Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Harmonia (A) on May 09, 2004 at 20:49:14

In Reply to: Well, I just watched M&C posted by Doug Flynn on May 09, 2004 at 01:06:03:

It's about character, friendship, the nature of authority, the price of command. I loved how these themes were developed through the treatment of Midshipman Blakeney's character: his RN rite of passage under the twin authority figures of those radically different friends, Aubrey & Maturin. Watch the extras, especially Weir's bit about adapting O'Brien's books. The watch the movie again.

As Weir notes in the extras, much of the appeal of O'Brien's books is in the details and the characters. In that sense, Weir (and his co-writer John Collee) is very true to the source material.

Wier's style is heavily slanted to visual storytelling. He's not gonna underline the obvious or spell it out for you. he assumes you get the references and are paying attention (such as the name of the enemy ship). Gladiator At Sea it ain't.

Best film of its kind ever made IMO. I love Weir.