MASTER & COMMANDER

Just because I can, I wanted to plug the upcoming Peter Weir-Russell Crowe movie "Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World" based on the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian. Anne Thompson has written a nice preview of the movie that's worth looking at.

For fans of O'Brian, no it's not a perfect adaptation of the series' tenth book (annoyingly, the bad guys are French instead of Americans as the book has it), but I think it's going to be pretty close. Without a doubt it's the best version we'll ever see. And Hollywood proves the adage that even a blind hog can find an acorn every once in awhile.