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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Beautiful Portrayal of life in a navy vessel in 1805
I would like to start by saying Bravo! I liked the story, the execution of the story by the actors and the director. Russel Crowe really depicted the Captain well and I thought that the supporting cast were superb. The photography really enhanced the scope of the story, and I must take my hat off to the photographic skills of the photographic director.
One tends to forget that this story is not a high speed chase film with lots of blood and gore however it does have its share, although, the speed of the story is greatly paralleled by the speed at which a sea chase would have happened 200 years ago.
It is great to watch a movie that really gets to the heart of the emotions of the crew of a Man-Of-War vessel, not just making the crew look like the hardest SOB's around.
And to that I take my hat off to the Cast and Crew, as well as the writers and the director and producers of this production.
After the Sunset (2004)
Oh what a muck up
A good story, a good cast. Pity though about Pierce Brosnan. He is given yet another good role to play, and yet again he mucks it up. I did not think that he was convincing enough in his role. For me he ruined what could have been a very good movie.
The plot had good potential though, and I feel the director could have made a better effort to bring out Max's character from Pierce Brosnan.
However, I do need to congratulate the performances of Salma Hayek and Woody Harrelson. I really enjoyed their characters.
I love the idea of retired jewel thief been enticed by a law enforcement agent into doing the last unreachable job. Great stuff on the story. I feel that the good thief, honorable thief type stories have been missing too long. And with the likes of Ocean's 11 and The Italian Job, we all expected the same class and performances from After The Sunset. However I was let down.