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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003 · Film · 138 min
Directed by Peter Weir
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.
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I have always desperately wanted a Star Wars movie that is essentially nothing more than Master and Commander.
No magical beings, no one-in-a-trillion mega-celebrities. Just professionals doing their jobs within the Navy and the adventures they had as mortal, skilled, men.
What are the TIE Pilots talking about off-shift, how does the Captain feel about the new mission priorities?
Andor is closest we've had to seeing this POV.
I've read all of Hornblower many times, starting in elementary school nearly 55 years ago. I've not read O'Brian at all, though I loved the "Master and Commander" movie.
Interesting - those are the books that the "Master and Commander" movie is based on. I liked that movie, is it close to the books?
Movies that have done the same to appeal to American audiances:
U-571 - "Ayer told BBC Radio 4's The Film Programme that he "did not feel good" about suggesting Americans, rather than the British, captured the naval Enigma cipher:"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-571_%28film%29#Controversies_regarding_content
Master And Commander: The Far Side of the World - "...as the producers wished to avoid offending American audiences [...] the fictional opponent was changed from the USS Norfolk to the French privateer frigate Acheron" (Original book was only loosely historical, but my point remains.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_and_Commander:_The_Far_Side_of_the_World#Allusion_to_real_events_and_people