sido y sigue siendo la mas grande monarca que ha tenido Inglaterra, llevo el Reino Unido a su máximo esplendor y a su epoca dorada. Una mujer ejemplar y digna. Me alucina como tienen que inclinarse ante ella todos los que un dia soñaron con destruirla y verla en ruinas. Grande entre las grandes reina entre las reinas. Elizabeth
perseopenelope 7 months ago
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What an actress!
goforkt 7 months ago 16
1:55 till end: No human being, but a fabulous, untouchable, divine queen.
philopator7 7 months ago 2
look i understand the wanting to give your people a person to look up to, but if it were me i would have to draw line somwere ....and it would be were my hairline started. there s no way in hell i would shave myhead(ESPECALY IF I HAD HER HAIR) in order to give myself a spiritual clinsing. and then make a wig that was the same color of my ORIGANAL FREAKING HAIR!! WHAT WAS THE POINT IF NO ONE COULD SEE IT.
RavenRobin18 7 months ago
@RavenRobin18 Don't worry, that part wasn't historically accurate. She never wore a wig aside from when she was really old.
MasterAsra 7 months ago
@RavenRobin18 Do you honestly think that all those locks would've fit under any wig? And besides, with THAT sort of countenance, she was more intimidating. She could easily impose authority that way whenever the situation called for it. Seemingly strip herself of all physicality and material obsession, and become a philosopher for her country, as it were. It helps when these things start with appearance.
DancesWithEskimos91 5 months ago
@DancesWithEskimos91 1. if she could'nt make long hair fit into a fucking wig then she was'nt trying hard enogh
2. she did'nt strip herself of material obsession did you see what she was wereing if anything her new tast is more exensive than anything she had previasly worn in the movie, and in history she became like a fashone icon.
RavenRobin18 5 months ago
@RavenRobin18 1. What? :S Should I even consider that as a real answer?
2. She was the friggin queen of England. Her clothes had to stand out compared to everyone else's. It marked her superior status. Her pension (or whatever they used to call it) was all connected with making her a queen one could recognise. It's not like we're going to compare her to Marie Antoinette, who drove her country to bankruptcy. Her materialism only went so far as to aid her power as queen.
DancesWithEskimos91 5 months ago
@DancesWithEskimos91 wrong
gmanthebeast1 5 months ago
@gmanthebeast1 what exactly is "wrong"? Could you be more specific?
DancesWithEskimos91 5 months ago
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@gmanthebeast1 What exactly is "wrong"? Could you be more specific?
DancesWithEskimos91 5 months ago
I bet Walsingham is thinking at the end, 'That's not what I meant by becoming a Virgin Queen!'
PandaPawSmile 7 months ago
@PandaPawSmile On the contrary - Elizabeth has become the quintessence of Walsingham's vision: "all men must be able to touch the divine, here on earth".
AntPDC 7 months ago
Why can't I watch part 11!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
millaindie 8 months ago
Elizabeth had to replace the Virgin Mary during the beginnings of the Reformation in England, thus the "Virgin Queen" evolved.
lodengreeneyes 8 months ago
Damn elizabeth. You scary.
SUPPLEANDFIRM 8 months ago 5
Why does she chop all her hair off?
ashantifan1224 8 months ago
@ashantifan1224 To make herself a virgin again.
bexie1992 8 months ago
@bexie1992 I didn't realize that would grow you a new hymen.
SUPPLEANDFIRM 8 months ago
@SUPPLEANDFIRM I think it was more spiritual to be honest. Plus they didn't know a lot about women's bodies in them days as the only doctors were male and they weren't allowed to examine women, only the mid-wifes were and they only had very basic training.
bexie1992 8 months ago 2
16th century goth lol
craxis34 8 months ago
The music playing while she is getting dressed is Mozart's Requiem Mass, a work composed some two-hundred years after Elizabeth's reign. Did the makers of this film think that the audience would not recognize one of the most famous and popular works of classical music?
Architect115 8 months ago
@Architect115 its just the soundtrack.. its not you see some minstrels playing it in the back ground.
lexidearest 8 months ago
@Architect115 I was thinking the same thing! Why would they choose that piece for this film? It doesn't make much sense.
