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WOW. This film really makes you feel like you're on the high seas. Amazingly realistic in its depiction of maritime violence. The tall ships are glorious and part of another era. This is a guys film. Being stuck at sea for months on end really had to have been aweful at times. The film also explores the bold and caring aspects of maleness, and deals with tragedy in a realistic tone. I only watched this on my little dvd player, but I image it would be very dynamic on a big screen, I'm only sorry now that I missed its theatrical release. Watch it. Blessings, MR **If you found this information at all helpful, please take a moment to select the "yes" button below. The more people that select the "yes" button, the better the chance this REVIEW is seen by more eBay members.
The movie brings the book alive! Well cast, and very well acted, though I thought the book presented Captain Jack somewhat taller, which after the first few minutes the craftmenship of the acting amusingly enough overshadows this minor disparity and you're literally sucked completely into the movie... Action throughout, complete with bloody battle scenes and near shipwreck, and although the interactions between the Captain and his freind the Doctor is clear, many of the political aspects of the story were cut out - no doubt to keep the movie within a normal sitting rather than a mini-series lenght. At first I thought that this was a dramatization of the first book in the series, which it is not - rather several books into the series. However, this is an all-round good action movie of an English Captain and his crew during a 1800's cruse to the pacific, well worth watching.Read full review
Maybe Russell Crows best. Good story, line easy to get drawn up into
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All the prior reviews here have said most everything! I will just add that I love this film so much I re-watch it probably more than others I own (like another favorite, Out of Africa)--at least once a year. It is so genuinely realistic for the Napoleonic time period and thrilling for lovers of the high seas and old massive clipper ships with poop decks where the Captain and Doctor play cello and violin. Amidst travel to war with an enemy ship, they discover the Galapagos Islands and new species. I am a 62-year-young woman and have loved this movie since it debuted. Even the battle scenes are exciting and moving. The life aboard ship was the best thing about it, I thought, and really showed how the men all relate to each other. The young boy was marvelous in his character role, as were Russell Crowe and the fellow who played the doctor. I thought their intimate friendship was superbly portrayed with such fine acting. It's definitely one to own!Read full review
I am just about the finish the Aubrey/Maturin series of books (21 volumes) so I love the material and it is unique. However, they have made a terrible mess of this wonderful set of stories by mixing up events that were not directly related and they really failed to develop the characters properly. The movie is watchable and has some fun parts in it if you like movies about 19th century sailing/warships. Russel Crowe is the spitting image, in both sound and looks, of Captain Aubrey and he is who I imagine as I read. Maturin is admirably played as well but not quite as pitch perfect as Aubrey is by Crowe. All in all worth a watch if anything to get you to read the books. They are fantastic.
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