It's a good movie but you almost fall asleep between action scenes.

A good adventure yarn. Plenty of action, but linked with some of the (movized) reality of what life on an exteded sea voyage in a crowded man-o-war must have been like.

I particularly enjoyed the string instruments and Russel Crowe's violin technique. In an interview he noted the hardest part of his role was to learn to look convincing playing the violin. He did a reasonable job of it (save his lack of vibrato action to match the music over - but it takes a while to get that far with a fiddle!).

An entertaining flick.

A good guy movie. Lots of action etc. For the ladies, maybe too much. That's ok, we guys need a little time to ourselves now and then.

The action scenes, although few, are great. The language was hard for the non-nautical to understand and throw that in with the, at times, thick english accent made parts hard to decipher. My wife was still thrilled with the Russell Crowe eye candy. I think this should be seen on the big screen. The ending left sequel possibilities!?!?

A good movie to see with action and cast to support seeing it at the theater.

\"Master and Commander:The Far side olf the world,\" is a advenutre by itself. Russell Crowne deserved another Oscar nomination as the captain, who goes after the French in the early 19th Century. Flawless acting worked very well. The Direction by Peter Weir is a joy to behold. what I love most about this film that I saw wooden shop engaging in combat. This film is wroth your time. A history lesson on the British\'s struggle against Napoloen\'s France.

worse movie i have ever seen...Don't bother renting it! Why waste your time and money

I thought it was a good movie, but not as great as it has been reported. I liked the story line, and the action, but it left something to be desired.

All in all a very good movie. Some slow parts in the middle but the fighting scenes make up for it.

Russell Crowe doesn\'t do action very well. His performance was not that good either. The story was weak. This film disappoints in so many different ways.

This movie was ok, but I didn't think it was that great. It's a good movie to rent, but I wouldn't spend my money to see it in the theater again. If you're a huge fan of nothing but sea life than you'll like it.

Master and Commander was brilliant!

I\'ve a real passion and interest in history and this movie was very historically accurate with perhaps the small exception of the cleanliness aboard ship in those times.

The battle scenes were excellent and although the film slows down between them it doesn\'t get boring at all.

Russell Crowe is pretty obnoxious and arrogant in real life and a lot of times that comes across in his movies in my opinion, but not this one. Besides, a number of scenes are stolen by his supporting cast especially the young boys and Paul Bettany who I thought was marvelous as Geoffrey Chaucer in \'A Knights Tale\'

Go and see it.

9/10