Re: Master and Commander

I enjoyed your comparisons and agreed.  I saw M&C recently and enjoyed
it, but was struggling for more of a story.  I had watched Hornblower
1-6 the week before for a comparison and missed the story that are in
those. Regardless, it was well shot and enjoyable. I am looking
forward to Hornblower films the first week in december--2nd and 3rd.


[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray Trochim) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >I saw the movie - very entertaining!  Not at all like the book, though. 
> >Definitely worth the price of admission.  Is it historically accurate?  Well,
> >no.  It's an adaptation of a fictional series to the big screen but I must say
> >that I can remember no other movie that felt as real as this one - I say felt
> >as real because I have no sailing man-o-war experience (it did make me glad I
> >served in modern times, though).
> 
> I just saw M&C last night myself. I enjoyed it as well and found it
> entertaining. Thumbs up! There was no major frigate action like what you
> see in the 1951 "Captain Horatio Hornblower" but there are a few action
> sequences that are done well showing the true resulfs the ship's
> weapons. The who movie is a fictional story, but it was historically 
> portried.
> 
> >Can anyone recommend some other age-of-sail movies?
> 
> Lets see if I can remember any.
> 
> See if you can rent "Captain Horatio Hornblower" (1951) staring Gregory
> Peck. However, this fine movie is not yet out on DVD :(
> There is also a "Hornblower" series that I recommend. There are six
> shows in the series with two new ones (well, new for us in the US) to be
> shown on A&E in a few weeks. "Damn the Defiant" is another movie that
> comes to mind. There is another movie I would like to list, but can't 
> remember the name of it right now.
> 
> While a story of a ship and its crew on a king's mission and with no
> ship to ship action, there are two versions of the movie "The Bounty" of
> which both are very good.
> 
> -Ray