BeUrself0897 8 months ago
@Architect115 It makes sense though. Her previous personality is dying in this sequence, and she is resurrected into something else.
lilanma 8 months ago
@Architect115 Elgar's Nimrod was used in the previous scene (part 11).....from the early 20th century. A period piece doesn't have to have music strictly from its era. We did hear some period music during the dance scenes at court. Imagine if Henry V or Braveheart were all period music. It wouldn't have the impact that those movies (and Eizabeth) have. ~ Susan
lodengreeneyes 8 months ago
@Architect115 Come on ,what do you think?? It's called artisitic license!!!1
coolsdon 6 months ago
How do I upload the sequel? Instructions please.
nwilson1979 8 months ago
Lead paint: the ultimate pick-me-up.
SirSirRobin 8 months ago
how did she cut her hair then it magicly come back in the end? was she wearing a wig? lol
gu2341 8 months ago
@gu2341 Yes she is wearing a wig.
bexie1992 8 months ago
Epic
thesunsetshere 8 months ago
Do you reckon Kate Middleton is a virgin?
autopsysal666 8 months ago
Upload the sequel.
MajBlood 9 months ago
This sequence with this music - goosebumps.
TK42138 9 months ago
@TK42138 Even though this movie takes place some 200 years before Mozart.......
lemonite1 8 months ago
@lemonite1
indeed... but it's still great emotive piece of music.
TK42138 8 months ago
@patientlywaiting10 she was crying because for that time period a woman's was considered her crowning glory of beauty, second only to her skin. Also it can be traumatic for a woman to not have hair for any number of reasons. Locks of Love which makes wigs for cancer patients, exists for that very reason. The hair can be part of the personality and identity.
chotch87 9 months ago
@chotch87 I do agree, and would like to add that it could also be that she cried cuz her mistress accepted the complete responsibility of what she had to take on from that point and that meant the person she was would no longer exist. Is how I precieved it.
lruthardt 9 months ago
@chotch87 She was crying because she knew her Queen for that point on will never marry nor have children--never. Her only dedication will be for England: which was her husband, lover and child.
The greatest monarch in England's long history
md991free 9 months ago 6
me encanta esa parte donde recuerda todo lo que ha vivido, todo lo que renunciara, renunciado ser mujer para ser solo reina buuu. yo quiero ser como elizabeth
vanessa40655 9 months ago
What a great film!!! Cate Blanchett is one of my favorite actresses.
FiREFLYSerenity408 9 months ago
The only thing I don't get is why the girl cutting her hair is crying...?
patientlywaiting10 9 months ago
I wondered how she got Virgin Elizabeth title.............when she wasn't.......now I know.
sandyhembree 9 months ago
@kikkadmafiosa
Because if one, back then, cut her/his hair it was a sign of leaving your past behind and renewing your soul/body.
basically, becoming a virgin.
hellscradleVII 9 months ago
NOOOOOOO! Not the white lead paint!
abbiesaurusrex 9 months ago
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@kikkadmafiosa Split ends. Had to be done
autopsysal666 9 months ago 39
...AND, what I really love about THIS scene, is: there's only one throne! :)
MehrunesDaagon 9 months ago
...and I still think the BEST part (this is awesome, don't get me wrong), is when she confronts Lord Robert in what I assume to be his home, by the fire... anyway, they are there to arrest him for treason (he being involved in the plot to murder her and all that), and she turns to him and says:
"How shall I serve thee, Robert?"
^--- ooooo. Best part. :)
MehrunesDaagon 9 months ago
...probably one of the most beautiful moments in film history. :)
MehrunesDaagon 9 months ago 2
definately the #1 girl power movie. cate is an exquisite beautiful & superbly talented actor, & elizabeth... wow what a queen..heart of a lion
missineichen 9 months ago
@missineichen it's not just a "girl power" movie, i've always quite liked it myself.
