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re: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Posted on 8/24/15 at 7:43 pm to blueboy
Posted on 8/24/15 at 7:43 pm to blueboy
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There isn't much room for a sequel, as they combined several of the novels to write this story.
There are 20 books, there is no shortage of material for sequels or prequels. It just didn't make much money.
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Posted on 8/24/15 at 7:49 pm to jeff5891
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get ready for an exposition fest
ugh
nothing worse than incessant expository dialogue
Posted on 8/24/15 at 8:14 pm to Tigris
quote:I didn't realize that there were that many. The only one I read was Desolation Island.
There are 20 books
Posted on 8/24/15 at 8:18 pm to CBandits82
It was my #2 that year behind The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 9:01 pm to CBandits82
saw this movie in Houston with my cousins when it came out. The fire alarm went off in the theater so we had to evacuate until given the clear.
We actually sat there and debated whether or not we should finish this awful movie.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 9:02 pm to Carson123987
quote:unless it's written by Nolan
nothing worse than incessant expository dialogue
Posted on 8/24/15 at 9:24 pm to CBandits82
For sound, the bluray cannot be beat. The scenes where the ship is being pummeled with cannon fire will shake a room and you can still hear the wood splintering and flying through the air. It is awesome.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 9:27 pm to steeltiger17
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unless it's written by Nolan
even worse with Nolan because he just tries to explain complex things with one-off lines
Posted on 8/24/15 at 9:28 pm to NOFOX
think it's a 10/10 ...
i remember charles krauthammer gave it a review ... LINK ...
and i remember george will writing about the writer before the movie was made ... LINK ...
The Aubrey-Maturin novels (splendidly read by Patrick Tull for Recorded Books of Prince Frederick, Md.) rank with the sequential novels of Anthony Trollope and Anthony Powell. And O'Brian is a literary cousin of Jane Austen (two of whose brothers were naval officers during the Napoleonic Wars). That is, his are novels of manners as well as of war and adventure, the manners of male friendship and of military settings.
Novels of manners are apt to be, as O'Brian's are, suffused with the conservative sensibility, because manners are accretions of practices rather than creations of reason. O'Brian writes of something being "worse than inhuman--contrary to custom." When Maturin, the intellectual, inveighs against "subordination," Jack says: "Subordination is in the natural order: there is subordination in Heaven--Thrones and Dominions take precedence over Powers and Principalities, Archangels and ordinary foremast angels; and so it is in the navy. You have come to the wrong shop for anarchy, brother."
it's amusing to read people who claimed to have walked out of a movie that was universally acclaimed by just about any critic or regular movie patron ...
i remember charles krauthammer gave it a review ... LINK ...
and i remember george will writing about the writer before the movie was made ... LINK ...
The Aubrey-Maturin novels (splendidly read by Patrick Tull for Recorded Books of Prince Frederick, Md.) rank with the sequential novels of Anthony Trollope and Anthony Powell. And O'Brian is a literary cousin of Jane Austen (two of whose brothers were naval officers during the Napoleonic Wars). That is, his are novels of manners as well as of war and adventure, the manners of male friendship and of military settings.
Novels of manners are apt to be, as O'Brian's are, suffused with the conservative sensibility, because manners are accretions of practices rather than creations of reason. O'Brian writes of something being "worse than inhuman--contrary to custom." When Maturin, the intellectual, inveighs against "subordination," Jack says: "Subordination is in the natural order: there is subordination in Heaven--Thrones and Dominions take precedence over Powers and Principalities, Archangels and ordinary foremast angels; and so it is in the navy. You have come to the wrong shop for anarchy, brother."
it's amusing to read people who claimed to have walked out of a movie that was universally acclaimed by just about any critic or regular movie patron ...
This post was edited on 8/24/15 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 8/24/15 at 11:14 pm to CBandits82
I watch this at least once a year. Love it
Posted on 8/25/15 at 12:03 am to CBandits82
A great movie that was supposed to have sequels but for some reason it never caught on. I give it an 8/10
Posted on 8/25/15 at 8:31 am to Carson123987
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not at all. I need to watch it again. never comes on, though
Check it out again, its almost a flawless movie.
Between the cinematography and the way its directed makes it one hell of a movie that needs to be talked about more often IMO.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 8:34 am to CBandits82
I love it.
Music is fantastic.
Music is fantastic.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 8:36 am to CBandits82
Extremely well done on all fronts. 5 stars and a Guinness!
Posted on 8/25/15 at 8:45 am to MC5601
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A great movie that was supposed to have sequels but for some reason it never caught on. I give it an 8/10
That's disappointing, would love to see another one.
The problem is that Weir would have to do it and he does one movie every 5 years.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 8:49 am to The Godfather
I've read it's reference material for high def surround sound in the opening battle scene. I may have to get the bluray.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 9:02 am to MC5601
One of my favorite movies of all time, and one of the best of the 2000s. Historically accurate with fantastic dialogue. I love how there is always background dialogue from the bosun or one of the mates.
The books are great. All of them. If you find yourself hating the technical aspect of the first book, keep reading, you become immersed in it and even begin to understand it.
The books are great. All of them. If you find yourself hating the technical aspect of the first book, keep reading, you become immersed in it and even begin to understand it.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 9:42 am to CBandits82
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Boards thoughts on this film?
Film was an above solid naval flick. But American audiences would far prefer overacting pirates to a more realistic, sincere portrayal of that era.
Plus, Disney got scilla, yo.
This post was edited on 8/25/15 at 9:43 am
Posted on 8/25/15 at 11:48 am to heatom2
quote:
The books are great.
I had no idea it was based on a book series.
Will for sure check them out.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 12:16 pm to CBandits82
If you liked M&C, you'll love The Admiral - Roaring Currents on Netflix.
Thank you and you're welcome.
Thank you and you're welcome.
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