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That's harsh.
The first 15 minutes is practically a montage. It's a stylistic hook. It's a set-up. Sheesh.
Warning: The last half-an-hour is very stylistic, too. It's supposed to be operatic, according to the director, Shekhur Kapur.
In between, the pace and styling is more mainstream, but still with plenty of what came to be known as Kurpurisms ... stylish camera moves and angles and fancy editing for stylistic effect.
You might not like the stylisticness. But that's precisely what it is.
I found the Kapur stylings far less sophisticated in Golden Age than they were in Elizabeth, but I enjoyed them nonetheless.
To be sure, an inferior film in every way to the original .... but I happen to like Kapurisms and Kapuristic styles, so Liz II seems an interesting failure to me.
Ok, what about those costumes, G.C.? Did you like them at least?!?
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