Nice movie. Illustrates a glimpse of the life of crewmates in British Royal Navy. The movie only lacks significant character development for supporting characters - something that makes them feels special were something happened to them.

An epic Russell Crowe film that can be added to his collection of great films. An enjoyable epic for fans of real adventure films..

started promising but dull after an hour into the film

Fantastic film.

I enjoyed 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'.

The early scenes are surprisingly (given the relatively close release dates) similar to fellow 2003 release 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl', with a hidden enemy ship spotted amid foggy conditions and then one person spots unexpected cannon fire and tells others to duck... there are even main characters named Jack (lead!) and Will!

With those amusing (to me, given that POTC is my favourite film) connections noted, the film goes on, of course, to do it's own thing and I'd say it comes out very nicely. The constant (supremely shot) action is a major plus, as are the performances of Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. I coulda done with more characterization for those behind Crowe and Bettany as I didn't overly care for them, though the support cast are all solid to be fair.

Master and Commander

The film was shot beautifully, the camera work sold the intensity & isolation of the Age of Sail.
The action scenes are where this film shines
But otherwise, the film meanders.
The friendship between Aubrey & Maturin felt cliche.

6.5/10
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Not a bad movie and if you have a descent sub that goes low, some of the cannon shots will shake the house.

An interesting first hour, truly dreadful face-palmy plotlines in the middle, and [spoiler]an unsatisfying ending[/spoiler]. It's not wrong to watch it, even if the plot is complete nonsense especially in how it deviates from the book it's based on.