RotK, compared to the better 2003 film - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

William Cloud Hicklin · 09-14-2021, 04:39 PM

This vid really is about Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, which RK beat out for Best Picture, but which I and many critics think was actually the best film made in the first decade of this century. He only makes a few references to RK, but where he does it's to point out, by the contrast, how a grownup makes a serious movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMv_LOGMZN0

Morthoron · 09-14-2021, 08:17 PM

One of the great movie gag lines is from Master and Commander....

"The lesser of two weevils."

Boromir88 · 10-02-2021, 11:17 AM

I enjoyed Master and Commander a lot. You can't go wrong with Paul Bettany and Robert Pugh in supporting roles (if I recall Billy Boyd plays a minor role as well).

I think ROTK won on being a good film, but more based on being the final/end to an even better trilogy. Personally, FOTR and TTT were superior films, but ROTK had the emotional factor in being the end of the story.

09-14-2021, 04:39 PM	#1
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,321	RotK, compared to the better 2003 film This vid really is about Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, which RK beat out for Best Picture, but which I and many critics think was actually the best film made in the first decade of this century. He only makes a few references to RK, but where he does it's to point out, by the contrast, how a grownup makes a serious movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMv_LOGMZN0 __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.

09-14-2021, 08:17 PM	#2
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,509	One of the great movie gag lines is from Master and Commander.... "The lesser of two weevils." __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.

10-02-2021, 11:17 AM	#3
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,518	I enjoyed Master and Commander a lot. You can't go wrong with Paul Bettany and Robert Pugh in supporting roles (if I recall Billy Boyd plays a minor role as well). I think ROTK won on being a good film, but more based on being the final/end to an even better trilogy. Personally, FOTR and TTT were superior films, but ROTK had the emotional factor in being the end of the story. __________________ Fenris Penguin Last edited by Boromir88; 10-02-2021 at 03:29 PM.