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Can anyone recommend me any films like M&C? Sort of 17-18th century naval warfare films.
Master & Commander type films
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Agree with this. M&C is immense.
My dad used to watch Hornblower. I'll have to have a look.
Did the Master & Commander sequel that was talked about die a death? I thought they were thinking about doing one?
Loved the film even though it was a mish-mash of the books, the books are brilliant BTW!
Only other film I can think of similar to M&C is Mutiny on the Bounty and The Bounty, the one with Marlon Brando/Trevor Howard/Richard Harris is quite dated and the one with Anthony Hopkins/Mel Gibson in has...Mel Gibson in
Loved the film even though it was a mish-mash of the books, the books are brilliant BTW!
Only other film I can think of similar to M&C is Mutiny on the Bounty and The Bounty, the one with Marlon Brando/Trevor Howard/Richard Harris is quite dated and the one with Anthony Hopkins/Mel Gibson in has...Mel Gibson in
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I enjoy the Anthony Hopkins Bounty and it has a great soundtrack. I'm going to put the film on now!
The only other 18th century naval film I can think of that I've seen is Damn the Defiant with Obi Wan...I mean Alec Guinness. I can't remember much about it so can't have been great.
A quick google suggests a film called Billy Budd
I was just looking up American Revolution films and saw a british film called Revolution with AL Pacino I'd never heard of. Might try and watch that
The only other 18th century naval film I can think of that I've seen is Damn the Defiant with Obi Wan...I mean Alec Guinness. I can't remember much about it so can't have been great.
A quick google suggests a film called Billy Budd
I was just looking up American Revolution films and saw a british film called Revolution with AL Pacino I'd never heard of. Might try and watch that
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435995/
It doesn't have any warfare but I started watching this by accident and it was really good for some reason! I watched the whole series to much enjoyment.
It doesn't have any warfare but I started watching this by accident and it was really good for some reason! I watched the whole series to much enjoyment.
Lets put it this way, talk of it being a masterpiece is way wide of the mark.
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What about Pirates of The Caribbean....lol
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the Goonies!
(pushing it abit)
(pushing it abit)
it's true there should be more movies like that. It was a huge part of history.
You know what else I'd like to see is some conquistador movies. You know at the end of "Apocalypto" you see the Spaniards coming... they should make a movie just about that.
The only one I've seen is some weird German art movie that was quite boring. And then "the fountain" which only had little snippets.
You know what else I'd like to see is some conquistador movies. You know at the end of "Apocalypto" you see the Spaniards coming... they should make a movie just about that.
The only one I've seen is some weird German art movie that was quite boring. And then "the fountain" which only had little snippets.
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I would give an arm to see a huge production based on the battle of Trafalgar. However, the sheer number of ships (74) involved would make it too expensive and a logistical nightmare.
But what a film it could be.
But what a film it could be.