Do yourself a favor and read the books, when you do the movie, although
still enjoyable, seems shallow and contrived. I was more of a collection of
scenes from the books spliced together to arrive at a plot.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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wrote:
I thought it was a fantastic movie.



I did, too. And it was a fairly accurate depiction of life at sea in
those days. There were lots of injuries and deaths aboard ships of the
line.