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Wednesday, 10 March 2004
...And a DVD I must own.

Finally saw Master and Commander yesterday. I loved the movie; it's one of the few I've seen that accurately portrays just how deadly cannon fire can be.

Of course, it fell prey to some of the typical Hollywood naval blunders: turning the ship's wheel clockwise to steer to starboard, fighting at full sail, ships turning on a dime. And there were a few other inaccuracies for the sake of plot (having only one man try to take in the t'gallant sail is perhaps the most egregious example, followed immediately by a ship with all her sails in, having been dragged to a stop by trailing debris, pulling away at great speed from a man overboard once the debris is cut free).

Oh, and none of the sailors tried to stop the Marine from shooting the albatross?

Karen's comment: "Too much surgery!"

That aside, it was a beautiful film, and one which both Karen and I want to have on DVD. And it's certainly been left open for "Master and Commander II: Revenge of the Acheron".

Billy Boyd was one of the actors; though he looked very familiar, it was some time before I recognized him. I'm used to seeing him a lot shorter...

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