Mary Queen of Scots 4K UHD (2018)

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Originally Posted by anthonyls

I watched this last night (or should say I tried to...). What a mess historically. Pure fan fiction. Too bad... it might have been a good movie with the budget behind it. Unfortunately, it had the wrong director who wanted to make a politically correct movie for the Instagram/Facebook generation. Cleaning your bathroom might be a better use of your time.

Okay. I laughed at that last statement.

Originally Posted by filmbuffTX

I read an article/interview awhile ago where the director said that when she was in early discussions with the producers of the movie she told them that she was not going to direct an all white period film, and they were OK with that.

I didn’t go into this movie expecting a history lesson, I’ll read a book or find a documentary for that. I just wanted to be entertained and I was. They definitely played with some of the historical facts for dramatic effect. For example, I don’t think Mary and Elizabeth ever met face to face in person. Overall I think it’s a nice movie with excellent production and costume design. I really like the cast as well.

Well correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t that racist? What if she had said that she wouldn’t direct a movie with an all black cast? Is that somehow okay?