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OK, the movie is definitely worth checking out on video. It has much of the pomp and circumstance of the first installment. I love, love, love Clive Owen as Sir Walter Raleigh. If I were the director and writer, I would have exploited this part of the story more. Owen was kind of wasted in his part. He is such a talented actor and I had hoped he would be the new James Bond. (That said, I really like the off-beat new James Bond too.)
Blanchette was so passionate in her reprisal of this role, but, honestly, Susan, I kept feeling as if I had seen the same movie before. For history buffs this movie and its predecessor absolutely do belong in their film library, but I doubt that the movie will convert many who are not already history buffs into becoming avid fans.
That period of history is one of my favorite. I try never to miss movies that depict those times. There aren't enough that do, perhaps because the costumes are so expensive and so darned uncomfortable to wear. I pitied Cate Blanchette in some of those rigs.
In short, definitely check out that video...if only to see Clive Owen play the coolest Sir Walter Raleigh ever.