When we hear talk of kings and queens, it is very likely that we will come to mind Europe, and especially England, it is a fact that has made this kingdom a medieval culture icon. So between both king and queen of that era, it is one which has been featured in countless movies, series, and documentaries in his honor; nothing more and nothing less than the Queen Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen. We saw in class the Elizabeth 1998 movie directed by Shekhar Kapur, and it was really fascinating. It was clearly more sensationalist and exciting than the real story, but it certainly captures the aura of majesty and divinity with which is often related to the queens. We also have to take into account the historical factor of the same story, which makes it even more impressive. It's a good movie to watch with your family, or even to study it, as was our case. It helped us better understand the European culture and place it in a historical context.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Most Famous Queen of All Time. Period.
When we hear talk of kings and queens, it is very likely that we will come to mind Europe, and especially England, it is a fact that has made this kingdom a medieval culture icon. So between both king and queen of that era, it is one which has been featured in countless movies, series, and documentaries in his honor; nothing more and nothing less than the Queen Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen. We saw in class the Elizabeth 1998 movie directed by Shekhar Kapur, and it was really fascinating. It was clearly more sensationalist and exciting than the real story, but it certainly captures the aura of majesty and divinity with which is often related to the queens. We also have to take into account the historical factor of the same story, which makes it even more impressive. It's a good movie to watch with your family, or even to study it, as was our case. It helped us better understand the European culture and place it in a historical context.
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I'm always thinking that a good way to learn about some subjects that some people think bored is by movies or series, at least it works for me, but obviously we have to be careful with what we watch, because not everything what appears in the movies or series it’s true.
ReplyDeleteAs you said before, the movie try to show us the greatness of Elizabeth I, showing her as a powerful woman, not only because she was the queen, also because she was a clever woman who could made to her country the most important and powerful in Europe and in the world.
I totally agree with you both, movies are a good option to catch the attention of the students and learn with a funny way. In facts, the movie show the glorious and powerful face of Queen Elizabeth I but it try to show us also her woman side. It's true that it exaggerates the relation with that man but the idea, I think, was demonstrate that the important and powerful persons in the history has an human side too.
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