Well they are advertising on the FSW, so I'm going to support that movie for certain. Sword play and period movies work for me.
I suppose I'll go see it but the previews give me grave doubts. I love (I mean if these books were a woman my wife would feel threatened and rightly so) the O'Brian series this film is based on. But from the previews it looks like Weir has taken some the most intellectually satisfying historical fiction ever written and turned it into a simple minded swashbuckler. It appears from the previews there's even a kid featured it in it. And where the hell is Stephen Maturin? The whole series of 20 novels works off the interplay between these 2 friends. And Billy Boyd as Barret Bonden? Puhlease! I'll go see the thing but I'm already in a snit about it, in case you hadn't noticed.
It looks pretty dodgy if the trailers are anything to go by. It looks worse than the entertaining Hornblower TV programme with Ioan Gryddyddggrgshahdd or whatever his name is.
since Russell Crowe's movies are absolute and total sh!t, I think i'll skip this one. but that's just me.
Gladiator was sh!t?!?!?!? My NROTC unit is getting the hook-up to watch it at a local IMAX theater...should be awesome!
Yes. "The Insider" was pretty good, however. His Oscar for "Gladiator" was basically a makeup for the previous year's snub.
it was easily the worst movie to ever win an oscar. easily. it was terrrrrrrrrible. shady's got it right. it was a makeup for the previous year.
LA Confidential was quite good. I loved Master and Commander the book, though I have a hard time translating it to film (though that's why I'm not a director!.) I'll see it, no doubt, but the ads give me pause.
The books were so good, I'm a bit afraid of the movie. But you can bet I'll be there for the first showing on Friday. Jack Aubrey as a fictional character deserves to be in a movie.
FYI I', not sure this is actually "Master and Commander", but "Far Side of the World", a different, and later, book. Also arguably the most exciting of the series, no doubt why it's now a movie.
Not intentionally. LA Confidential was good, and physically Crowe is not too far off for Aubrey. And Weir is a good director. So I had some hope. Maybe the trailers are designed to emphasize the adventure side only. We'll see. The title is weird, because according to the books "master and commander" is a transitory rank between lieutenant and post captain, and the film picks up the storyline when Aubrey is an established post captain.
Yes I get that but as far as I can tell the story isn't "Master and Commander", the 1st book, but "Far Side of the World", the 10th (there are 20 books in the series). Not sure why the title is what it is, perhaps "Master and Commander" is as far as alot of people get?
I've actually heard of "Master and Commander", but I had no idea that it was a series. I guess the studio heads figured alot of people are like me and just slapped the more well-known name on the title.
I'm no movie cricket, but I really liked the gladiator film. A Beautiful Mind on the other one was overrated as far as I'm concerned. So what is this movie about - anyone want to fill me in?
As a new fan of O'Brian's novels (and man are they fantastic), I was excited to hear about the film initially, but worried about how it would come out. Hopefully, these early reports suggest good things... http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/MasterandCommanderTheFarSideoftheWorld-1127359/ This one is especially promising: "This apt and sensitive introduction to O'Brian's ripping maritime tales manages to make a period-piece saga feel modern -- capturing something timeless in the characters of all men." -- Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Though I usually disagree with Schwarzbaum, so that could be a bad thing.
Without giving anything away (which would be hard to do as I havent seen the movie) it's essentially a chase movie. I am a little confused though...in the book, "Far Side of the World", Aubrey in "Surprise" is chasing an American Frigate around Cape Horn during the war of 1812. From the trailers and History channel specials I've seen, it seems the film is set in 1805. Confusing. I am assuming they have essentially combined elements of several of the books into one? Not sure. I'm sure I could find out but I dont want to before I see it.
Love this bit from John Anderson at Newsday.com === http://www.rottentomatoes.com/click...tic=columns&sortby=default&page=1&rid=1217903 "While I could easily have been convinced that "The Matrix Revolutions" had been financed by a right- wing Christian fundamentalist, with its faith-based belief system and apocalyptic hallucinations, "M&C" makes a subtle case for logic and evolutionary theory, via Maturin's exploration of the Galapagos, for instance, or his gentle prodding of Blakeney's fertile mind. Odd, isn't it, that the reactionary movie is set in the future and the one in awe of science is set in the past? Maybe not so odd. But certainly provocative."
The NY Times calls it "stupendously entertaining". This was not on my list of things to see, but it's rare that NYT critics love something this much that I don't at least enjoy. Maybe a Thanksgiving Weekend viewing.
You assume correctly, it seems. From The Onion AV Club: Patched together from three of Patrick O'Brian's serial novels, Master And Commandertakes place in 1805, against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, which pit the British Navy's H.M.S. Surprise against a formidable French opponent.