Posted on 01/18/2021 1:50:34 AM PST by C19fan
Russell Crowe doesn't take kindly to anyone bashing one of his favorite movies he once appeared in.
The 56-year-old Oscar winner took to Twitter on Saturday to defend his 2003 maritime epic Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World after the English singer–songwriter Ian McNabb took aim at it.
Crowe brushed off the complaints as a symptom of 'kids these days,' while plenty of Twitter users rushed to defend the cult-classic film.
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Funny you mentioned him.. I’ve watched 2 or 3 movies he was in the past couple of days.
One of the credited actors of the captain’s crew in the film is much more famous as a heavy metal bassist and singer in a legendary metal band. And a damned fine all around super nice guy. Maybe some other heavy metal FReepers know who I’m talking about. (Let’s call this a rock n roll trivia challenge.)
I will grant the movie is kinda slow in places, but I admired the strategy involved as well as the twist at the end.
If you love the books, you’ll love the movie.
That’s one heckuva compliment to my mind.
It’s an excellent movie. One of our favorites.
Groupies and friends of the actors often get bit parts in movies. That late night talk show clown Stephen Colber had a bit part in Lord of the Rings.
Tony “Demolition” Dolan, Band Venom. Looked it up, no idea who he is.
I have heard that the original plot was altered to reflect a French foe when in fact the original enemy were the Americans so they had to go through a whole routine about why the American ship was in the French Navy etc. out of fear of losing the American audience.
It's nice to know that we have (or had) equal power of intimidation and censorship over movies with China.
Russell Crowe is a very competent actor and he did a good job in this movie and the other production values were all in order.
Peter Weir is an awesome film maker. I could see modern civilization targeting him for cancellation, or rather his films since they typically feature all-white casts. If you dig behind this Ian Mcnabb guy, I’ll bet that’s at the heart of his dislike for Master and Commander. It’s too white.
Well, as a dedicated fan of O’Brien’s novels, including those outside the Aubrey/Maturin pantheon, I thought the movie stunk up the place. I only watched it once, and if I hadn’t been a guest of a family member, I would have walked out halfway through. Casting Crowe as Aubrey wasn’t too bad, (Aubrey is actually a rather one-dimensional character anyway), but the guy whom they chose for Maturin was wildly miscast, and his part written so badly that the introspective intellectual Stephen Maturin of the books was only barely recognizable. Special effects worthy of a 1930’s B-roller put the kiss of death on it. Which didn’t take much, since the plot-line was a hodge-podge of scenes from several books, chosen I suppose to maximize the melodrama, didn’t hold together at all. Patrick O’Brien deserved better.
/rant
The movie actually combined plot points from a few of the books. For once I didn’t mind because it was so well done.
I’m not a purist. I just hate crap. :-)
Crowe is a fine actor. In the dud, The Mummy, he was the only shining light, playing Jekyll and Hyde. Would have made a great comedic spin-off.
Master and Commander was good. Seemed to borrow much from the old Horatio Hornblower series.
Kids these days are commies because commies have taken over the education system.
Colbert’s got the ears and the face for it. Minimal make up needed.
I liked the movie, even though it wasn’t exactly true to the book. Movies almost never are.
Loved the books. I listened to some on Audible with a very good narrator while I was driving around and I hated to get to my destination and turn it off.
Are them his brains?
As a kid, I thoroughly soaked up the Horatio Hornbliwer books. Loved this movie. I was always curious why this one didn’t get more attention. Perhaps the all white cast? But I was cautiously optimistic about a follow up movie because Part 2s don’t have a very good track record.
How in the world does this movie qualify as a “cult classic”?
The author (O’Brian) wrote something like 12 books in this series.
My husband gobbled them all up - said they were wonderful. He was also a big Horatio Hornblower fan when young.
I watched it and liked it.
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