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Old 09-14-2021, 04:39 PM   #1
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RotK, compared to the better 2003 film

This vid really is about Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, which RK beat out for Best Picture, but which I and many critics think was actually the best film made in the first decade of this century. He only makes a few references to RK, but where he does it's to point out, by the contrast, how a grownup makes a serious movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMv_LOGMZN0
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Old 09-14-2021, 08:17 PM   #2
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One of the great movie gag lines is from Master and Commander....

"The lesser of two weevils."
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Old 10-02-2021, 11:17 AM   #3
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I enjoyed Master and Commander a lot. You can't go wrong with Paul Bettany and Robert Pugh in supporting roles (if I recall Billy Boyd plays a minor role as well).

I think ROTK won on being a good film, but more based on being the final/end to an even better trilogy. Personally, FOTR and TTT were superior films, but ROTK had the emotional factor in being the end of the story.
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