Thread by @pptsapper

Two indisputable FACTS:

"Master and Commander" has one of the most beautifully curated and timed soundtracks of pretty much any military movie

It is a CRIME that no more movies from that series have been made

Master and Commander might have to be my Sunday movie watching experience

Hm

It's settled. Gonna watch Master and Commander. You're welcome to join me for it at 2 PM EST

Well then. Off we go

Ah, the Surprise. The Dear Old Surprise

It's the little details in this that just make this movie. Like the names of the guns on the carriages.

The flash of the guns before you hear the sound - just, so, perfect

And Tom Pullings is perfect. Tom Pullings is ALWAYS perfect

The sheer - painful - agonizing wait before firing, while getting pummeled. This movie captures all of it so perfectly in just flashes of action

This is one of the few movies where the sounds - gunfire, creaking, or even just silence - are as critical to the story as the picture

The stillness of the sea, contrasted with the very living ship itself, with all her sounds and movement

Maturin's constant refusal to ever grasp naval customs or terminology is a delight

Dammit, I want Madeira and toasted cheese now

The "lesser of two weevils" scene is such a perfect snapshot of the Aubrey-Maturin relationship

I only wish they'd included the "curtailed" joke that Maturin made, that Jack quoted for like, every book after that one

Gawd

Look at the Surprise

She's beautiful with every inch of sail pressed

Lovely shot of Jack's brass nines, with the flintlock priming

The storm is somehow more terrifying than the battle - I imagine that's about right

This, this right here - this is the reason I'm Army. The earth won't try to swallow me up of its own fancy

Perfect choice of music for the utter heartbreak that is this scene of having to cut the line

It's just gutting

Just like the Corelli piece over the open ocean

It's the type of musical and visual pairing that engages multiple senses and brings out something more than the whole

The ascending crescendo of the Bach piece combined with Maturin's marvelling at new species is just... Perfection

The scene between Maturin and Blakeney is lost on those who don't understand Stephen's fascination with beetles

A lovely Hobbes vs Locke argument right here in the captain's cabin

Damn Marines, always shooting everything

Figures

That Jack Aubrey NEVER leaves off a chase makes his decision to do so for Maturin all the more touching and the reason people follow him literally anywhere

You still can't convince me that anyone actually knows what's going on in cricket

It's an international conspiracy

Little Blakeney chewing out Awkward Davies is a charming touch

Patrick O'Brian knew character writing, that's for sure

Tom Pullings for the prize shot

Raking her

Goddam

That's butchery

Ship combat is just...a whole extra level of 19th century brutality

Nowhere to maneuver

Nowhere to run.

Omg Blakeney with the carronade. Genuine smasher indeed.

That whole burial at sea scene

All the feels.

So many damn feels

That may actually be a perfectly made film. Every time I watch it I find something else that makes it even better

Thanks for watching it with me today, all those who joined in!