IMDb plot summary: During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.
Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D'Arcy, and Edward Woodall.
This film definitely looks good, but even in its enormous length it does little to give me a sense of most of the characters, then expects me to care about them. I think it was supposed to be significant who died, who lived, who got promoted, and whatnot, but given the fact that few of the characters besides the captain, the doctor, and maybe the child, get much in the way of character development, it all feels a bit flat. I wonder if I would have been more wowed by the look of this alone if I had seen the film in theaters.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Master and Commander < The Wiz
Master and Commander > Play Misty for Me
Master and Commander > Monster
Master and Commander > Captain Fantastic
Master and Commander < The Blind Side
Master and Commander < Sullivan's Travels
Master and Commander > An American in Paris
Master and Commander < The Kid Who Would Be King
Master and Commander > In & Out
Master and Commander > The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Master and Commander > Coraline
Master and Commander < Revolutionary Road
Final spot: #1712 out of 3105.
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