I’m guessing the first film was pretty good, no?
The first film was GREAT. Unfortunately it was up against Lord of the Rings: Return of the King at the Oscars and got it’s butt kicked.
>>I’m guessing the first film was pretty good, no?<<
No. I saw it and don’t remember a thing about it. And the box office says I wasn’t alone.
There have been multiple threads over the years here on FR dealing with both the books and the movies.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720160/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1021624/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1012563/posts
The fact that there is one rather loud voice on this thread telling you the movie sucked should not keep you from renting the movie and judging for yourself. It’s terrific film making and a damn good naval war movie.
Actually you are guessing correctly IMO. I liked the original.
If you haven’t seen the first movie, you can watch it on-line over at Hulu.com.
Correction: My mistake. Hulu used to have the full length movie available. I know because I watched it there. Seems all that is there now are trailers.
Outstanding - brilliant! (And I’m a GIRL!!!)