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

[rm]

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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[rezendi.livejournal.com]

Riveted. Mesmerized. Adored it.

Mind you I was weaned on C.S. Forester's Hornblower novels.

It's an impressively Y-chromosome film. A single 10-second glimpse of a woman - who doesn't say a single word - during a 135-minute film otherwise entirely devoted to men. Shades of LAWRENCE OF ARABIA or DAS BOOT.

[rm.livejournal.com]

And I was totally fine with that -- I just felt like I wasn't let into the world to care about the characters until halfway through, and it was hard for me to get worked up by then.

In fact, I think that one shot of a woman, as well, as the picture of the picture of his wife we're both unnecessary, "look there are girls!" moments -- it was distracting to the damn story and seemed like "oh right, they have to acknowledge chicks."