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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is a 2003 American epic period war-drama film co-written, produced and directed by Peter Weir, set during the Napoleonic Wars. The film's plot and characters are loosely adapted from novels in author Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin series, which includes 20 completed novels of Jack Aubrey's naval career. The film stars Russell Crowe as Aubrey, captain in the Royal…
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Master and Commander immerses you in the naval era of the early 19th century, where a duel of strategies unfolds in the seas off the South American continent. The Captain of the frigate HMS Surprise, nicknamed "Lucky Jack," will push the ship and its crew to the limits of their strength in his zeal to destroy the Acheron, a swift and formidable French privateer that threatens the interests of the British crown. Mast…More
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The Far Side of the World, directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe, is simply a first-class naval epic, telling the story of the adventures of Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew on the British ship HMS Surprise during the Napoleonic Wars. The film takes you into the life of sailors at that time, with all its difficult and risky details, and from the first scene you feel that you are with the passengers on th…More
Every film is a product of its time. That includes even films that were intended to be anachronistic, like *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World*, 2003 period war adventure film directed by Peter Weir, piece of cinema that looked to be more at home in Hollywood during first half of 20th Century than in its own time. The film is based on popular Aubrey-Maturin series of nautical historic novels by British…More
*"GREYHOUND" is a correct war movie set in the middle of the Battle of the Atlantic in 1942, but without the presence of Tom Hanks it would have passed painlessly and without fame and would have ended up in the "closet" underneath "the Apple VOD platform. which I suspect that, thanks to the "alternative" download and streaming options, more viewers would have seen it than would be expected if only the clients of a s…More
I sat through the whole movie thinking that is Chaucer, from a Knight’s Tale, (Paul Bettany) and Pippin (Billy Boyd) what are they doing on a boat? sourceMore