Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!
Added 2022-02-20 05:00:10 +0000 UTC
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For more Crowe I recommend Cinderella Man
Odd Thomas
2023-04-14 19:51:29 +0000 UTCIt is Russell Crowe playing he learned it for this movie.
jimmy2k4o .
2022-06-11 00:01:44 +0000 UTCI would recommend “The Insider” based on not seeing a ton of Russell Crowe movies and your reaction to Heat since Al Pacino is in it too. Kind of a mix courtroom drama about the real life whistleblower against big tobacco companies. Fantastic acting all around.
Ricardo Alanis
2022-05-03 19:31:08 +0000 UTCEnglish gunners were notoriously accurate. The British navy stress gunnery more so than France, Spain or Portugal
Jason Mangen
2022-04-18 04:22:46 +0000 UTCIf you enjoyed the naval warfare and naval aspect of this movie. I would highly suggest the Starz TV series Black Sails. It's about the Golden Age of Piracy and has many famous pirates as characters. The entire series is 38 episodes long and acts as a prequel to Treasure Island. Even introduces you to Long John Silver before you meet him in Treasure Island.
vicious tyler
2022-02-27 21:33:22 +0000 UTCKillick the cook isn't from Monty Python (although he does look like Eric Idle with his beard). The actor is named David Threlfall. His biggest role was the lead in the original UK version of the tv show Shameless. You guys have reacted to one of his films before. He played Martin Blower, the "appalling actor" who gets his head cut off in Hot Fuzz (his murder is staged as a car accident).
ED209
2022-02-22 19:43:09 +0000 UTCNot sure how true to real history was that self-surgery in 1850s, but in 1961 Soviet Doctor Leonid Rogozov had to perform his own appendectomy, while being stuck in Antarctic. He did have a lot more modern tools at his disposal, of course, like local anesthetics and so on, but nevertheless, pretty impressive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Rogozov
Alec S
2022-02-21 23:07:52 +0000 UTCDone—thank you!
Warren H
2022-02-21 22:14:24 +0000 UTCWell and also, in terms of their perception, they technically got their wind back after they asked FORGIVENESS for how they’d treated Hollum. Regardless of whether that was the actual reason, the Captain (who’d just refused to read about Jonah to the crew) likely took it as such.
Warren H
2022-02-21 22:14:02 +0000 UTCSuch a great movie! In the last couple of years, anytime I've watched it I also get a hankering to play Holdfast: Nations At War.
Christopher B.
2022-02-21 20:50:21 +0000 UTCSome Like it Hot is hilarious!
Catherine LW
2022-02-21 19:24:33 +0000 UTCContact Patreon and tell them. Same thing was happening to me and their spam filter was the culprit. They’ll fix it.
Catherine LW
2022-02-21 19:23:56 +0000 UTCThis one was really fun to watch with you. Absolutely brilliant movie. Probably my favorite maritime film of all time. It's too bad it didn't have more success at the box office as I would have loved to see sequels made. It was also overshadowed at the Oscars by Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. An underrated gem.
Joel P
2022-02-21 05:27:25 +0000 UTCHmmm…for some reason Patreon keeps deleting my comments. I wrote a much longer one, but anyway, one moment I wanted to call to your attention that most people miss: when Jack gives Blakeney the book about Nelson after the amputation, he smiles slightly when Blakeney asks what kind of man Lord Nelson is, and just says, “you should read the book.” When Blakeney flips a page he sees a drawing of Nelson, and you just might notice that Nelson only had one arm—his right sleeve is hooked on his jacket front and there’s no hand protruding from it. Nelson lost both his arm and his eye in the line of duty. I’ve always loved that moment, because this is not a time (nor the type of relationship) where effusive displays of emotion were really common or even appropriate, and yet Jack DOES care about Blakeney and wants to encourage him in the midst of recovery from a horrific injury. So what kind of a man was Nelson? Crippled, and also a total badass. Oh, and marginally fun fact—I have a copy of that book—first edition, printed in 1806 (slight mistake since the movie is set in 1805 but oh well). It has all of its battle maps intact, was the most I ever paid for a book…and then a year later I saw it in this movie. 😄
Warren H
2022-02-21 05:24:38 +0000 UTCIt was pretty standard at the time to have boys on every ship, a few as midshipmen, but more as cabin boys and "powder monkeys" to run ammunition to the gun crews.
Arioch
2022-02-20 23:25:12 +0000 UTCStalag 17 is excellent. It's the basis for the Hogan's Heroes TV series, but with some good drama to accompany the humor.
Arioch
2022-02-20 23:22:43 +0000 UTCFor more naval combat movies: Horatio Hornblower (both the 1951 Gregory Peck movie version and the 1998 Iowan Gruffudd miniseries) is set in the same era, and really good. Also one of my favorites is the 1935 Errol Flynn pirate swashbuckler Captain Blood. For modern naval warfare, I can recommend Run Silent, Run Deep, In Harm's Way, Midway, and Tora! Tora! Tora! (which is already one the list).
Arioch
2022-02-20 23:21:32 +0000 UTCYou've been on a roll lately with your reactions. If I may suggest a few of the more "classic" variety, say pre-1970, here's hoping you might consider "Stalag 17", "The Enemy Below", "The African Queen" and "Some Like It Hot"... There are a ton more, but I figured these would be a good start.
