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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany,
Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
20th Century Fox |
| Web Site: |
masterandcommanderfar...com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
It gets pretty
violent. |
| Date Movie: |
She'll be diggin'
the Crowe-man. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Nah. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Lots of stabbing
and cannonballs. |
| Action: |
More suspense than
action. |
| Laughs: |
A few. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
The battle scenes
are cool. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
Nah. |
| Directed By: |
Peter Weir |
| Produced By: |
Samuel Goldwyn,
Jr., Peter Weir, Duncan Henderson |
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Master and Commander:
The Far Side of the World
A Movie Review |
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I know a lot of critics are giving "Master and
Commander: The Far Side of the World" their highest ratings, but
although entertaining and visually impressive, I just found it as an
okay movie. Let’s go…You’ve got Russell Crowe as Captain Jack
Aubrey. He’s chasing a French boat around South America so that the
French don’t work on taking over the other side of the globe, or at
least something like that. Alright, I know the movie is based on a set
of books, and those books are supposed to be great at telling the
story of being on the fighting ships set in this time, and from the
things I’ve read the movie does a great job at bringing the imagery
and grandness of the books to the big screen, but for me it was just
an action movie set at sea. Alright, back to the basics of the story.
Pretty much our good Captain gets tricked by this other ship, one
that’s bigger and badder than his, this ship using the fog to surprise
Jack and his crew, and a lot of things get broken by lots of
cannonballs. Luckily the good guys get away, and begin the repairs on
their boat, although they did lose a lot of their crew. Now the crew
is disgruntled, especially as the weather takes turns from bitter cold
to blistering heat as they chase this ship, but the Captain has his
orders and continues to follow them. Along the way is Jack’s friend
and the ship’s doctor, Stephen Maturin, played by Paul Bettany who
questions a lot of Jack’s intentions, is bummed when Jack takes his
role as Captain larger than his role as friend, but in the end
realizes the importance of the role Jack must play and lets his work
of a scientist take second base to the loyalty for his country.
Don’t get me wrong, "Master and Commander" does a fabulous job at
telling the tales of hardship and camaraderie that must have existed
on these fighting ships, and also of the talent it must take to be a
Captain of one of these vessels. It’s also very visual, taking us
inside the chaos as the ship hits rough weather, how brutal Mother
Nature can be, and how courageous those on the crew were. But with
that I wasn’t riveted to the story, I guess maybe mostly because I
already had my assumptions as to how the movie would wrap up. Sure
there was a slight twist, but even that wasn’t that big of a surprise.
I recommend "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" as a
great matinee. Honestly, this movie is meant for the big screen just
because of its grandioseness, but it just didn’t make me leave the
theater eager to tell others they’ve got to see this film. 3 ½ stars
out of 5 for this movie.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |
