Damian writes:

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 14:52:13 GMT, "Jay Honeck" wrote:


That was a good flick.

Unless you'd actually read the books by Patrick O'Brian (the Far Side
of the World is number 10 of 20) - arguably the finest fiction of the
Royal Navy in the Napoleonic period, when you'd realise the film was a
pale imitation of the books. Go find them - they are absolutely
excellent. The first volume is Master and Commander.
I'm not knocking the film, or your enjoyment, just saying if you
enjoyed that, you'd love the books even more.

As always with movies made from the book, the movie is just a pale
imitation. However, for people who like to *see* things it has quite
a lot to see -- some rather nice footage of the ship sailing through a
storm, firing the big guns, and the confusion of a boarding action
come to mind as particularly well done.

Great books, certainly.
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