Posted on 04/14/2020 12:35:04 PM PDT by conservative98
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I used to be mildly obsessed with this story. I found the Marlon Brando version absolutely unwatchable. Couldn’t get past the first 20 minutes. The Clark Gable version is a favorite but not accurate. Very Hollywood..but still my fav :). The most accurate of the 3, I believe, is the 1984(?) with Mel Gibson.
I absolutely agree bligh was an outstanding captain and sailor. his biggest mistake was he let Christian Fletcher the real crook bend his ear too much. the men went ashore too much and the matives gave them food sex and adoration. Who wants to get back on a ship when you are living in paradise. ? Having been at sea I can look at the movie from a real perspective Christian fletcher shoud have been hung.
Having done some sailing in my time, I still see those men in their 20 foot boat making that voyage. Amazing!
I read a historical view of the Bounty and also Captain Cook’s expedition when I went on a cruise to “Tahiti” Was very eye opening to see the real locations of the book descriptions. Yes, there was sex and adoration according to the oldest descriptions. Makes the stories more understandable.
The most accurate of the 3, I believe, is the 1984(?) with Mel Gibson.
I heartily agree.
I think the 1st was the worst; using American girls covered in shoe polish and casting Bligh as a real prick.
The Brando one is interesting though still tainted by the Bligh as a tyrant lie.
BTW, Bligh was NOT a Captain when he led the Bounty.
And my vote would go to Pitcairn's Island because of how it all turned out.
I prefer Laughton. I think Howard’s best work came in The Third Man.
Unlike the 1935 and 1962 MOTB’s, in the 1984 version Tahitian girls went bare breasted and guess what? The Earth did not implode at the sight of areolas & nipples. However, the true cause of the mutiny may not have been due to cruel treatment on the ship, but all those breasts ashore.
Still, parents in all the versions said, “Uh, Johnny, why don’t you go get Mom & Dad some popcorn? Take your time.”
Bligh was a lieutenant, I believe, at the time of the mutiny. Possessed absolutely mad navigational skills :)
Several years ago our oldest daughter was a hostess at a local restaurant. A guy came in wearing a red polo shirt with “Pitcairn Island” embroidered on. Our daughter congratulated him on the shirt and asked if she could take a picture “for my mom..she will flip”. He absolutely agreed and said, “are you kidding? I’m thrilled anyone has heard of this place. My parents brought it back for me from some cruise”. ;)
‘BTW, Bligh was NOT a Captain when he led the Bounty.’
he was, in fact, a lieutenant in the royal Navy, serving as ship captain on the Bounty; in the 1962 flick, he asserted the Bounty was his first captaincy; in fact, he had served a captain of the mercantile ship Britannia, which his wife’s uncle owned, a far more lucrative position than the Bounty command...
Yes but I was alluding to the President and his impeachment as a mutiny that failed. Sorry if I wasn’t clearer.
‘I think Howard’s best work came in The Third Man.’
yes, fine work in that film...but let’s not forget that the 1984 Bounty had Anthony Hopkins as Bligh, who I thought was totally frenetic thoughout...although that movie, at least, addressed the prior friendly relationship of Bligh and Christian...
Apparently, many of the men formed romantic attachments and even married, including Fletcher Christian. They went native amongst all those beautiful women.
I was just going to say the same thing - I love Charles Laughton in the original.
I’ll put in a big yes vote for the 1984 version - it was very well done, and overlooked by the critics. Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins were outstanding.
My father was a great lover of the Hall Trilogy. I had a copy of “Men Against the Sea.” Loved it. That book was the impetus for my subsequent studies of the mutiny. It was, and remains, one of the most fascinating stories of the history of the British Navy, at a time when they Ruled the Sea.
Rule Britannia...
because..well...it’s Clark Gable.
Yeah, I hear ya. Clark Gable, Gone With the Wind.
Every guy wanted to BE Gable. Every woman wanted to BE Vivian Leigh.
A REAL MAN.
Those days are behind us...
Life follows art; Marlon Brando married Tarita Teriipaia, she was his third & final marriage.
The British Admiralty also though Bligh was a good naval officer. Later on he was given command of three different 74 gun ships of the line and in 1814 was promoted to Vice Admiral.
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