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In Reply to: Re: Watched Master and Commander tonight posted by EBerlin on November 16, 2004 at 18:49:59:
It almost restored my faith in commercial cinema.
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All along I felt like I could get up and leave at any moment without much regret, and come back later to finish it when I would have time... days later if necessary. With some actions films if you have to go to bathroom, you run, and you leave the door open so you would miss as little as possible. With this one it was indifferent.
M&C isn't really an "action" film. It's more a slow burn, filled with detail, take you back in time kind of adventure. Which suited me perfectly.I should also say that I'm a long-time fan of the books the film is based on, and I was quite pleased with Weir's and John Collee's (screenwriter) take on the Aubrey/Maturin series. (Which, BTW, doesn't adapt any one book.)
I think the marketing for the film promised a big actioner, Gladiator-on-the-sea kind of blockbuster, which it is not.
Salon.com and David Poland's Hot Button had the best reviews of the movie.
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