Master and Commander

[azziria]

A few random thoughts jotted down as I've just got back from the cinema:

• Totally in love with the ship. Sat there all the way through listening to the creak of the timbers and the hiss and crash of the sea, and suffered a serious serious need for the ocean.
  
• The movie seems to give a reasonable picture of how tough life at sea on one of those ships must have been: primitive conditions, all crowded in together, nothing ever really dry or clean. No wonder sailors didn't live long lives.
  
• The cannon fire is scary. Seriously realistic. As are the costumes. And the photography is great, a few shots really took my breath away.
  
• I'm not a huge Russell fan, but I think he did a fair job of depicting the Jack Aubrey I see in the novels.
  
• And I'll own up. I nearly cried at one point.

So I really enjoyed it. Worth a look on the big screen, definitely.