Movie showing with friends Carrie and Jonathan. A movie called "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World." The basic premise is that a bunch of sailors have to leave their wives and sweethearts to go half way around the world before they feel like any sort of Master or Commander whatsoever. Rather pitiful premise. But once they got to the other side of the world, it was fun to see vigor restored.

There were some extremely difficult scenes for me to view in the movie. They graphically showed the pain and agony of a young twelve year old boy as his arm was amputated. It reminded me of my own experience when I was that age and had braces put on my teeth.

Later, I became quite queasy at the sight of the blood when the ship's doctor used a mirror and razor to remove a musket ball from his own side. Blood, mirror, razors. . . it's always a reminder that I have to shave every Sunday morning (and hence, the queasiness).

The acting was superb. Russell Crowe played the Captain of the ship. His Australian accent was extremely artistic, considering his British role. I'm glad that they realized that the British aren't theatrical enough to play their own parts in the theater. The prime example of this is how often British films end up on the BBC. Every right thinking male knows that the BBC was created to make sure that Englishman have something completely uninteresting to put on the picture box when they need some background noise to put them to sleep.

I should point out the scripting was brilliant. They took a book by a dead guy (Patrick O'Brien) and made it come alive! Not only that, but they were able to somehow or another fit Merry the Hobbit into the story.

But this is a blog, not a movie review site.

Bunch of boring stuff you wouldn't want to hear (But not wasted. sent to my grandparents in the form of a belated thank you letter).