Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World
Ranked #16,079 in Entertainment, #195,775 overall
Master and Commander - The Movie
A captivating movie based on the even better "Master and Commander" book series written by the late Patrick O'Brian.
This movie stars Russell Crowe as British Navy Captain "Lucky Jack" Aubrey and Paul Bettany as ship's surgeon Dr. Stephen Maturin. It takes place during the Napoleonic wars when Captain Aubrey is ordered to pursue a French warship and prevent her from sailing into the Pacific to disrupt British whaling.
This is also the first feature (non-documentary) film ever filmed in the Galapagos Islands. It includes dramatic footage of the islands and the unique creatures that inhabit them.
At The Oscars
It was also nominated for 8 other Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Visual Effects.
The Movie Trailer
Other Reviews and Movie Info
- Watch The Trailer
- See the original movie trailer.
- Internet Movie Database - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Synopsis, cast and crew list, related news, photographs, and links.
- Filmtracks: Master and Commander
- Soundtrack review, track list, ratings, and user comments.
- All-Reviews.com - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Reviews of the movie.
- HARO Online: Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World
- Haro reviews the film.
- Movies for Guys: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Review of the film, including ratings of interest to a male audience.
- Ten Movies: Master and Commander
- Review by Adnan Khan.
- Scorereviews.com: Master and Commander
- Soundtrack review by Thomas Kiefner.
The Movie and Related Stuff
Master and Commander Soundtrack
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Amazon Price: $6.43 (as of 05/26/2012)
Unlike most films, there's no music (other than drums beating to quarters) until about 12 minutes into the movie. This soundtrack is full of great classical music containing old and new pieces inspired by the time period and action of the movie.
Learn About the Books
To learn more about them and their author, check out my other lens Master and Commander - The Books.
Related Books
Tour The Ship
HMS Surprise
- Tour A Tall Ship Near You
- This site highlights tall ships available to tour all over the world. It includes information for touring the HMS Rose which played the starring role of the HMS Surprise in this movie.
Differences From The Book
There were several major differences in the book that I did not expect. I haven't listed those here because I think they might spoil your reading of the book. Even though the movie took some dramatic liberties with the book's plot, I think it still admirably followed the spirit of the O'Brian novels and was a great movie.
- The movie takes place in 1805 and the enemy is the French ship Acheron. The book occurs during the War of 1812 and the enemy is the American ship Norfolk.
- Aubrey's orders were to pursue the enemy ship into the Pacific, if needed. The movie portrayed this as Aubrey's own initiative.
- Hollum's death occurs much differently in the book.
- Pullings is only on the Surprise for a short portion of her voyage in the book. He is also a captain by this point in his career.
- In the book, Aubrey and Maturin have an interesting encounter with a tribe of Polynesian women while in the Pacific.
- The movie does not cover any of Maturin's intelligence agent activities from the book.
Other Seafaring Movies
Write Your Review of Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World
What did you think of "The Far Side of the World"? What other O'Brian titles would you like to see as a movie?
-
-
ggalea
Apr 15, 2011 @ 7:46 pm | delete
- Was a great movie!, and Russell was awesome!
-
-
-
poddys
Feb 27, 2011 @ 9:36 am | delete
- This is one of my favorite seafaring movies. I haven't read the book(s), will have to one of these days. Any movie involving sailing ships interests me, especially as my grandfather sailed around the world in them in the early 1900's. Lensrolled to my Archibald Russell lens.
-
by Mac33
I'm a fan of this movie because:
1. It's a great movie.
2. It introduced me to Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels.
- 98 featured lenses
- Winner of 17 trophies!
- Top lens » Beginners' Guide To Playing The Harmonica
Explore related pages
- Patrick O'Brian Patrick O'Brian
- Tall Ship Movies Tall Ship Movies
- Tall Ship Art by Geoff Hunt Tall Ship Art by Geoff Hunt
- Tour A Tall Ship Tour A Tall Ship
- Top 20 Chick Flicks Top 20 Chick Flicks
- Best Action Movie Series - Top 20 Action Movie Franchises of All Time Best Action Movie Series - Top 20 Action Movie Franchises of All Time
