Return on The Golden Age

I managed to see the rest of Elizabeth: The Golden Age yesterday. It is not as good as the first movie: too many elements are recycled from the original, the pacing is messy (I think many scenes were cut) and some scenes are a tad confusing. Still, it's a flawless casting and Cate Blanchett is wonderful, as usual. I guess it's difficult to make a "second début", i.e. to reproduce what was so successful the first time.