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An impeccable masterpiece...
by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile)
Sep 8, 2007
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First off: wow. I've written many reviews on here before and I've never been so excited to write on such an astounding film.
Based on parts of the amazing Patrick O'Brian novel series, "Master & Commander: The Far Side Of The World" (combining the titles of the 1st and 10th book in the 20-book series) follows the story of Jack Aubrey, captain of the British ship Surprise and the adventure of its battle with the enemy Acheron ship of the French. This, of course, is an extremely simplified version, but explains the basic jist of this seafaring masterpiece. Fans of both the books and Crowe will certainly not be disappointed.
With an absolutely brilliant performance by Russell Crowe (I definitely smell Oscar nomination despite Crowe not living up to the large size of Aubrey deliberately detailed in the books) and impeccable direction by Peter Weir, "Master & Commander" quite arguably becomes the best film ever made in this line of subject matter. Its engrossing, invigorating, captivating and above all: absolutely entertaining. Weir immediately jumps into the action from the get go in a scene that goes from a foggy figure in the distance to a full-blown epic battle. To top it all off, the visuals are inexplicably perfect, capturing the natural beauty of its locations with a tinge of perfect special effects.
To pass this up would not only be foolish, but downright wrong. Now we can finally get over the last weekend's disasters and enjoy some incredible filmmaking. |
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