Didnt bother reading all these posts but its a good movie. I highly enjoyed it.

My 0.02

Good movie? mmmmmm it's OK. definately entertaining. One of the top 5 of the year and deserving of a best picture nomination? No. As much as I tried to like it it just didn't connect with me. Would I pick up a DVD? In a few months maybe.

M&C has one of the best DTS tracks my sound system has ever worked. I honestly thought I was in the middle of a ship battle at the beginning. The BG sounds were so clear that it makes you feel like you're on the ship with them at times.

That said, I disagree with the statement about he marketing department doing their job. What they did might have helped it open respectably, but it seems departments seldom think beyond opening weekend nowadays. By deliberately misleading viewers with the ads, the backlash of seeing what it truly was really hurt the word of mouth factor on the movie, which is what a movie needs to carry it to true success.

jough, supermallet, dr. dvd, salty, pants..you are all such freaking morons and have so much free time on your hands that all you need to do is comment on issues you know nothing about.

to take a critique of a movie where there was perhaps 1 spelling error or 1 misused word and turn it into what you say is a dismal state of education speaks to the narrow mindedness and low esteem you place on yourselves. to berate someone and something you probably know nothing about is apalling and frankly sick, especially in a forum that is meant as an open discussion for movies, film, dvd, and the like. i don't have to sit here and read through or post my credentials or teaching certification to quell the thoughts of a few low lifes.

my original post was i didn't like "Master and Commander" because... and that was it. you people are absolutely insane to take it and bash the way you have. you should be ashamed and i hope a moderator sees the disparaging remarks and closes this thread and ultimately suspends your accounts for a time as this has gotten so far out of control it simply is ridiculous! thanks.

Let's all give it up for scott1598, gentlemen.

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scott:

Right above the "control" key and just to the left of "Z" is a button called "Shift". You might consider using it sometime.

As for whether I'm qualified to discuss education; I think that spending 17 years in school, from kindergarten through college, qualifies me just fine.

i don't think going through school in the 1940's is really relevant to today...at least that is where your narrow thinking seems to be derived from!

My problem with scott1598's review is that he liked Hildago better than Master and Commander. Hildalgo was Horse$&*#!

Coming from the guy with 3.87 posts per day ;)

Is that limited to here or everywhere else we post as well?

If moron=people with a lot of free time on their hands that all they need to do is comment on issues they know nothing about, then a majority of the internet community could be called morons.

If you must know I graduated college in 2001. I'm 25 years old. How old are you?

I think Weir did a great job melding the stories from these two books. The prose is "dense" for lack of a better word. They paint a very detailed look at life at sea and I think the film really captures the essence of both stories.

If you want you characters "fleshed out", I highly recommend the books. There are at least 5 or 6 plot lines that were not shown in the movie.

Whether you teach or not, you seem to have the mentality of a child.

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