Welcome to start of my little historical/fantasy epics review series leading and buliding up to the release of “The Odyssey”, releasing this July and I’m very excited to get into this review series as I have been hyping and planning this since ghe last half of last year.

For the first film in this big review series, I decided to start with an underrated gem that no one really talks about as much as they did nearly 23 years ago and a movie that I have always loved since I saw it as a kid and wanted to put some respect on its names along with getting more people to acknowledge it, so here’s my review for “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” as I talk about the pros/cons, production history, my history with it and what do I think of this movie nowadays.

*Timecodes*

0:00 - introduction

0:10 - review starts/cast and crew

2:24 - plot synopsis

2:45 - a look back at Master and Commander

4:58 - production history

6:55 - my experience with the film

8:08 - The Light (pros)

19:58 - The Dark (cons)

21:44 - overall thoughts/rating

23:14 - conclusion and outro

Sypnosis

During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.

CAST & CREW

Directed by

Peter Weir

Screenplay by

Peter Weir

John Collee

Based on Aubrey–Maturin series

by Patrick O'Brian

Produced by

Samuel Goldwyn Jr.

Duncan Henderson

Peter Weir

Starring

Russell Crowe

Paul Bettany

James D'Arcy

Edward Woodall

Chris Larkin

Robert Pugh

Max Benitz

Max Pirkis

Lee Ingleby

Richard McCabe

Ian Mercer

Tony Dolan

David Threlfall

Billy Boyd

Bryan Dick

Joseph Morgan

George Innes

Patrick Gallagher

John DeSantis

Cinematography

Russell Boyd

Edited by

Lee Smith

Music by

Iva Davies

Christopher Gordon

Richard Tognetti

Production companies

20th Century Fox

Miramax Films

Universal Pictures

Samuel Goldwyn Films

Distributed by

20th Century Fox

Rated: PG-13

Genre: Historical epic, action adventure, drama, war film, epic period drama

Release date: November 14, 2003

Running time: 2 hours 18 minutes

Budget: $150 million

Box office: $211.6 million

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