Master and Commander: it's a good thing I like cello music

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It probably would have helped had I read these books before seeing this, because then I would have cared about the characters and perhaps been less utterly lost with all the mumbly nautical talk.

And perhaps Kat and I were just extra extra punchy, but oh my god, I have never engaged in so much inappropriate laughter during what is truly a very well made film. I wish I had someting cogent to say, but I don't -- there's cello music and men bonding and a brave little cripple boy and lizards and some pretty boats! Oh.... being a bad person has never been so fun.

All that aside though, another stellar performance from Paul Bettany.

So has anyone else seen this. What the hell did you make of it?

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Not much besides, "Heavens, what an interesting way for Peter Weir to follow up The Truman Show"- although he did direct Gallipoli, which has some similarities. The books themselves are basically O'Brian's spin on the Horatio Hornblower novels (Dad was Navy in the very tail end of WWII, so they've been around the house since forever)- although Weir & Co. cleverly change the villains from Americans, as in the book, to French.