![]() For now, the best director Oscar goes to Peter Weir over Clint Eastwood (Mystic River)in 2004. This is vigorous stuff and my most thrilling two hours in a theater for a while. Yet enough grog flows to keep things loose. There's a strong sense of honor and decency in the film. One thing I loved was the constant caring between many of the men along the rank and file. I felt swept along in a perfect mix of virile action and characters I could get to know and care for. You also get a strong sense of the social dynamics on board - how men got along with each other for so many months. You get to know every inch of the ship, topside and down below. The cutting of Russel Boyd's fabulous photography is perfect. And Weir uses them to great effect - recreating a nautical reality that lacks nothing except the need to wipe your face every ten seconds. Now he's been given all the toys Peter Jackson enjoys. I've always thought Weir was one of our great directors. Go see this if you want to see both his athleticism and his formidable acting chops! And he decent musical gifts as well (RC studied violin for the role). A Beautiful Mind? Well, nice acting from the neck up. The adaptation by Weir and John Colley is right on target, brimming with great characters and scenes.Īnd Russel Crowe? Other than "The Insider", this is his best role ever. ![]() And rousing history it is, with plenty of action AND robust character development. This is not a fantasy film, but history - painstakingly recreated. Director/ Peter Weir (Witness) has returned big time and, with this one film, revived classic Australian realism, actually surpassing the production values of Peter Jackson's Ring Trilogy. Pirates of the Crappy Be-in was a cute romp, but Master and Commander has real ships, real crews, real cannon,convincing characters, historical accuracy and a REAL film director. I didn't want to leave the theater when this roller coaster rhapsody to sea soldiery circa 1805 was over. See this film NOW at the best, state of the art theater you can find. ![]()
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