TehBamski@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWhat Film Are You Surprised Didn't Get A Sequel?message-squaremessage-square269fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down13
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minus-squareHubbubbub@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up43arrow-down1·4 months agoMaster and Commander. It was such a great adaptation of a hugely popular series, I expected it to do better at the box office than it did.
minus-squareazimirlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoIt’s a phenomenal movie with lots of actually reasonable depictions of sailing in the era.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoI would have loved a sequel, too. That movie would probably have done better if it had not have to compete to The Return of the King that year.
minus-squareDemonmariner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoIt was a great try, visually stunning and true to the overall feel of the book, but it didn’t have a very cohesive story. They tried to cover too much ground. It would have been better if they had just stuck to the first book.
Master and Commander. It was such a great adaptation of a hugely popular series, I expected it to do better at the box office than it did.
It’s a phenomenal movie with lots of actually reasonable depictions of sailing in the era.
I would have loved a sequel, too. That movie would probably have done better if it had not have to compete to The Return of the King that year.
It was a great try, visually stunning and true to the overall feel of the book, but it didn’t have a very cohesive story. They tried to cover too much ground. It would have been better if they had just stuck to the first book.