Any good reports on new Russell Crowe Swashbuckler Movie that opened?

[KoKo]

I saw a promo way back and it looked good. Heard some "pundit" cable reviewer hyping it...but I don't go out anymore unless I hear a movie is REALY GOOD.

Any other buzz? Anyone see it? I think it might be early, for many to have seen it, but the Big Cities get it before I do here where I am.

[tjdee]

1. I've heard it was really great.

I'm not really interested in seeing it (although Russell is very good), but I've heard enough good reviews to make me *kinda* reconsider.

Alas, it would be below Mystic River, Kill Bill, Dummy.....sigh. I never get out to the movies, LOL.

[henslee]

2. friend saw it, said its was simplistic, too straightforward..& no females

I will go see it though... I read a few pf those books and Peter Weir.

[Catshrink]

3. How 'bout the new Looney Tunes movie that opened today?

I want to go see it Sunday. It will be my reward for getting my weekend papers graded.

[supernova]

4. Crewleader liked it

It's at the bottom of her "What's everybody doing this weekend?" thread.

I'd like to see it too.

[Catfish]

5. I'm going to see it on Sunday

I didn't go see a movie or rent a movie for 7 years and haven't had a TV for even longer and decided that I need a little popular culture. So I decided 3 weeks ago to go see a movie once a week even though there's not much to choose from. First week, I saw "Sun over Tuscan" or something like that, it was supposed to be a "chick" movie but it was very boring and didn't even have much good scenery. Then I saw "Lost in Translation" and it was a little better but I didn't get the point. I was the only person in the theatre for both of them! I did see the preview for "Master and Commander" and think it might be fairly good. Let's hope it is or I'm going to give up on my new found movie going.

[Zero Gravitas]

6. I enjoyed it

If you are expecting "Galidator at Sea" you won't like it. I'm a huge fan of the O'Brian books and while the movie doesn't do them justice (but what movie could?) I enjoyed the film as a depiction of life aboard a Royal Navy frigate during the Napoleonic Wars. The Aubrey and Maturin in the movie are pale reflections of the complex characters in the books, but enough of their essence comes through to make them recognisable. Killick was spot on perfect though :evilgrin:

[chiburb]

7. Roger Ebert says * * * * ...

And this:

Snip:

"Master and Commander" is grand and glorious, and touching in its attention to its characters. Like the work of David Lean, it achieves the epic without losing sight of the human, and to see it is to be reminded of the way great action movies can rouse and exhilarate us, can affirm life instead of simply dramatizing its destruction.



http://www.suntimes.com/output/ebert1/wkp-news-master14f.html