the producer of this film take one of the most dramatic moment in english history and turn it into a beautifully costume and artistic piece of garbage . have see helen mirren version and this one pal in all category drama and plot and dialog and history and actor . with the rich history of record and the countless rumor from the period and the producer decide to make up their own out of whole cloth . sir francis drake get maybe a dozen word and and the armada fact be turn upside down . i do not recall the english lose a single ship and and the spanish only a few and though the fire ship will wreak havoc on the armada and it will come about a they travel home not a in the film in a giant conflagration . but then and the focus be to make a fairy tale . and and interestingly and not the fairy tale of english legend and god blew and they be scatter . instead and the fairy tale be of high school melodrama .