Review of Mary Queen of Scots

An earlier poster slates the film for its historical inaccuracy and then displays his/her own ignorance! There is no such place as "Holyrood Castle"- its Holyrood Palace, or alternatively, the Palace of Holyrood House. The fortified buildings on top of Castle Rock make up Edinburgh Castle, which is perhaps what this contributor is laughingly alluding to. As for the lack of tartan, God save us, that's likely to be the film's only saving grace! Whether monarch, nobles or commoners, people in Lowland Scotland did not wear tartan. And anyway, Lowland Scots considered those in the Highlands at the time to be closer to barbarians than fellow countrymen. Another contributor states entirely erroneously that Elizabeth I had authority over Scotland, revealing his/her failure to grasp the essential fact of their rivalry, based as it was on both being Queens of two entirely separate kingdoms. And don't get me started on Braveheart or Outlander!