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Leadership Ideas from a Movie: You’ll Never Guess Which One
Peace and Freedom ^
| October 16, 2006
| John E. Carey
Posted on 10/16/2006 5:23:13 AM PDT by John Carey
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To: jalisco555
IIRC, in the book Master and Commander Jack Aubry did just that, albeit in the face of overwhelming force.Yes, he did. That was HMS Sophie, which really had no business getting into a real shootout...
Hollywood kind of mashed two or three different Aubrey/Maturin novels into the blender and hit "Puree" to get the movie script.
To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
Yes, but considering how MUCH Weir and others had to pack into a movie to introduce the characters/time period/naval warfare to an audience that was as far from educated about such things, Id say they did a damn fine job. It is something VASTLY different than what audiences are used to seeing. I think a lot of Crowe fans were expecting more Gladiator type stuff though, and so came away disappointed. Thing is, if you put Jack Aubrey and Maximus in the same room together, they'd be hailing each others as equals.
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posted on
10/16/2006 12:04:53 PM PDT
by
Alkhin
(Thieving tyranny is all they offer.)
To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
Hollywood kind of mashed two or three different Aubrey/Maturin novels into the blender and hit "Puree" to get the movie script.I know. I read the entire, fantastic series of books. I really miss Patrick O'Brian.
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posted on
10/16/2006 12:07:45 PM PDT
by
jalisco555
("Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us and pigs treat us as equals" Winston Churchill)
To: Ciexyz
*sigh* yeaaaah. *BG*
"Oh, Oh!" cried my idiot crew. "It's a ghoul! We are doomed!"
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posted on
10/16/2006 12:09:39 PM PDT
by
Alkhin
To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
Oh, and let's not forget Paul Bettany's excellent portrayal as Stephen Maturin. I'll confess that I personally identify more with Maturin than I do with Aubrey.
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posted on
10/16/2006 12:10:32 PM PDT
by
jalisco555
("Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us and pigs treat us as equals" Winston Churchill)
To: Alkhin
My niece loved the movie; partly because she's a sailor with a love of history, and partly because she goes into major-league swooning over Russell Crowe...
To: jalisco555
I think all of us who have never sailed a tall ship identify with Maturin on some level. O'Brian really puts him to good use; he's the window through which we come to understand the Royal Navy and sail-driven men-o'-war.
To: blau993
You know what REALLY surprised me about the nautical novels? How FUNNY they were...I mean consistently FUNNY! - one of my favorite scenes (I think in Treason's Harbor) is where Jack is having to meet with some Muslim leader about getting help or trying to prevent aid from going to the French and he is having to travel across land guided by a not too bright Bedouin (IIRC - ack! Am typing this all from memory right now) and the Bedouin is telling the sailors (who are highly superstitious to begin with) about all the demons and ghouls in the desert and how some of them will actually dress up as women, not to mention the effect mirages have, and so by the time they reach their destination, the sailors are so freaked out by those tales and seeing mirages and desert life that when they reach the first village they have seen in a while, who comes out to greet them but a woman, and the sailor's first reaction is NOT "ooo boy...wooooomaaaaan!" its "Oh oh! - - Its a ghoul, we are doomed!"
the way its written I can hear Jack's utter disgust in his tone...I still laugh and laugh over that scene.
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posted on
10/16/2006 12:16:37 PM PDT
by
Alkhin
(we have made our bed and now must eat it)
To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
Tell her she's not alone - I have swoon fests over him too.
Sad, but true.
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posted on
10/16/2006 12:17:35 PM PDT
by
Alkhin
(we have made our bed and now must eat it)
To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
I am so jealous of your neice - the closest I have come to sailing is being told that I could volunteer on The Elissa down in Galveston...but that would have meant quite a few weekends down on the island and since I live about two hours away, it was unfeasible for me to do that. Now i have to live vicariously through Jack and Stephen. Still the Elissa is one of my favorite tall sails. I have always loved their beauty.
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posted on
10/16/2006 12:20:47 PM PDT
by
Alkhin
(we have made our bed and now must eat it)
To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
I think all of us who have never sailed a tall ship identify with Maturin on some level. O'Brian really puts him to good use; he's the window through which we come to understand the Royal Navy and sail-driven men-o'-war.I think you're on to something here.
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posted on
10/16/2006 12:21:01 PM PDT
by
jalisco555
("Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us and pigs treat us as equals" Winston Churchill)
To: Alkhin
She's a sailor on the USS Reagan, running computer networks. She'd be the first to admit that she doesn't know a damn thing about sail except what she reads in O'Brian and Forester.
To: Delta 21
John Wayne. Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Keanu Reeves 3 of these things are not like the other, 3 of the things are kinda the same. Can you guess which three do not belong here?
I hope you realized that there was a period after John Wayne's name and not a comma.
To: Alkhin
You know what REALLY surprised me about the nautical novels? How FUNNY they were...I mean consistently FUNNY!The scene where Jack Aubrey first meets Stephen Maturin--the opening of Master and Commander--still makes me laugh. I am, like Jack, far more enthusiastic than skilled when it comes to music.
To: Delta 21
To: jalisco555
My ex would be great in the part (smile). No teeth, gangly, alcoholic--he'd fit right in.
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posted on
10/16/2006 12:37:20 PM PDT
by
Marysecretary
(Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
To: Joe 6-pack
I love Casablanca, Bogie and Ingrid Bergman. It was a great movie.
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posted on
10/16/2006 12:41:06 PM PDT
by
Marysecretary
(Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
To: Marysecretary
The greatest movie ever. It will remain unsurpassed...
...as time goes by.
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posted on
10/16/2006 12:57:02 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
ROFL - "Sir, if you MUST beat the measure...!" Only downside to these books are that I will not be able to recommend them to anyone younger than college age. Quite adult...in a good way...but still very adult.
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posted on
10/16/2006 1:00:09 PM PDT
by
Alkhin
(we have made our bed and now must eat it)
To: Chewie84
Max Pirkis was the little boy, presently he can be seen as Gaius Octavian in "Rome".
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posted on
10/16/2006 1:07:44 PM PDT
by
TET1968
(SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)
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