Blogcritics Comments on Looking forward to "Master And Commander"

Comment by Bill on Looking forward to "Master And Commander"

Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:41:08 EST

Where were Tom Bombadi, Old Man Willow, and the Barrow Wights in Fellowship of the Ring? Um, you mean you didn't see them? They were right there - oops, missed 'em again. ]]>

Comment by Taloran on Looking forward to "Master And Commander"

Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:22:35 EST

Speaking of being true to the source - where were Tom Bombadil, Old Man Willow and the Barrow Wights in Fellowship of the Ring? ]]>

Comment by Taloran on Looking forward to "Master And Commander"

Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:12:12 EST

Well, any film could be better and truer to its source - Hornblower was no exception. But I liked Ioan Gruffudd a lot - he had a youthful zest about him that made him quite appealing. The first set of 5 or 6 movies was better than the second, IMHO. ]]>

Comment by Bill Wallo on Looking forward to "Master And Commander"

Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:34:03 EST

I was a tad disappointed in the Horatio Hornblower films, although they were pretty good. The movies based on the Richard Sharpe books, though, were very well done. I also am looking forward to Master and Commander - hopefully it will be worth it. ]]>