Master and Commander

[andyfox]

Didn't see it in the theaters, saw it on HBO last week.

Loved it. What a treat. I was enthralled for two hours. Wonderful entertainment, educational, exciting, beautifully done. I missed a lot of the dialogue as my American ears didn't get all of the English accents, but what a thrilling entertainment. I wish I had seen it on a big screen.

Highly recommended if you haven't yet seen it.

[ThaSaltCracka]

I really enojoyed it too Andy; great, fun movie.

[Alobar]

I have avoided it because russel crowe annoys me. Maybe I should watch it :/

[Matt Flynn]

try the books.

[SmileyEH]

Excellent movie. I only really enjoyed the first books in the series--I much prefer the Hornblower series.

-SmileyEH

[andyfox]

I found him a little stilted in this movie, maybe trying too hard. The other actors, however, were superb, especially the other lead, whose name escapes me just now.

[ThaSaltCracka]

hmmm.... I liked Russel in the film. The other lead was the guy that played along side him in A beautiful mind.

[lu_hawk]

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try the books.

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I didn't know they existed until I saw the movie last year in the theater. I picked up the first one and was hooked. Took me about 6 months to read all 20 of them but when I turned the last page I felt like I had lost some good friends. These books are easily the best fiction I have ever read. It's too bad Patrick O'Brien is gone.

[andyfox]

I think he's a fine actor. But he did nothing unexpected in the movie, he could have been in a remake of Mutiny on the Bounty.

But it's a minor quibble in an otherwise perfect movie.

[junkmail3]

Didn't see it in the theater.

Saw it on an airplane, couldn't see it, felt queezy, hated it.

Probably wouldn't give it another chance.