Posted by manualblock [ 24.191.167.32 ] on November 08, 2004 at 19:08:45:

In Reply to: Pirates of the Caribbean posted by Wayne Parham on November 04, 2004 at 11:53:42:

I have been a fan of O'Brian's for years. When they said they were making a movie and it would star Russell Crowe I became anxious they would screw it up since in the books, Capt. Aubrey is a very tall, whip thin black haired guy. Not Crowe; thats for sure. However he really did a good job and I thought they succeeded as much as possible. The books are very technical in their description of the Royal Navy and it's operations as well as describing in minute detail exactly what each specific part of a ship of the line is and does. 10 pages on how they turn a squarerigged man-o-war is not an uncommon detail. J.R.

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