Master and Commander was very weak. There's no bloody villain! No conflict!
It's overproduced, underwritten with no real focus. The French ship never has
ANY character. Aubrey may as well be battling a big wave....but even that would
be more interesting. Beyond the poor script, other aspects of the film were
okay. Crowe failed to impress me as a boat captain, mumbling half of his lines
and over-acting with others. Peter Wier's direction is not suited for a film of
this type. The battle scenes are big but not cohesive in the least. He has no
control over 3 dimensional film space during action sequences, unless they are
very linear and contained as in Witness or Fearless. The final engagement makes
little or no sense at all.
Clearly...I'm quite dissapointed.

To avoid dissapointment...among other greats...

Moby Dick (Huston version)
Dead Calm
The Sea Wolf (Curtiz version)
Mutiny on the Bounty (With Charles Laughton-probably still the best)

RB

(Bobsprit) wrote:

To avoid dissapointment...among other greats...

Moby Dick (Huston version)
Dead Calm
The Sea Wolf (Curtiz version)
Mutiny on the Bounty (With Charles Laughton-probably still the best)

Have to disagree with you there. once one learns anything about sailing
and sailing ships the original Bounty movie is a joke. The Brando
version is far, far better. And the Gibson version, while not as good as
a movie is closer to being accurate (though still far short of history).

Did not notice any sailing in Dead Calm, only extensive motoring.

(Bobsprit) wrote:

To avoid dissapointment...among other greats...

Moby Dick (Huston version)
Dead Calm
The Sea Wolf (Curtiz version)
Mutiny on the Bounty (With Charles Laughton-probably still the best)

Have to disagree with you there. once one learns anything about sailing
and sailing ships the original Bounty movie is a joke. The Brando
version is far, far better. And the Gibson version, while not as good as
a movie is closer to being accurate (though still far short of history).

Did not notice any sailing in Dead Calm, only extensive motoring.

Did not notice any sailing in Dead Calm, only extensive motoring.

Could you have been watching while sober? Kidman rescues hubby by singlhanding
the boat in one of the best scenes...and quite a long one at that. The boat had
run out of fuel.

RB

Did not notice any sailing in Dead Calm, only extensive motoring.

Could you have been watching while sober? Kidman rescues hubby by singlhanding
the boat in one of the best scenes...and quite a long one at that. The boat had
run out of fuel.

RB

Have to disagree with you there. once one learns anything about sailing
and sailing ships the original Bounty movie is a joke.


The original Mutiny on the Bounty and the remakes are not about sailing. Few
movies are. You may prefer Captain Ron, Waterworld and Wind which have more
sailing content.

Capt RB

Have to disagree with you there. once one learns anything about sailing
and sailing ships the original Bounty movie is a joke.


The original Mutiny on the Bounty and the remakes are not about sailing. Few
movies are. You may prefer Captain Ron, Waterworld and Wind which have more
sailing content.

Capt RB

On 30 Nov 2003 17:01:37 GMT, (Bobsprit) wrote:

Could you have been watching while sober? Kidman rescues hubby by singlhanding
the boat in one of the best scenes...and quite a long one at that. The boat had
run out of fuel.

Was there a boat in that movie? All I can remember is Kidman's rather
pleasant backside. Oh, and Flare-face, which I thought our
Vice-Commodore, Safety, would not approve. Looked like a Paine-Wessex
to me.

R.

On 30 Nov 2003 17:01:37 GMT, (Bobsprit) wrote:

Could you have been watching while sober? Kidman rescues hubby by singlhanding
the boat in one of the best scenes...and quite a long one at that. The boat had
run out of fuel.

Was there a boat in that movie? All I can remember is Kidman's rather
pleasant backside. Oh, and Flare-face, which I thought our
Vice-Commodore, Safety, would not approve. Looked like a Paine-Wessex
to me.

R.