I love Master & Commander Far Side of the World

“Tosh! Name a shrub after me. Something prickly and hard to eradicate.”

The reason I don’t trust my in-laws opinion on any movie is because they didn’t like this movie.

H O L D F A S T

I like to call M&C:FSotW the most expensive movie I have ever seen... Because after seeing it, my wife and I went on a Galapagos cruise.

“Every hand to his rope or gun, quick's the word and sharp's the action. After all... surprise is on our side!” A glass of wine with you sir! One of my favourite action films ever! Stunning in 4k UHD, the mix is fantastic and a good update to the previous.

Oh... Here we go again... Scrape Scrape, screech screech... and never a tune you could dance to, not if you were as drunk as Davey's sow. Do *you* want to see a guillotine in Piccadilly??? *No!!!*

I love this movie. It’s the lesser of two weevils!

Beautiful movie. Probably watched it 10+ times now and still catch small details I’ve missed. Wish they’d done more.

Everyone loves Master and Commander: Far side of the World.

Always been an enormous fan of the film and caught this behind the scenes doc that was fascinating and I had never seen. Will probably interest some others:  https://youtu.be/rgQpWBdY098?si=rwwiYXxojJmwYwnF For example: they purchased an actual ship and refitted it for the film (one of the reasons it even happened was because the ship happened to be available for purchase). Thats the ship they used to shoot at sea. Then they created a completely new ship for all the shooting on the wet stage. Its mesmerizing watching them build it and the attention to detail throughout production. 

Truly pressed naval service is the cure to the male loneliness epidemic.

Many of the things you like about it come from the original books, so if you, or anyone else here, enjoyed the film and like to read, I 100% recommend the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O’Brien On top of being well written and entertaining, the man dedicated his life to accuracy, so you will learn more than you ever wanted to know about early 19th century sailing than you ever wanted to

Master & Commander is genuinely underrated and doesn't get nearly enough love these days. Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany have this incredible chemistry that makes their friendship feel so real and lived-in. The way it balances the brutal reality of naval warfare with these quiet character moments is just chef's kiss The violin/cello duets between Aubrey and Maturin are some of my favorite scenes in any movie - there's something about musicians connecting through their craft that always gets me as a guitar player myself. Plus the practical effects and ship work still holds up amazingly well compared to a lot of modern CGI heavy stuff What's your small gripe with it tho? Now I'm curious but dont want to spoil anything for people who haven't seen it yet

I can't with the little blond kid. I love all his scenes, but he's especially adorable in the one where he is drawing insects with the doctor.

I wish they had made more.

Quicks the word, & sharp is the action

I love this movie and all of its class and details. I actually emailed one of the main makeup artists about how many of the sailors had these distinct check-mark scars on their faces and asked what the significance of that was and here is his response: "Good observation. It was definitely a choice made and the thought was that because they fought with swords, many would have scars of this type -- from getting jabbed or swiped with the tip. The characters with those kinds of scars were the one's who were most likely more aggressive in battle. I hope this helps. Keep watching with keep eyes. Cheers... Barney"

Master and Commander and John Carter are on the top of my list for franchises that should have been but were not. A crying shame.

My wife and I took an anniversary getaway to a beachfront hotel, and one night it was raining. Instead of getting bummed out about it we decided to open the porch door and the windows and turn off all the lights and watch master and commander, and having all of the wet sea air float into the room while we're watching the movie was very 4D cinema

APRIL 1805 NAPOLEON IS MASTER OF EUROPE ONLY THE BRITISH FLEET STANDS BEFORE HIM 

“Dis eez your last wahrning!”

Highly recommend the books as well. Absolutely fantastic literature that is just as immersive as the movie. r/AubreyMaturinSeries

"Oceans are now battlefields." *\[Shivers\]*

Hell yeah! I recommend this movie (and the book series it's based on) to people all the time. The sound design, cinematography, action, acting... all of it is perfect.

The musical duet has more chemistry than some kisses in romance movies

The books are great as well. There are a lot of them.

Just watched it again last week. It’s so great.

My son got married in San Diego, last year. When my wife and I flew from the east coast to attend the wedding, I had one non-negotiable “must do”. We went to the maritime museum and I was able to stand on the Surprise!  As a bonus, I was able to bore my 7 year old grandson by having in depth discussions about rigging, knot tying and generally miserable conditions on a sailing vessel.  I read the books, years ago and went to see the film day one. They are some of my favorite books and the movie is easily in my top 5. 

I watched it with my 11 year old son couple of weeks back. He was blown away, just watching quietly. The afterwards, a million question. Such a great film, truly. 

Perfection. No sequel would have done it justice.

Do you want to see a guillotine in Piccadilly?!

Blank check, a podcast about filmographies, is covering Peter weir now. Master and commander should be in a couple weeks.

One of the greats . . . White Squall with Jeff Bridges has similar themes

That's because it's an awesome movie

Such a great film. I'm working my way through the novels. At The Surgeon's Mate now. It's been fun to see the pieces of the novel that were put into the movie.

