The shot of Pullings and Jack aloft looking so damned pleased with their lives made me grin like a fool (it would have been cute with Stephen there instead of Tom, except for the whole "gets tangled in the rigging and promptly falls to his messy death" factor).
Hee! ::dies:: I too would've loved for that to have been Stephen, but yes, the ineptness puts a bit of a damper on the idea. Jack is always so terribly frazzled with worry when Stephen ventures even a few feet above the maindeck.
Soused hog's face! Floating archipelago! Toasted cheese! One of these days I'm going to cook out of my Aubery/Maturin cookbook instead of just reading it. I won't be making millers or anything, but there must be something that isn't scary (mmm, toasted cheese).
I totally shouted out "the Floating Archipelago!!" when it appeared on screen, and garnered several strange looks from fellow movie-goers. I've been wanting to use some recipes from that book, as well. I may try one of the puddings first, now that I've found a source for suet. Perhaps the jam roly-poly, or spotted dog.
Side note- I loved poor Stephen lying lonely in his hammock while everyone else enjoys the soused hog's face and the good company. Aww. I hate it when you two are fighting, too, Stephen!
You know, even after three viewings, I didn't realize he was missing out on dinner in that scene. Aw, poor Stephen!!!
where the reviewer was complaining that Jack didn't say outright that Nelson had lost an arm as well, and that lots of viewers don't know Nelson (presumably he meant them thar iggerant American audiences) and wouldn't get it, and blah blah.
Oh good grief. I thought one of the best qualities of the movie was that it didn't talk down to the audience and assume we're all stupid. (plus, imagine not knowing who Nelson was! The very idea...)
(not to mention the others' smiles when Stephen accepts it and cheers up a bit- they don't just respect his skills; they like him).
I've always loved the way the crew watches out for Stephen and dotes on him so.
Other random loves- Ambergris. Jack writing in his log book. Stephen's spectacles.
I think you mentioned almost all of my favorite things in your review as well :)
Stephen speaking Portuguese.
So that was Portugeuese? Cool! I was waiting for your verdict on the language thing. I knew you'd know.
(I'm assuming the masts were stuck full of knives when they were becalmed and we just didn’t get to see it).
That would've been a lovely touch. I'll go ahead and assume it was there right along with you.
Stephen fighting like a man who's learned the sword as a skill or an art, but who doesn't fight for a living.
They mention this in the book. They taught the officers to fight like they'd taken fencing, but had then applied those lessons to the "hack and slash" method of naval fighting.
Stephen waking up on the Galapagos after surgery (I just thought he looked pretty).
Did you read my review before you wrote this? 'Cause if not, you've totally read my mind on so many things. I love that shot, too, he just looks so very pretty asleep like that. *sigh*
Lastly, the music (big thing with me, as you might know).
Totally agree on the music. A very, very well done incorporation of classical works. I love the Bach for the Galapagos theme; it's not what you'd expect to be in the background, but there it is, and it works and is so beautiful. That one piece really works as a theme on many levels, and now I automatically think of Stephen when I hear it. The Williams piece, as you said, was perfect for the scenes surrounding Warley's death, especially where Nagle is going through his friend's sea chest and weeping.
The ending duet, the Boccherini, is still my favorite scene in the movie. God, the cuteness of that scene!
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Date: 2003-11-21 03:24 am (UTC)Hee! ::dies:: I too would've loved for that to have been Stephen, but yes, the ineptness puts a bit of a damper on the idea. Jack is always so terribly frazzled with worry when Stephen ventures even a few feet above the maindeck.
Soused hog's face! Floating archipelago! Toasted cheese! One of these days I'm going to cook out of my Aubery/Maturin cookbook instead of just reading it. I won't be making millers or anything, but there must be something that isn't scary (mmm, toasted cheese).
I totally shouted out "the Floating Archipelago!!" when it appeared on screen, and garnered several strange looks from fellow movie-goers. I've been wanting to use some recipes from that book, as well. I may try one of the puddings first, now that I've found a source for suet. Perhaps the jam roly-poly, or spotted dog.
Side note- I loved poor Stephen lying lonely in his hammock while everyone else enjoys the soused hog's face and the good company. Aww. I hate it when you two are fighting, too, Stephen!
You know, even after three viewings, I didn't realize he was missing out on dinner in that scene. Aw, poor Stephen!!!
where the reviewer was complaining that Jack didn't say outright that Nelson had lost an arm as well, and that lots of viewers don't know Nelson (presumably he meant them thar iggerant American audiences) and wouldn't get it, and blah blah.
Oh good grief. I thought one of the best qualities of the movie was that it didn't talk down to the audience and assume we're all stupid. (plus, imagine not knowing who Nelson was! The very idea...)
(not to mention the others' smiles when Stephen accepts it and cheers up a bit- they don't just respect his skills; they like him).
I've always loved the way the crew watches out for Stephen and dotes on him so.
Other random loves- Ambergris. Jack writing in his log book. Stephen's spectacles.
I think you mentioned almost all of my favorite things in your review as well :)
Stephen speaking Portuguese.
So that was Portugeuese? Cool! I was waiting for your verdict on the language thing. I knew you'd know.
(I'm assuming the masts were stuck full of knives when they were becalmed and we just didn’t get to see it).
That would've been a lovely touch. I'll go ahead and assume it was there right along with you.
Stephen fighting like a man who's learned the sword as a skill or an art, but who doesn't fight for a living.
They mention this in the book. They taught the officers to fight like they'd taken fencing, but had then applied those lessons to the "hack and slash" method of naval fighting.
Stephen waking up on the Galapagos after surgery (I just thought he looked pretty).
Did you read my review before you wrote this? 'Cause if not, you've totally read my mind on so many things. I love that shot, too, he just looks so very pretty asleep like that. *sigh*
Lastly, the music (big thing with me, as you might know).
Totally agree on the music. A very, very well done incorporation of classical works. I love the Bach for the Galapagos theme; it's not what you'd expect to be in the background, but there it is, and it works and is so beautiful. That one piece really works as a theme on many levels, and now I automatically think of Stephen when I hear it. The Williams piece, as you said, was perfect for the scenes surrounding Warley's death, especially where Nagle is going through his friend's sea chest and weeping.
The ending duet, the Boccherini, is still my favorite scene in the movie. God, the cuteness of that scene!