"You don't criticize Russell Crowe's movies, ya testicle!"
Funny you mentioned him.. I’ve watched 2 or 3 movies he was in the past couple of days.
One of the credited actors of the captain’s crew in the film is much more famous as a heavy metal bassist and singer in a legendary metal band. And a damned fine all around super nice guy. Maybe some other heavy metal FReepers know who I’m talking about. (Let’s call this a rock n roll trivia challenge.)
I will grant the movie is kinda slow in places, but I admired the strategy involved as well as the twist at the end.
If you love the books, you’ll love the movie.
That’s one heckuva compliment to my mind.
It’s an excellent movie. One of our favorites.
Peter Weir is an awesome film maker. I could see modern civilization targeting him for cancellation, or rather his films since they typically feature all-white casts. If you dig behind this Ian Mcnabb guy, I’ll bet that’s at the heart of his dislike for Master and Commander. It’s too white.
Well, as a dedicated fan of O’Brien’s novels, including those outside the Aubrey/Maturin pantheon, I thought the movie stunk up the place. I only watched it once, and if I hadn’t been a guest of a family member, I would have walked out halfway through. Casting Crowe as Aubrey wasn’t too bad, (Aubrey is actually a rather one-dimensional character anyway), but the guy whom they chose for Maturin was wildly miscast, and his part written so badly that the introspective intellectual Stephen Maturin of the books was only barely recognizable. Special effects worthy of a 1930’s B-roller put the kiss of death on it. Which didn’t take much, since the plot-line was a hodge-podge of scenes from several books, chosen I suppose to maximize the melodrama, didn’t hold together at all. Patrick O’Brien deserved better.
/rant
Crowe is a fine actor. In the dud, The Mummy, he was the only shining light, playing Jekyll and Hyde. Would have made a great comedic spin-off.
Master and Commander was good. Seemed to borrow much from the old Horatio Hornblower series.
Kids these days are commies because commies have taken over the education system.
I liked the movie, even though it wasn’t exactly true to the book. Movies almost never are.
Loved the books. I listened to some on Audible with a very good narrator while I was driving around and I hated to get to my destination and turn it off.
Are them his brains?
As a kid, I thoroughly soaked up the Horatio Hornbliwer books. Loved this movie. I was always curious why this one didn’t get more attention. Perhaps the all white cast? But I was cautiously optimistic about a follow up movie because Part 2s don’t have a very good track record.
How in the world does this movie qualify as a “cult classic”?
I watched it and liked it.
The only thing wrong with the movie is that there was no sequel.
I did not read the books. But I own the movie. It is a plodding plot which seems to end with a sequel in mind. I gave it a ‘3’ on a scale of ‘5.’
“Master and Commander”
Excellent movie. No nudity, no cursing. Same with Gladiator. Two of the last three times I was at a movie theater. Last movie at a theater was the remake of True Grit.
Now it is all comic book superhero nonsense of which I never had an interest in even as a kid 65 years ago.
Love this movie, own the DVD and have it on the DVR.
Have you seen the mini series Longitude? Much better at “the interest many of the characters in science reflecting the new age and the influence of the Scientific Revolution.
good movie. the books were better - aubrey/maturin series by patrick obrien. widely accepted as the very best of the genre
"You don't criticize Russell Crowe's movies, ya testicle!"