I'd remembered there was a movie called Master and Commander, but couldn't even remember a genre. So I just now went and watched the trailer, and now I know why -- the trailer stinks! It's about as exciting and gripping as a... ummm... un-exciting and un-gripping thing. (Yes, I am the master of simile!)
I find movie conversions of things (and I'm using "things" pretty broadly here) to be interesting, in that what "works" in one format doesn't always (or even frequently?) work in another format. I'm always amused when people go "I can't believe it, they didn't match every scene in the books 1-for-1, so this movie sucks!" ...or, my personal peeve, people that go "that hacking sequence in that movie wasn't at all realistic!" and the like. C'mon guys, you know why it's unrealistic? Because actually watching someone hack is REALLY FRICKING BORING.
Though I guess I'm not perfect there either, I get really annoyed at when they horribly botch the science in movies. Now, I understand that you have to do that sometimes (even frequently) to make for a good (or at least fun) movie, but I'm talking about things that are just lazy. Like in Prometheus, traveling 30someodd light years... "We're half a billion miles from home"... I don't have even a vague recollection of how many miles a light year is (shame on me) and I can still tell that's off my orders of magnitude. It just makes me cringe!
...anyhow, I'm glad you didn't get hung up on the differences, and actually enjoyed it. :)
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Date: 2013-04-21 04:35 pm (UTC)I find movie conversions of things (and I'm using "things" pretty broadly here) to be interesting, in that what "works" in one format doesn't always (or even frequently?) work in another format. I'm always amused when people go "I can't believe it, they didn't match every scene in the books 1-for-1, so this movie sucks!" ...or, my personal peeve, people that go "that hacking sequence in that movie wasn't at all realistic!" and the like. C'mon guys, you know why it's unrealistic? Because actually watching someone hack is REALLY FRICKING BORING.
Though I guess I'm not perfect there either, I get really annoyed at when they horribly botch the science in movies. Now, I understand that you have to do that sometimes (even frequently) to make for a good (or at least fun) movie, but I'm talking about things that are just lazy. Like in Prometheus, traveling 30someodd light years... "We're half a billion miles from home"... I don't have even a vague recollection of how many miles a light year is (shame on me) and I can still tell that's off my orders of magnitude. It just makes me cringe!
...anyhow, I'm glad you didn't get hung up on the differences, and actually enjoyed it. :)