Highly recommend the books to anyone who loves the movie! It's a really good adaption of the characters and the books are similarly enjoyable. Such great characters and they're so well portrayed in the film.

Saw it when I was younger and thought it was boring so I avoided it. Buddy of mine said he loved it and I asked if he was insane. He made me watch it and I just flat out apologized. Such a good f****** movie.

Subject to the requirements of the service.

I loved it but thought it ended at the start of act 3

*Aubrey… could you pass me the salt?!*

Wish there was multiple movies about this.

It's a masterpiece.

One of my all time favourites. Saw it on its initial theatrical release, university campus had it for one of the weekly movie nights, which was convenient because I was gonna go see it anyway and the university tickets were 1/5th the price. The book series is also awesome - although personally I found the land portions sucked the energy out of the stories whenever they occurred. The Sea portions more than made up for them though.

All of Peter Weir's movies are great if you haven't explored his filmography yet. My particular favourites are Witness and Dead Poets Society.

Without question it’s one of the best movies ever made. Everything about it is incredibly detailed and beautifully brought to life. One of the, if not the highest achievement I have ever seen on film.

Such a great movie! Unfortunately it proved how cost prohibitive it is to film on the water. The movie was so perfect in so many ways, but it couldn’t make enough money to turn a profit. Such a shame that it happened to such a great movie

My FIL gave me the first three of Patrick O’Brian’s novels, from which much of the story comes. I cannot recommend the series enough.

Question: How did the doctor know [and knew] that the French dr. died months before??

That movie is a masterpiece. The sound design alone, with the creaking ship and the cannon fire, is just perfection. Criminally underrated.

This one and “The four feathers” came out in 2003. Great films !

I was disappointed that there were no sequels. A M&C franchise would have been so much more interesting than this endless stream of superhero c***.

This is the movie that taught me how “knots” became the unit of measurement for speed

The atmosphere and sound design are next level, and even the small roles feel memorable

This is one of those films where at first, it didn't really appeal to me, but within 15 minutes I was hooked. It's so well written, shot, and acted that you're completely drawn in.

To Lord Nelson? To Lord Nelson 🥃

It's a magnificent movie. Such a shame that it didn't get a sequel or two. I think it was overlooked at the time because of Pirates OTC. I had a coworker I lent my DVD to when it came out who was a fan of POTC, and he did not like it, saying it was boring. I think POTC "spoiled" him and he wasn't able to appreciate something more cerebral with the complex characters and story. Don't get me wrong, I love the first POTC, but Master & Commander is simply sublime in every way possible.

I rate Master and Commander as one of the greatest films ever made. It’s a near perfect film in every way in my opinion: cinema at its finest. Acting, plot, setting, props, action, costumes, stunts, character development, even a cunning last minute reveal. It’s all just awesome.

Good movie.

this movie is so underrated, it’s one of those where you start it thinking it’ll be slow then suddenly you’re locked in. the vibe and characters carry it hard, feels way more real than most movies like this

I’ll agree with probably most of what anyone here will say about what they love in this film. But for me, it’s the young Midshipman Lord Blakeney (Max Pirkis), the youngest officer, whom moves me the most. [SPOILER ALERT] The way in which Dr. Stephen Maturin (Paul Bettany) takes him under his wing and engages him on entomology, and the way Captain Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) relates to him with disciplined respect and gives him the responsibility of defending the ship, to which he steps up, is so moving. The way in which this young boy endures the surgery to remove his shattered arm, and how Captain Aubrey gives him the book on Lord Nelson, who had also lost an arm. And then the way in which he takes part in sewing up the burial canvas for his slightly older friend, Midshipman Calamy (Max Benitz). After insisting that he wanted to do the sewing with his remaining arm, he looks up at Able Seaman, Awkward Davies (Patrick Gallagher), an older man to which he is senior, asking, “Can you help me?” Boom. Every time I’ve watched this. It’s like a mighty cannon blow right to my feels.

Great movie. Awesome to put your surround sound speakers to work too with the cannonball battles.

I saw it on release in the theater, it was glorious. My date (longtime partner) fell asleep lol

One of my favorites. Top notch acting, story, set and the whole movie is almost hypnotic.

I've been looking for a chance to use the Weevil joke for the last 20 years...but to no avail

Hard a larboard.

About that small gripe you have with it… is it at the very end when they’re playing the song? Aubrey stops strumming the violin on screen, but it keeps playing for a couple seconds haha. I was so mad at my brother when he pointed that out! It’s also one of my favorite movies as well.

I absolutely love it. Such a fun watch. Also highly recommend the books - the movie takes a lot of small things from the other books

A true master piece!

If you’re interested May 23rd is Wet The Swab Day. This year will be the 223th anniversary of Jack Aubrey’s commission as a Post Captain. If you like the movie I would recommend the books. r/aubreymaturinseries

the fact we never got a sequel is genuinely one of hollywoods biggest failures. there are like 20 books in the series too

Check out the series Black Sails. I also love MC, never heard of this show until last year, watched all seasons in a few weeks. Similar vibe, you’ll see!

the lesser of... 😆

May I trouble you for the salt?

