Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Pros: Acting. A few beautiful locations. Some interesting scenes.
Cons: Several boring scenes. Very gory at times. No explanations for some things.

As the holiday season approaches, more movies are being released. I want to see several movies that are out now, and I have been able to go see a few recently. After going to a string of kid or family type movies, I headed off to see one for adults, ...

Pros: Russel Crowe and Paul Bettany
Cons: A little slow in places

I had seen the awesome previews. I had been given a poster while walking the streets of Manhattan. I was greatly looking forward to seeing Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. I had anticipated just loving the hell out of it. I mean.. ...

Pros: Terrific action sequences, Crowe is muy macho and one of the best sea stories ever.
Cons: Some of the more energetic sea scenes may induce seasickness. Pass the Dramamine.

It took me a while to get around to seeing this film. Somehow, circumstances and timing always managed to make me miss out on this one. Set in the Napoleonic wars, when France and England slugged it out on land and sea for world domination, we get a rare ...

Pros: Story, Direction, Acting, Cinematography, Score, Action
Cons: Hardly a one

Master and Commander (2003) We join the HMS Surprise, a British man o' war somewhere off the coast of Brazil. It is 1805 and the orders are to capture, burn, or sink the Acheron, a far larger and better armed French warship that ...

Pros: Excellent acting, characterisation, plot, atmosphere...
Cons: A bit slow-moving for some, I guess.

It’s taken me far longer than I wanted to get round to seeing Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World, but it was more than worth the wait. In fact, I have no hesitation in saying it’s the best film I’ve seen of 2003, and will ...

Pros: Crowe, Bettany, Pirkis, cinematography
Cons: we are left wondering…

Since my friend is currently on restriction from picking out any movies for us to watch during our weekly Friday night movie watching, I decided to stop by Blockbuster last week and pick something up. There weren’t any new releases that I had any desire ...

Pros: Suspenseful and Well acted.
Cons: Lesser characters mean nothing.

In Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Russell Crowe (Gladiator) plays Capt. 'Lucky Jack' Aubrey a man undefeated on the ocean who is given orders to follow a certain ship in the French Armada. However he soon discovers that not ...

Pros: The best thing about this movie was "The lesser of Two Weevils" joke.
Cons: Slow. Lacks character development crucial to movie.

When I first saw the trailer for Master and Commander starring Russell Crowe I thought to myself all the hype about Epic movies making a come back may just be true. Rumors abounded that this movie and other ‘time’ pieces that are do out over the ...

Pros: Crowe, Bettany, Weir's direction, authenticity
Cons: There are only a few minor flaws

I admit that I have never been particularly keen on films related to the navy or fighting on ships. These films have always struck me as rather boring films, hence I never found any initiative to watch any of those films. However, when I heard about ...

Pros: Outstanding performances by Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany
Cons: If there are any, I certainly missed them

Based on the popular novels by Patrick O' Brian, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (or MAC:TFSOTW for the rest of this review) is this year's answer to the annual question: Can Russell Crowe outdo himself again? Seriously, after a one year ...

Pros: Superb acting; attention to detail; sweeping ocean vista’s.
Cons: Not long enough.

I love the ocean; the smell of seaweed in the morning as it is carried in one a cool ocean breeze full of freshness. I love the blue expanse of the ocean on a clear day and the gray sore mood of the teaming whitecaps when the sky turns sullen. And I ...

Pros: Paul Bettany. Peter Weir. Good script.
Cons: A bit long.

It's been an all together too exciting week. First off, the producers of my new project, Mother Teresa: The Musical and I headed for a long weekend in New York in order to audition fresh new talent for the show. There are a lot of minor roles ...

Pros: Casting; authentic look & feel; storm & battle scenes
Cons: Second act doldrums (literally)

These are the voyages of HMS Surprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new islands, to seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly kick French as--OK, you get the idea. Those in the mainstream audience unacquainted with the novels of ...

Pros: Peter Weir at the helm - what more does a movie need?
Cons: What, no commentary?!

For those who just can’t get enough of Russell Crowe, or who happen (like me) to be devotees of director Peter Weir, this is the set you’ve been waiting for: the Master and Commander 2-Disc Collector’s Set. Almost all you ever wanted to know about ...

Pros: Set design, special effects, Crowe and Bettany
Cons: Meanders a little here and there, but not too badly.

So what we have here is a big, sweeping and majestic "adventure drama", one that's made for grown-ups who enjoy subplots and character development. Which also means that it's not in any way the mega-kinetic action extravaganza that the commercials are ...