MehrunesDaagon 9 months ago
@missineichen I think it's really more of a "personal power" movie, which is equally applicable to men and women. I can see how women would really identify with this film, sure, the main character and many of the supporting and strong roles are female, but... if you ignore the gender (and with royalty, you really are supposed to anyway: gender doesn't matter, the "queen" is actually a "prince", etc, etc) you can then revel in the majesty and glory of it all, equally. :)
MehrunesDaagon 9 months ago
@MehrunesDaagon it's as much a girl power movie as it is a personal power movie. many of the difficulties she faced is the mens' reluctance to take her seriously cos of her gender. thats why she had to resort to rhetoric like "I may be a woman... but I have the heart of a man!" & "i am my father's daughter" to emphasise that she's as capable as any man. & in reality, we wouldnt be half as interested in her story if she were a man
missineichen 9 months ago
@missineichen And that is true, btw: In Western monarchism, being most visibly England's monarchy, the Queen is regarded as a "Prince", and once coronated she ceases to be completely female, as she wields the "divine mandate and blah blah blah", which is attributed in its origin to male archetypes and all that. There's a very complicated psudo-religious/mystical tradition to the whole "royalty thing", and so anyway: The Queen is more Divine than mortal, so "she" embodies both genders.
MehrunesDaagon 9 months ago
if only paleness was as popular as it was in those times haha, i admire Elizabeth soo much!
PeaceLoveSmile4 9 months ago
thank you for uploading this movie!!!!!! :)
sammiesam456 9 months ago
It's so interesting how Britain's queens have always been powerful, majestic, and very, very, headstrong and intelligent - and they all conveniently appear at times of great change (maybe their causation?): One for the 1600s' enlightenment, one for the 1800s's industrial revolution, and another (more subtly) for the 1900s and 2000s information age.
caohanlu 9 months ago
@caohanlu You do realise that your sentence is riddled with factual errors right?
Firstly, Elizabeth reigned from 1553-1603, clearly in the 1500s rather than the 1600s as you said.
Secondly, the Enlightenment Era is generally applied to the late 1690s to early 1800s. Not the 1600s
Thirdly, neither Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II were powerful in any sense, being constitutional Monarchs, they reigned, limited to the right to warn, to consult and to advise.
Lastly, google Queen Malthida
chonge 9 months ago
@chonge Oops. I meant to say the English Renaissance/Elizabethan Era. Often get that and Enlightenment mixed because there were lots of "enlightening" in both eras. Never knew about Queen Malthida. Never read about her in my textbooks. Did she ever do anything worth mentioning?
caohanlu 9 months ago
@caohanlu
Only a massive Civil War. Which in turns kinda defeats the whole "Britain's Queen have always been powerful, majestic and appear at times of great change yada yada
chonge 9 months ago
it's amazing that 500 years later, this woman is still just as popular.
Jonathan04ish 9 months ago 4
She became the symbolic stone queen. And she was never any mans' Elizabeth !
Celizamite 10 months ago
I wonder why this version didn't have the historical captions before the opening and end credits. There is supposed to be a "crawl" several slides long when the screen fades to black.
levanyzzuf 10 months ago
is her mother anne boleyn?
julie101rox 10 months ago
@julie101rox Yes
Desiree82888 10 months ago
@Desiree82888 thank u very much
julie101rox 10 months ago
@julie101rox yep :)
Oohsopretty08 9 months ago
I much prefer the 2005 version 'The Virgin Queen.'
tardisdoctor1 10 months ago
@tardisdoctor1 omg i love that one tom hardy is sexy
purpleflowerispretty 10 months ago
The hair the make up is all symbolic of a nun renouncing the real world for that of a convent.She has de-sexed herself as would a nun and marries herself to Christ/England.She announces her intention to marry no one 'I am married to England' Her old life has ended and her new life is given over to her country (God)only....SIMPLE!!
coolsdon 10 months ago
God Save The Queen!
Devilskilljoy 10 months ago
<3 it
twnky1 10 months ago
thanks for post all this mivie, many thanks
neusa226 10 months ago
@3:45 -- chills!
MehrunesDaagon 10 months ago
Why is she cutting off all her hair for ?