Rewatched it at the cinema a couple of weeks ago. Really good film, but I was unreasonably irritated by the opening text describing Napoleon as "master of Europe" in April 1805, 6 months before Austerlitz and 18 before Jena-Auerstedt.

I say the phrase "subject to the requirements of the service" all the time when there is something that I'd rather not do but I know it's my job to do it. I don't think anyone has ever recognized it.

I saw it when it first came out, in the theater, and completely fell in love with the movie. I took multiple family members and friends to see it. I saw it five times in the theater and have watched it numerous times since.  My friends and I wakeboard and still jokingly refer to the "Articles of War" for rules on the boat.  I also use the term "butcher's bill" when referencing a large bill. 

A Peter Weir classic. Loved it from when it first came out.

I love the doctor captain friendship

It’s a masterpiece. For myself, possibly the finest, most elegant film to come out of the studio system in the last 25 years. Classic I will revisit for untold years to come.

The set of books by Patrick O’Brian - 20 in all - are amazing.I’ve read them many times now, once every few years. Some of the sailing jargon is a bit hard to grasp, but the two main characters are so engaging it doesn’t matter to me.

Watch *The Terror* for a similar vibe.

This movie is so good, and the books are even better! Such a great adaptation though, they really nailed the atmosphere.

Seen it5 times.

Who doesn't?

Great movie, it's a pastiche of a couple of the original books, of which there are a bunch (21). The Aubrey/Maturin books by Patrick O'Brian.

This movie has one of the best audio mixes in cinema. The sound is just so f****** good

Yeah, watching the movie feels like going on an adventure. And even the (usually mediocre at best) child actors nailed it.

Movie kicks ass and the books are better

One of the few movies that I wish we had gotten sequels of.

Easily of my favourite movies.

It's rare that great original source material (in this case Patrick O'Brian's amazing novels) meets the right director and an ambitious enough budget^(\*). It happened in this case and the result is a masterpiece. I only regret that the it didn't turn into a proper franchise, despite an abundance of source material. It was a series of 20 novels. \*The other great example of this is the new Dune movies. Though Tim Chal does not come close to Russel Crowe's performance.

Luscious soundtrack too.

What’s the small gripe, u/srennen?

This movie is like a hidden gem, loved by those who have discovered it and overlooked by those who haven't. It's a shame it didn't receive more recognition, but I guess it's just not mainstream enough. But hey, more for us, right? And as for your gripe, let's just say I've already mentally prepared myself to overlook it for the sake of enjoying this masterpi

Pretty good "History Buffs," video on YT about it may enhance your enjoyment even more. The film is almost flawless for me.

Always choose the lesser of two weavels 😂

Seriously the most slept on movie ever. I watch that thing on regular. 🔥🔥🔥

I loved this movie. I've read that this was intended to be the first film in a Mastercand Commander franchise. Unfortunately, it apparently didn't do so well at the box office, and any plans for more were scrapped. That's a real pity because I'd definitely pay to see more Master and Commander films.

That’s probably because it’s one of the most perfect movies ever made. It should not only have won a best picture award, it should receive a lifetime achievement award for still being better than most movies that come out today.

Pour one out for Mister Hollom. May your cannonball be light and your lungs full of air.

The books are amazing. The film did an amazing job of capturing that. I’m disappointed that we didn’t get more movies.

The books are my favorite literary series of all time. I like that the movie was a mash up of a few books to make it more palatable to non readers. Bettanay and Crow are perfect casting as well. They both capture the look and feel of the characters in the novels. If you can handle the naval jargon the books are an amazing experience and an in depth look into the British Empires dominance of the sea in the colonization era.

Read the books (Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick OBrian). They're vastly better

The Patrick O’Brien books are even better.

That movie really doesn't get talked about enough on this sub.  That and this hidden gem Dredd. 

My wife and I were waiting for a plane on the way back from our honeymoon, when they called our group I said to her 'We must board them!' She burst out laughing.

It's one of those films that if I landed on it while channel surfing id rewatch it to the end many times. It's a film I never get tired of. Sadly it didn't do great at the box office although I did see it in the theater originally.

Poor Russel Crow. "The Nice Guys" and "Master and Commander" are two films that deserved sequels.

This is one of the finest action movies made. I'm so glad there's more people discussing it. I read the entire series because of this movie.

One of the best Star Trek movies. lol jk And sent me off on a journey to read the books

one of the greats!

The original is ok, but the remake is way better: https://imgur.com/a/UytN77M

I saw a historian talk about the film and whats unsettling is how young some of the officers were and yet how accurate it is. Weir didn't gloss anything over. Exceptional film.

If you have a decent system at home, the bluray is one of the best sounding discs you can own. I love the beginning where you're in the hull and you can hear water splashing and wood creaking all around you. Very immersive. From what I understand the fairly recent 4K release was not as dynamic.

It’s such a great movie. I wish they continued. Came out at the wrong time.

It is a hell of a movie