Yoyo Ma did Marturin’s cello, BTW.
Anyone know if they used the music mentioned in the books?
And BTW, they aren’t very good players. 
Killick thinks so too.
I have the CD Musical Evenings with the Captain, which contains the music mentioned in the novels, but not one of these tunes turned up in the film, as I recall.
“Screeching away all night” as I recall his comment to Bonden.
I envy you the CD.
The CD has pieces by Locatelli, Haydn, Handel, Boccherini, and Leclair.
It’s been a while since I listened to it, so it’s possible that they used some in the movie, but I will check the soundtrack to be sure.
One Boccherini piece on the soundtrack but it’s not the one on the CD.
Well, hey…Amazon has Vol. 2 of the CD. I was referring to Vol. 1.
I just saw it tonight. Thumbs up from me. Much better than I expected. Crowe is terriffic as ususal. I haven’t read the books but Crowe really good job of creating a three-dimensional character rather than just a type. You can see why his men would follow him even with all his flaws. The guy playing the doctor was really good too and I really enjoyed the interlude in the Galapagos. It me want to see a movie about Darwin and the Beagle.
The battle scenes were great as well. It’s the best sense of what cannon fire is like that I’ve ever gotten from a movie.
I have to agree with one thing a couple of others have mentioned, though. I kept thinking about that South Park “fightin’ 'round the world” episode. 
It was a movie about two men who end up basically where they started. I guess you have to expect that if you know the story’s plucked from the middle of a long series, but it didn’t make for a satisfying story for me.
Saw it tonight with my dad as his birthday present. Loved it. Excellent performances all around. Couldn’t understand at least half the dialogue, but didn’t find that to be much of an impediment. My favorite part?
They flogged Pippen!
Take that, fool of a Took!
He raised his bow, beat the deck three times with his foot, and at the third they dashed away into their often-played yet ever-fresh Corelli in C major
-The Far Side of the World
Actually, they didn’t, but I’m sure you can find some fanfic like that if you’re into it.
Miller:
I think you’re mixing your characters up.
Pippen was the officer who killed himself-- the guy that everyone thought was a “Jonah.”
[spoiler]Billy Boyd (“Pippin”): Barrett Bonden, Coxswain (turns the wheel, says things like, “Sou’ by Sou’west, suh!”, smiles a lot, has curly blond hair and a scar under his eye.)
That one I’m sure of – he’s Pippin! As for the other two, I think they were
Ian Mercer: Mr. Hollar, Boatswain (the Jonah, has wispy sideburns and kind of a weaselly face – sorry Ian, it’s true.)
Bryan Dick: Joseph Nagle, Carpenter’s Mate (gets himself flogged, killed in final battle, dark hair, looks younger than the other two.)[/spoiler]
The fact that people are having such a hard time distinguishing one character from the other indicates another possible flaw in the movie.
Apparently, Lee Ingleby as Hollum was the weaselly one. My apologies, Ian.
The Jonah in the book was Hollan, a passed but unpromoted Master’s Mate who remained “an ancient Midshipman”. He dies, but does not take his own life. Perhaps that sort of thing also causes confusion.
I was able to keep them straight, but it was a bit of a challenge, with so many speaking characters and so many more in the books.
You read O’Brian? I had no idea you were so cool, viva.
Do they pronounce names
Aub ree or Ah bray?
Mah TUR in or MAT erin?
It’s MAT-ur-in (first syllable emphasis) for sure.
And I believe it’s AW-bree for Jack.
BTW, in one of the NPR interviews, O’Brian picked Charlton Heston for Jack.
Maybe it’s a firearms thing.
You…You…You DIDN’T KNOW??? :eek:
Gaaah! Don’t you remember the conversations we had in some old ENT threads when we talked of Spotted Dick?
I’m waiting for a sequel wherein the good doctor will say, “I am with child to see a dewpond.” What a guy.
Archergal is correct.
Someday when I own a boat, I will name it Lucky Jack Aubrey. I have a nautical soul. One of my bumper stickers says “Nautical People Have Their Ship Together.”
I saw it tonight. I knew nothing about the O’Brien books beforehand. After the movie my wife and I ran into 2 other couples we knew who had been to the same showing.
I really liked it but I was the only one of the 6 of us who did! That was the only surprise for me. I loved the feel of being on board the ship, and especially liked the sequences early on with the ships slipping in and out of the fog.
The main complaint of the other 5 people was that the battle scenes were hard to follow, and that much of the dialogue was hard to pick up, which I think was a combination of the theater we were in and the accents and naval jargon of the characters.
I picked Pippin out right away. TWDuke got it right:
he’s not the one who gets flogged, and he survives the final battle.