14-11-2003 17:15									#1
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It had one of the best trailers I've seen in a few years (well, I do have a two year-old, so it's not like I've been seeing a lot of trailers) and I plan on seeing it this weekend. It apparently is getting rave reviews from pretty much everybody, from Roger Ebert to CNN. I'll let y'all know how it stacks up tomorrow.

	14-11-2003 17:23									#2
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I probably will see it, but not this weekend. I only hope itīs good (didnīt saw the trailer yet).

	14-11-2003 17:58									#3
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Sounds like a great name for a gay BDSM flick.

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	14-11-2003 18:01									#5
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You better believe that I will eventually get around to seeing it.

	14-11-2003 19:12									#6
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I'll see it at the Dollar Movie.

Just finally saw "Pirates of The Caribbean".

	14-11-2003 19:55									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Azazel Sounds like a great name for a gay BDSM flick.

Well, I hear it's about seamen.

	14-11-2003 21:06									#8
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It's a good book atleast...
Though it seems the film is based rather loosely on the book.

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Hell yeah. Several times.

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Why's everyone so excited about this? It looks like just another typical hollywood cheese-fest to me

	15-11-2003 02:24									#11
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tell me if it's any good.

might be worth renting next year.

	15-11-2003 02:24									#12
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A movie like this deserves the big screen. You wouldn't wait to see the next LOTR movie on video, would you?

	15-11-2003 02:29									#13
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lol, no.

but then again, i've never been too interested in movies about the sea...

	15-11-2003 02:34									#14
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Eh, give it a shot. It's not often you have a big screen, pretty historically-accurate movie about life in the British Navy in the Napoleanic wars that is also being applauded for not forgetting character development. Everything I've heard and seen says that this is a quality movie.

It's why I went to go see Luther about a month ago - I never dreamed that I'd see a biopic on his life, not in this secular age, not on the big screen.

	15-11-2003 03:21									#15
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Supposed to be good is it? I've seen the trailer. Well it's not like I have anything better to do with my time so I might go and watch it...

	15-11-2003 03:27									#16
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I did link to two reviews in the first post.

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Ive seen the trailer and it looks like Russel Crowe in 'Maximus at sea'?

	15-11-2003 05:34									#18
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No one can top Gregory Peck as a sea captain.

	15-11-2003 06:07									#19
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Lots of special effects? No hugging? No sharing? No learning?

Sounds like my kind of movie.

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I'll see it... looks good...

	15-11-2003 08:15									#21
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I think the film is based on two of O'Brian's novels.

I enjoyed the books very much, as did my father in law, so we're both looking forward to seeing the film. I'd watch most historical films anyway (other than Mel Gibson's, or 'Shakespeare in Love') but a film about rum, sodomy and the lash, and with tight fitting 18th/19th century britches....
well it's too good to miss.

And nobody beats Charles Laughton as a ship's captain. Unless it's Jack Hawkins. Or Humphrey Bogart.

	15-11-2003 08:17									#22
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Is just because of the boats people want to see it? I didn't realize there was still a popular fascination with that sort of thing.

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I saw it, and enjoyed it.

	15-11-2003 08:30									#24
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If it had somebody besides the over-hyped Russell Crowe.

Because it does, it's a rental at best.

ACK!

	15-11-2003 08:32									#25
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"It's why I went to go see Luther about a month ago - I never dreamed that I'd see a biopic on his life, not in this secular age, not on the big screen."

I heard that that was a terrible film - it looked pretty bad. Was it?

	15-11-2003 22:40									#26
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I saw the movie yesterday. Crowe does a wonderful job. The ships cannon duels are very realistic, but the action scenes where people are firing cannons or getting blown up or fighting hand to hand are so short and chaotic as to be unitelligible. I don't know what the director was trying to portray other than chaos. If that was his intent, he succeeded.

Also, one gets a very good flavor of what it was like abort a British warship in that era.

I'd rate the film 4 out of 5 stars -- about twice as good as Matrix Rev.

	15-11-2003 22:42									#27
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT A movie like this deserves the big screen. You wouldn't wait to see the next LOTR movie on video, would you?

Yes. If I saw it at all LOTR sucked

*dons flame-retardent suit*

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There is an excellent joke by Crowe that makes the movie thoroughly enjoyable. It involves two weevils crawing on a plate. Crowe asks the doctor which of the two weevils he prefers. After some prodding, the doctor dons his glass and peers closely at the two worms. He then says he prefers the larger weevil.

The captain then shouts that the doctor is quite wrong. Didn't he know that in the Royal Navy that one must prefer the "lesser of two weevils!"

	15-11-2003 23:50									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Osweld Why's everyone so excited about this? It looks like just another typical hollywood cheese-fest to me

Actually not really...

Basically about the only thing 'hollywood' in this is the financial backing.

Other than that it is almost purely and Australian/UK production.

Patrick O'Brian is British

Peter Weir is Australian (excellent director BTW!)

So is Russell Crowe...

Most of the rest of the cast is British, including the excellent Paul Bettany - in fact the film is so 'un-American' that I don't recognise a single American actor in it, which is probably why this is shaping up to be a great movie!

I for one am looking forward to it!

	16-11-2003 00:10									#30
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quote: Originally posted by MOBIUS Actually not really... Basically about the only thing 'hollywood' in this is the financial backing. Other than that it is almost purely and Australian/UK production. Patrick O'Brian is British Peter Weir is Australian (excellent director BTW!) So is Russell Crowe... Most of the rest of the cast is British, including the excellent Paul Bettany - in fact the film is so 'un-American' that I don't recognise a single American actor in it, which is probably why this is shaping up to be a great movie! I for one am looking forward to it!

Alright, so it's an internationaly backed cheese-fest.