Bill Poulter
2022-02-20 22:43:34 +0000 UTC"This is just a kid!!" Horatio Nelson is generally regarded as the greatest officer in the history of the Royal Navy. Nelson joined the navy aged 12 in 1770, and experienced sailing in the West Indies, the Northwest passage when only 14 and in the North Sea. https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/features/trafalgar-day/horatio-nelson Most young men did not have time to play games and generally f*ck around back in the day ...
Alec S
2022-02-20 22:22:58 +0000 UTCThey sailed around Cape Horn, the southern tip of South America, where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans meet, and has challenging, volatile weather. They were north of Antarctica, which is why they had some snow. Then they encountered the Doldrums, a band of low pressure near the Equator, resulting in windless, hot weather. It wasn’t so much that Hollum’s suicide caused better weather but that they had finally made it out of the Doldrums.
Catherine LW
2022-02-20 22:00:30 +0000 UTCI saw Moby Dick with Gregory Peck and thought I'd never see a better 19th century ship re-enactment but this one beats any. Great reaction, per expected now😊
softshoes
2022-02-20 18:03:54 +0000 UTCIt was bad timing as The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King swept the Oscars. It’s a shame as M&C is such a great film, although I am a LOTR geek myself.
Catherine LW
2022-02-20 17:52:59 +0000 UTCLove this movie and your reaction! Those young boys are midshipmen training to become officers. They were usually from families in the aristocratic or gentry class, frequently younger sons who did not have an inheritance because they have older brothers or very little money. The children in the lower decks who carried gunpowder for the crews were often illegitimate or orphaned children who joined up to have 3 meals a day and learn sailing. The ship is their home and the crew became their family. The square trays that they ate from originated the term “3 square meals a day”. The crew didn’t earn a lot of money but whenever they captured an enemy ship they received a percentage of the booty and the proceeds from selling the ship. The Captain and officers took the lion’s share but if the ship carried valuable cargo like oil, everyone got a large sum.
Catherine LW
2022-02-20 17:45:21 +0000 UTCOne of my personal favs! So glad y’all enjoyed it.
Grand Moff Slackin'
2022-02-20 16:26:49 +0000 UTCVirtuosity is fun but not top ten for me. I debated Cinderella Man over Quick and the Dead.
Jason Dolan
2022-02-20 15:55:41 +0000 UTCI know. I was always sad they didn't do a series. I'd have been there for it.
Arki Kali
2022-02-20 15:37:20 +0000 UTCI'd have to disagree. Man of Steel but no Cinderella Man or Virtuosity? At the same time, Russell Crowe does not deliver a bad performance. Ever. So there's that.
Arki Kali
2022-02-20 15:35:52 +0000 UTCI saw this in theaters too. Walking out it was one of the few films I wanted to see sequels made for. It never happened.
PIG
2022-02-20 14:36:18 +0000 UTCI had the privilege to watch this movie on the big screen back in the days. The sound design was absolutely breathtaking and it was eventually recognised by the Academy as well as cinematography. The movie was nominated in 10 categories, but won just two. How it never got a sequel is beyond me considering it's an adaptation of a single book out of 20 written by Patrick O'Brian. I've very much enjoyed the watch-along.
David Lengyel
2022-02-20 12:30:12 +0000 UTCThis is an awesome movie very accurate ship set design to. I visited the HMS Victory in Portsmouth England a insanely huge ship. I think the ship in this movie was more of a battlecruiser but the one that visited the Victory was a battleship and was a major part in the battle of trafalgar. The life of a shipman was hard and you could easily tell that as you see in the film with deck work and the gallows. You were in something that basically if it sank you we're all dead. If you do go to England definitely visit the Victory. But I can't think of any film that shows naval warfare and life as this film does it's a masterpiece.
Anakin Starkiller
2022-02-20 10:37:23 +0000 UTCThe doctor is such a great character in this film. One of my favourites. He's a badass scientist who inspires awe and respect in those around him... AND he's a badass sword fighter?! That's what I want to be when I grow up! That was a lot of fun, you guys. Such a great film! edit: Just watched some clips of Paul Bettany, the guy who played the doctor, and I didn't realize he was married to Jennifer Connelly. Lucky bastard! ;) He had some interesting things to say about his character in this film: https://youtu.be/nGIwJ53XpxU?t=192
Uncle 'Traveling' Matt
2022-02-20 10:35:17 +0000 UTCSolid list. For me I would have Gladiator at 1 and A Beautiful Mind higher but the rest pretty much the same.
Jay
2022-02-20 09:32:53 +0000 UTCSuch a great film by one of all-time favorite directors—Peter Weir. More Peter Weir please! He also directed another amazing war film with Gallipoli. If you continue with your war films, that one should be in consideration.
Michael Soukup
2022-02-20 08:42:11 +0000 UTCSat around all day just waiting for this. What a treat. This was a joy of a reaction. Would love to see a gladiator reaction down the line.
matthew
2022-02-20 08:30:59 +0000 UTCI can’t argue with this list. I can’t.
PIG
2022-02-20 08:15:45 +0000 UTCTen Best Russell Crowe movies for me: 1. LA Confidential 2. The Insider 3. Master and Commander 4. Man of Steel 5. American Gangster 6. A Beautiful Mind 7. Gladiator 8. The Nice Guys 9. 3:10 to Yuma 10. The Quick and the Dead
Jason Dolan
2022-02-20 06:10:10 +0000 UTC
