I just found the trailer for this upcoming movie and I think it will interest some here on this site
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http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809426394/video/3296319/

This looks brilliant can't wait till its released! Thanks for posting the link. :cool:

Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush reprise their roles from the earlier film. Blanchett does a good Elizabeth. She looks well in armour too.

One hopes that they do a better job of telling Elizabeth's story than the prior movie did. Her story contains sufficient drama and action for two or three Hollywood films and that first piece of costumed junk tried to hype it up with fiction. Bah!

But a gothic harness? It would have been a century out of fashion by 1588.

Well I'm pumped up

Well, the Elizabeth's armour is not the only "too gothic" thing in this late 16th century setting. But I'm not an expert.

Without picking on the details, it looks pretty at least. :D

well i cant wait. ive been wanting another "historical" sword epic for a while. I dont count 300 as one. I think the last one that was in theaters was kingdom of heaven

Saw the trailer in the theater last weekend. Looks good. However, I note what appears to be an historical inaccuracy right out of the box. The fire ships sent against the armada never actually struck a Spanish ship. Looks like that is happening in one scene.

Here is a photo of the infamous armour.

Joseph Fiennes isn't listed in the credits, so apparently Robert Dudley has been written out.

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Wow, there is definately some artistic license in the design of that harness, but not bad. This is what a sixteenth century armourer would have arrived at, when having been asked to update a century old style. A very interesting interpretation!

Notice the many mid to late sixteenth century features on the various parts? Check out how the Gothic elbow cops were morphed into a later rounded butterfly style. The fluting is exaggerated, yet a certain smoothness or roundedness has been designed into all the parts, deviating from the standard Gothic "sharpness". The pauldrons are definately of a later style, too bad they didn't incorporate turners. I would also like to see photos of the helm and leggings, and especially of the "rear" protection... even if there is none :)

ps; Where do I sign-up to help her suit-up??? No, really...

I should point out that my skepticism about the armour in no way reduces my interest in the film. Looks great--much better, from an arms & armour standpoint, than the HBO film (I wanted to reach through the screen and turn Jeremy Irons' rapier the right way up!).

Cate Blanchett in armour: YUMMY, :D for so many reasons. :blush: :D