![]() ![]() The Brits and French have been fighting off and on for almost a decade (and would continue to do so until 1815). After all, it would be a hard sell in the large American market to get the audiences to root for the British Navy in this altercation! The story occurs around the beginning of the 19th century. As a retired history teacher, this is the sort of stuff I love-even if in the original, the 'bad guys' were actually the Americans and it was set during the War of 1812! I assume they changed the enemy to the French to make the film more marketable. Instead, they seemed to be doing the impossible-make a film that tries very hard to replicate what life was like at sea back during the Napoleonic Wars. Despite its problems, I found this movie to be quite impressive in its scale and it's definitely worth watching."Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" is a very unusual film because the filmmakers obviously were not attempting to make yet another Hollywood style blockbuster. The editing can make the climax a bit hard to follow, but does a good job for most of the movie to make sure it doesn't drag too much. The cinematography is beautiful, the score is amazing and the sound of the battleships is powerful. Technically though, the movie is really great. He was by far the most interesting character and his scenes with Russel Crowe are some of he best in the movie. The most interesting of these subplots involves the doctor played by Paul Bettany and his honestly very adorable quest to study the animals of the Galápagos Islands. One subplot in particular involving a man being punished for insubordination, while not bad by any means, feels really disconected from the already very loosely tied together story. The most My main conplaint is that t feels like a series of subplots rather than one cohesive plot. My main conplaint is that t feels like a series of subplots rather than one cohesive plot. This is a rich & rewarding movie experience for those with patience and a true appreciation for the craft of epic moviemaking. They simply have the attention span of a moth. A story where the characters are not simply 1 dimensional but are given time on screen to build depth so that you truly feel for them when both wonderful and tragic things occur. ![]() It is for people who appreciate the art of storytelling and of watching a wonderful script from a classic book series woven into an artfully built crescendo. For all those who gave this film a negative review and for those people wondering about watching it I say this: If you think that more explosions = more fun and you think that Transformers (Good film) and Transformers 2 (Horrible film) are the height of movie making then DO NOT watch this For all those who gave this film a negative review and for those people wondering about watching it I say this: If you think that more explosions = more fun and you think that Transformers (Good film) and Transformers 2 (Horrible film) are the height of movie making then DO NOT watch this film.
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