http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Thu, 16 Dec 2004 19:50:04 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/16/123058.php#comment-103918 I enjoyed this well written and well informed review. I wonder if To Rule the Waves owes anything to <i>Guns, Germs & Steel</i>, by Jared Diamond, which explores the geographic, cultural, and developmental foundations for how the peoples of Europe managed to become the first to explore, colonize, and exploit a great portion of the globe. I'd be very interested to read about the role of the British navy -- this sounds like a great book. I'm curious to see this film. There's something about cool bank robbers in European locales having fun and making in-jokes a blast (which is why I enjoyed The Italian Job). The worst thing these kinds of movies can do is to forget the characters and just go action-joke-explosion-chase-chase-chase... I hope that doesn't happen here. You review makes it seem watchable, though, so thanks for that. Does anyone else immediately think of 12 Monkeys with Bruce Willis whenever you see the poster for this movie? Eric Berlin <a href="http://dumpsterbust.blogspot.com">Dumpster Bust</a>: Miracles from Mind Trash http://dumpsterbust.blogspot.com 103918@blogcritics.org Thu, 16 Dec 2004 19:50:04 EST