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.

A long but fruitful evening

I am sorry, I will not have time to comment on Elizabeth: The Golden Age and about how great an actress Cate Blanchett is, as my wife and I spent the evening working out our holidays. It's very exciting, but exhausting. We never had time for a honeymoon since we got married, it will hardly be as long as a honeymoon, but it will give us some free time until we go for a real exotic holiday (and finally get that honeymoon). At least we will celebrate our wedding anniversary abroad. Now I just need a job to be completely happy.

More on Cate Blanchett tomorrow

Well, the evening with Cate Blanchett has been interrupted about half way through the movie (the Spanish Armada was on its way), because my wife was coming back. So far, The Golden Age isn't as good as Elizabeth, although there are moments of pure brilliance and Cate Blanchett is, as usual, magnificient. I'll keep you posted about it tomorrow.

An evening with Cate Blanchett

As my wife will be back late and as I did a fair bit of "work" this afternoon (whatever an unemployed man has to do), I will wait for her watching Elizabeth: the Golden Age. I loved the first movie and I am glad I can watch (at last!) the second one. She really got robbed of an Oscar when she played Elizabeth the first time (nothing against Gwyneth Paltrow, but she is small potatoes compared to Cate, and well, that goes for almost every actresses of her generation). Anyway, as I vow an almost cultist admiration for Cate Blanchett and as historical fiction bores my wife to sleep, I have decided that I will not bother her with the movie and watch it alone.