Master and Commander is a rare film about the duties and agonies of leadership. It’s about maintaining English culture on a small warship lost the Pacific, against all odds.
It’s not about some sailor bromance.
I came for the critique of early century British naval life, but I definitely stayed for the romance <3
You always choose the lesser of two weevils.
My non-anglosphere anecdote: I love it for the bromance. I don't think anyone cares about the English except the English themselves.
It's one of the best films about naval life/combat ever made.
Men being allowed to feel things in an honourable and dutiful way has always been a successful package deal.
The film's OK. The books are up there with Mantel's Wolf Hall series or Renault's Alexander novels. Well worth a read. ETA: This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson is another excellent nautical novel.
I watched it. I liked it. I never think about it. I wouldn’t watch it again. I love Russell Crowe.
I hated it when it was released. I watched again a few months ago. I liked it much better. I like the kid who loses an arm. I really disliked the suicide. Also Russell Crowe annoys me