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Peter Weir's "Master and Commander" is a superb follow-up from "Dead Calm", the "other" sea & sails movie from the Australian director. But both movies can, apart from being filmed on the ocean waves, hardly be compared: "Master and Commander" is truly an adventure movie that, I'm sure of it, will not only make mature but also younger viewers (age up to 10, there are some bloody scenes) really enthusiastic. I could't find a serious flaw in this movie - on the contrary, in my opinion it's perfect in all aspects: story-line, cinematography, acting, and sound. You wish this film would last for ever. There's so much to enjoy and I love the way how Weir interweaves the heritage of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Thank you, Mr Peter Weir!

If you like to see stupid men uttering stupid Hollywood/CIA-clichés, if you're into nervous and annoying camera movements that camouflage nothing-but-mediocre action shots, if you cannot get enough of cars being demolished over and over again, this could be a film for you. The fuzz about this movie has no real reason at all - I guess people are like parrots, repeating what others say without thinking themselves. After one hour this film really started to bore me but somehow I made it to the end, just to know if the last minutes could somehow make up for wasting my time. They could not. Is Jason Bourne supposed to be the Six Million Dollar Man of the 21 st century or what? I couldn't help laughing my a** off! This guy is supposed to see people he wants to see at a distance of about 100 yards - in a crowd in narrow streets an being chased himself!!! It's just ridiculous. This is only one example in a movie that had no real depth or plot - it's just chasing and running away over and over again, and in that respect nothing better than Part 1 of the trilogy (which was very simple-made). This is definitely a film for teenage boys or men that lack the ability of growing up mentally.

I cannot add much to the comments already given. For those who consider watching the movie: you can expect a nice mix of Scorcese's "After Hours", Kubrick's "EWS", Roman Polanski's "The Tenant" (Le Locataire; funny how Anglade even looks and acts like Polanski!) and some elements of Hitchcock. Nowhere near of a masterpiece, but neither boring or bad. Shooting and directing is flawless, I enjoyed the speed. The film is a bit too long, though. The key-element of the movie is that is concentrated on almost one place (the practice of a psycho-analyst in the center of Paris ). Only few scenes are shot by daylight, the dark atmosphere adds up to the script that focuses on sexual aberration, lies and truth, death, and Freudian therapy. Finally, I should not forget to mention that are some humorous scenes that make the film also fun to watch.