Elizabeth (DVD, 2002)

I bought this item using Paypal on a "Buy it now" auction on 11-2-06. After numerous emails, and over a month later I still don't have the DVD. They infromed me they were out of stock. I don't know how they can sell an item, especially on a "buy it now", and not even have the item seems dishonest to me.
Here are the emails.
12-8-06
Hello Jay,
We regret to inform you, that the studio of this title is having problems with their distribution system. They will not give us
reasonable expected date of delivery and have apologized greatly for this situation; knowing that you have waited patiently for this title. Your title is reserved and will ship as soon as we receive it. If you no longer want to wait; send us an email to cparas@rogers.com for a full refund. Again, The Video Barn is tremendously sorry for the frustration this has caused.
Sincerely Marco at The Video BarnEBAY Auction ID: 260047968379
Item: Elizabeth DVD NEW SEALED Cate Blanchett Daniel Craig
12-1-06
Hello, Jay
Thank you for your purchase of Elizabeth DVD NEW SEALED Cate Blanchett Daniel Craig. Your payment has been received and your order is being processed. Unfortunately, it is currently not in stock; and has been placed on Backorder. We try to synchronize our actual inventory with EBAY (as best we can). However, EBAY does not offer real time inventory synchronization; resulting in inventory update lag. We know how frustrating this can be; you have paid for an item assuming it was readily available. At The Video Barn, we would never purposely deceive a customer as to the availability of an item and are truly sorry.
We have rushed ordered more from the studio and expect to have more stock by 12/7/2006. We will keep you informed as to the status of your item. If you would rather not wait send us an email, to cparas@rogers.com for a full refund.
Thanks and have a great day
MarcoEBAY Auction ID: 260047968379
Item: Elizabeth DVD NEW SEALED Cate Blanchett Daniel Craig
11-25-06
Confirm mailing address and I can reship or issue a refund.

I apologize for this inconvience

Thanks


From: JAY SADOWSKI [mailto:jsadowski5@verizon.net]
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 6:46 AM
To: Cparas
Subject: RE: Message from eBay Member Regarding Item #260047968379
I still Have not gotten the DVD yet. I paid 23 days ago. I used to work in a mail room,and if you sent this on the 7th, I should have gotten it weeks ago.
What's going on?
1-18-06
Sent out on 7th, should be there next week
11-2-06
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Elizabeth DVD NEW SEALED Cate Blanchett Daniel Craig
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Hello
I would like to thank you again for your purchase with THEVIDEOBARN
your payment has been received and your order is being processed.

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FOR YOUR ORDER TO ARRIVE.

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Cate Blanchett became a star in this movie. Her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I is fascinating! She played the princess from her teenage years in a rural part of England where she had been sent by Queen Mary to her mid-thirties, when she had overcome so many challenges to the throne.

It is said over and over again in this DVD's special features that this is not exactly the way that Elizabeth ruled. Nevertheless, England was so torn in the late 16th Century by religious differences that it is appropriate for us to see this depiction now. We still have problems with other religions.

Whether it is exactly right or not, Elizabeth had to survive all of these threats to her rule:

Queen Mary, her Catholic predecessor, did everything but murder Elizabeth, the daughter of the Protestant 2nd wife, Anne Boleyn, to keep her from allowing Protestantism back into the country. Mary was also jealous that Henry VIII had left her mother for Elizabeth's mother.

Mary of Giese, the Scottish ruler of sorts, tried to invade the English border from the north. Then she backed off and sent a homosexual French duke to marry Elizabeth. It did not work.

The Duke of Norfolk (played by Christopher Eccleston) would have inherited the throne, it seems, if Elizabeth was overthrown. He was a constant threat throughout the movie. Also, he was a dreaded Catholic.

Prince Philip II of Spain, widower of Queen Mary, also had ambassadors seeking to reunite England and Spain hopefully through marriage. But overthrowing Elizabeth was also in the cards.

Finally, the Pope himself, played by Sir John Gielgud in one of his last roles, ordered Elizabeth's assassination and sends a young monk to do it.

How a young girl in her early 20s survives all of this is amazing.

Elizabeth did have a love, her teenage boyfriend, the Earl of Leicester, better known as Robert Dudley. Joseph Fiennes played this major character so well! He truly loved Elizabeth, and wanted to marry her. She wanted to marry him too, as he spent the night often in her palace chamber. However, the scandal came out that he was already married. This, in the movie, was what really caused Elizabeth to retreat her love life into celibacy supposedly.

Elizabeth had two major advisors: Sir William Cecil (Richard Attenborough), who taught her the manners of the position and protected her at first, and her main advisor, Lord Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush) who did a lot of the dirty work for her.

The movie is full of cruelty--brutal persecutions, burnings at the stake, hangings, beheadings, stabbings, and battles. There is also plenty of nudity, but nothing overboard.

This movie will have to be viewed over and over to keep the characters straight and to enjoy it to its fullest extent. The costumes are fabulous, and there is choir and organ chanting throughout.

It is a great movie if you like history!

I bought this movie because I like Cate Blanchette as an actress-everything she does is great! Plus I love this time era that they make movies about. It is rather accurate of the true history of her reign as queen, which is always a plus when the writers get it just right. Overall, I am very satisfied with this purchase.

You have to appreciate true world and english history to understand the importance of Queen Elizabeth. She was a woman in a man's world. She was a protestant in a widely catholic country, and she was the unwanted bastard daughter of their most controversial king ever, Henry VIII. But with grace from GOD and her convictions, Elizabeth transforms her country into the world's most powerful nation. Kate Blanchette's performance is remarkably accurate in her portrayal of the graceful queen. Her resemblance to the real life queen is uncanny. The writers bring you into the world of Elizabethan England. The actors give performances which give the illusion that you are truly there in that period of time. The world is a better place because of Queen Elizabeth. And we are enlightened because of this movie. It will rank as one of the best movies ever made about the middle ages of England.

My son wanted to use his "own money" to buy me something for Mother's Day. He loves to "surf eBay", and saw this item. Knowing it was one of my favorite movies, asked if I would bid on it for him (he is under 18). He/we won. The morning after the auction ended, I took his money, purchased a USPS money order and mailed it off. We never received the item. After three weeks, I gave him his money back and told him they just didn't have the movie anymore. Overall, the movie is great. Cate Blanchett was brilliant and if you can get a copy, it would be well worth adding to any video library.

I love this movie, have not been able to find it, anywhere! It is a great movie about Queen Elizabeth.

I loved the acting in this movie. I had seen it many times and decided I should just buy it and enjoy it whenever I felt like. I have watched it quite a few times since I bought it.

Excellent service, and product. Great price and great product. I would purchase from this seller again. Very satisfied.

EASY TO ORDER AND ARRIVED QUICKLY. IT WAS MY FIRST E-BAY PURCHASE ,AND A VERY NOVEL EXPERIENCE TO BUY SOMETHING OFF LINE RATHR THAN IN A STORE.

I bought this movie because I really enjoy movies that are baised on some fact. This movie has everything a great movie should,A good story, love, betrayl, mystery, war, peace, Really great costumes, and the acting is some of the finest.

I bought the tape for my mother. It was a birthday presant. She wanted to rent the tape but could not find it, so I bought it for her. She loved it!