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.
Hee! He is, and it's so cute. I bet he was secretly tempted to tie Stephen to the mast some days, with enough rope so he could play but not enough to get in trouble. *g* Stephen's pretty frazzling to be around in general. "Ooh, what does this do? Oh my, what a fascinating, probably poisonous creature! Well, I've never tried this before, so why don't I now? That local person said the other thing was terribly, terribly dangerous, but it's just so interesting." And then there's his line of work (either or both of them), which doesn't help.
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.
Yay! Participatory viewing! ;) I kept squeaking with glee at stuff like that, and confusing (and amusing) my poor mom.
Mmm, jam roly-poly. That sounds good. I was considering starting with a pudding or some sort of baked good. They seemed a little less daunting. It's such a fascinating book, though, even if I haven't used it yet.
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...)
Oh, he was just negative all around (I checked, and it was Jason Epstein- here's (http://movies2.nytimes.com/2003/11/16/movies/16EPST.html) the link, but be warned, he may inspire thoughts of violence, especially with his "O'Brian fans this" and O'Brian fans that." Dude, you don't speak for me.) I enjoyed not being patronized for once, too, but maybe we're just weird like that. (And personally I would have assumed that most people who went to see this movie would have at least heard of Nelson, but who knows?)
I think you mentioned almost all of my favorite things in your review as well :)
Hee! Well you have such wonderful taste!
So that was Portugeuese? Cool! I was waiting for your verdict on the language thing. I knew you'd know.
Glad I did then. That would have been embarrassing. ;) Yeah, the vowels are different than Spanish, but that's not really something I know how to type (I have enough trouble with OE and that's easy). The tip-off is "obrigado," which means "thank you." Good thing he's polite.
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.
Oh, neat. I love that they thought all of this out. Huzzah for filmmakers who care enough to get it right!
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*
Hee! I ran to read it right after I posted, and I was so amused at how many of the same things we mentioned. It's that excellent taste again, no doubt. *g* But he really does look pretty, particularly compared to how horribly ill he'd been looking earlier, the poor dear.
I'm so glad that you liked the music. I was really curious about your reaction, since you're a musician yourself. ITA that they were beautiful choices incorporated well. And the Boccherini duet was favorite scene too! It was a great note to end on and left me just giddy with delight. Which you may have guessed. Heh.
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Date: 2003-11-22 05:49 am (UTC)Hee! He is, and it's so cute. I bet he was secretly tempted to tie Stephen to the mast some days, with enough rope so he could play but not enough to get in trouble. *g* Stephen's pretty frazzling to be around in general. "Ooh, what does this do? Oh my, what a fascinating, probably poisonous creature! Well, I've never tried this before, so why don't I now? That local person said the other thing was terribly, terribly dangerous, but it's just so interesting." And then there's his line of work (either or both of them), which doesn't help.
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.
Yay! Participatory viewing! ;) I kept squeaking with glee at stuff like that, and confusing (and amusing) my poor mom.
Mmm, jam roly-poly. That sounds good. I was considering starting with a pudding or some sort of baked good. They seemed a little less daunting. It's such a fascinating book, though, even if I haven't used it yet.
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...)
Oh, he was just negative all around (I checked, and it was Jason Epstein- here's (http://movies2.nytimes.com/2003/11/16/movies/16EPST.html) the link, but be warned, he may inspire thoughts of violence, especially with his "O'Brian fans this" and O'Brian fans that." Dude, you don't speak for me.) I enjoyed not being patronized for once, too, but maybe we're just weird like that. (And personally I would have assumed that most people who went to see this movie would have at least heard of Nelson, but who knows?)
I think you mentioned almost all of my favorite things in your review as well :)
Hee! Well you have such wonderful taste!
So that was Portugeuese? Cool! I was waiting for your verdict on the language thing. I knew you'd know.
Glad I did then. That would have been embarrassing. ;) Yeah, the vowels are different than Spanish, but that's not really something I know how to type (I have enough trouble with OE and that's easy). The tip-off is "obrigado," which means "thank you." Good thing he's polite.
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.
Oh, neat. I love that they thought all of this out. Huzzah for filmmakers who care enough to get it right!
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*
Hee! I ran to read it right after I posted, and I was so amused at how many of the same things we mentioned. It's that excellent taste again, no doubt. *g* But he really does look pretty, particularly compared to how horribly ill he'd been looking earlier, the poor dear.
I'm so glad that you liked the music. I was really curious about your reaction, since you're a musician yourself. ITA that they were beautiful choices incorporated well. And the Boccherini duet was favorite scene too! It was a great note to end on and left me just giddy with delight. Which you may have guessed. Heh.