Not great

Rating: 5/10 (5 October 2007)

I lover the first one, but this one is not great. No chemistry whatsoever between Blanchett and Owen, a mediocre supporting cast, not enough Geoffrey Rush, too many choppy edits and actions scenes that look like Pirates of the Caribbean. Cate Blanchett was in character, but everyone else seemed to be phoning it in. The younger woman was dull, not worth betraying a queen. The Spaniards were cardboard caricatures, and they didn't speak in the proper Spanish for the period, instead they spoke like modern Spaniards. I mean, after Braveheart, you really have to step up to the plate with that sort of thing. It's like having George Washington speak like George Bush, not cool. I felt the director was either lazy, hung-over or he had the film taken away and someone else edited it? We were shocked it was the same director from the first film. In any case, I know making movies isn't easy, but I didn't go to school for it like these folks did so you'd think they'd do better. I'm not sure why things went wrong, but things went very wrong and at the end I wanted my money back ~~ and I got in for free!