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11/30/2003 Archived Entry: "Russell Crowe"

Yesterday, while watching Master and Commander I was really anxious to get my husband's option of the film. He hasn't read all the Aubrey/Maturin books, but he's read most of them, and that's lots of reading.

My husband liked it, and he doesn't like everything. Still, there were concerns he had with the movie which I found interesting.

The books are apparently much more light hearted than the movie. More puns, more joking about, less focusing on wounds. I actually like puns myself. My husband was also disappointed that they really only covered a tiny sliver of the story and skipped over really interesting bits, like how Aubrey and Maturin met and Aubrey's personal troubles in England. Lucky Jack is apparently a genius at sea, but a bit of a fool on land.

Still, he did agree that the movie was good. There was enough symbolism for the pseudo-intellectual crowd. There is plenty of violence to impress the boys and lovers of special effects. There was a charming mix of male physiques, from choir boys in uniform to ragged old men. There was a moral tale or two blended in the story -- there is a place for such things even in this modern age -- and it was a pretty good story.

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