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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Full Reaction (Patreon)

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2026-01-20 23:43:11
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Dan M

I guess it’s fate…I just watched Gladiator last night. So why not a double feature with another Russell Crowe flick. It’s a good night for an adventure out at sea, and it’s always a good night for a Movie Date with Kate. Let’s set sail!

Johnny

This movie is amazing. I watch it every year or two, and I'll be watching tonight for sure.

Dan M

I just noticed that the full title of the movie has The Far Side of the World in it, which is also the title of one of my favorite Jimmy Buffet albums. That has no relevance whatsoever other than it’s a bonus for me. 😁

Rick Caruso

So wonderful watching this reaction with you. For me it was like watching this movie for the first time. There is a history professor who specialty is war films. He also does reactions under “Reel History” on you tube. He feels this is the most accurate representation of Napoleonic Naval battles done on film. You can see the making of Master and Commander on You tube. Also the young boys with the crew are called Cabin boys, the young boys among the officers are midshipmen. Today cadets in Naval Academies are also called Midshipmen. That instrument the boys were looking through is called a sextant. To me this maybe Crowe’s best film. It is just wonderful. Galapagos became famous as that was the Islands that Darwin, sailing with the Royal Navy as a naturalist, developed his theory of evolution. Thanks again this was very special

Chester Beals

Hollywood loves making movies where the heroic recruits disobey and mutiny against their incompetent and bloodthirsty leaders, so it's a rare treat to get a movie like this where everyone is working together as a dedicated team, acting with honor in their duties. Fantastic movie, thanks Kate! The nautical equipment you're looking for is called a sextant. It measures the angles of the sun and the stars,.. you can derive the time and what latitude you're on.

AgeEighty

YAY I'm so pleased to have watched this with you, and thrilled that you enjoyed it as well as you did! It's one of several movies Crowe made that should have been much bigger hits than they were, another being The Nice Guys. A lot of people have said that Master and Commander is one of the better Star Trek films, and it's really true. The ship-and-crew action and drama are very similar.

Matthew Maxon

OMG I can't wait to watch this! I really hope you liked it. One of my favorite movies

Robert da Spruce

Wonderful reaction Kate! Glad you enjoyed the film so much! The triangular tools they were using is called a sextant. It has many uses. Like determining latitude and longitude by aligning the horizon to objects in the sky like the sun, moon, etc..In this case, they were using it to determine when noon was Yes, the young midshipman really did start that young. During that time, they usually started training to be officers around 11 or 12. But even though they were that young, they outranked all the enlisted men on board. And the enlisted men had to salute them The character of Blakeney (the one who lost his arm) was also a lord. So he came from an aristocratic family There’s a pretty good making of documentary on YouTube https://youtu.be/rgQpWBdY098?si=mXf53cKKhpRa3S4b I also watched some 3D animations of Lord Nelson’s most famous battles on YouTube. Not sure if that would interest you. But I find the tactics of Naval warfare during that period very interesting

Dan M

I really, really wanted to like this movie, and I hate saying this because you definitely liked it, but it just didn’t hit the feels for me. I know I’m going to be in the minority here, but I found the dialogue a bit difficult to follow, and the pacing just wasn’t enough to hook me into the story. I in no way think this was a bad movie. The cinematography was amazing…the scene with the crew contending with the storm at sea was breathtaking. I really liked Paul Bettany’s character, Stephen. And I thought Jack Aubrey was a compassionate, empathetic and very human captain. I don’t know, maybe it was because I’m still battling a pretty nasty cold and I just wasn’t in the right mindset. But because it’s Russell Crowe, I will give this movie another watch at another time. I kept hearing Maximus in my head… “Are you not entertained?” Sadly, with my first watch, I was not.

Michael Walsh

I love me some classic Napoleonic era naval films, including Captain Horatio Hornblower, Billy Budd, Moby Dick, HMS Defiant, the Mutiny on the Bounty adaptions. But what makes M&C special is it's source material, Patrick O'Brian's brilliant Napoleonic era naval novels : the Aubrey - Maturin series. The whole series is an accurate account of the British navy during its most heroic era. And a film that is true to it's source material is a great film. I only wish Hollywood had the nuggets to follow up with more films based on the novels!

Michael Cue

I'll save this watch-a-long for this weekend when I have the proper time to devote to hopefully a good movie, as I have never seen it as well. Looking forward to it for sure, though, I've heard good things...and it won a famous movie poll somewhere 😉, so it must be good!

Pondo

I very much enjoyed this reaction. Master and Commander, Far Side of the World, is one of my favorite movies, I have an affection for naval warfare movies, and this one is at the top of my list. Captain Jack Aubrey was intelligent and reminded me of my hero, Captain James T. Kirk. I enjoy Paul Bettany's performance in this, even if I disagreed with a lot of what he stood for, But yes, the little boys that made up the lower ranks of officers were extremely good at their job, I'm glad you enjoyed it, I'm glad you enjoyed the accents, as well as some of the Britishisms, and hope you will do more British movies in the coming future.

Matthew Maxon

As not only someone who served, but Retired Navy. Going over the side in a storm is one of our biggest fears. Green Water is terrifying to say the least. I knew someone who went over & drowned. He was lost at sea. Never found him.

Brad

The fictional characters Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower are based on Lord Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald. What he did in real life is even more awesome and fantastic than what the fictional characters did in the books. This movie is probably the most realistic ever made. I was a Gunner's Mate in the US Navy and one of my buddies served on the USS Constitution which is a warship from this time period and still commissioned to this day. He told me everything about this movie is perfectly accurate.

Jason Murillo

Several real ships were used in the making of this film; one is a replica of the HMS Rose that was then modified to be the Surprise and can still be seen in San Diego, CA today!