Public Service Announcement:
Master and Commander: The Other Side of the
World is NOT REPEAT NOT a chick flick.
I keep seeing mentions of
Russell Crowe in tight pants but I am sorry to inform his fans that for most of
the film he's in saggy sailor pants laced up the back. It is true that those go
with a loose ruffled shirt generally open over half his checst, if you're a fan of
Crowe's chest. (Not me, thanks.) The tight white pants go with the dress uniform
which also involves a tailcoat that covers much of them.
The plot is
entirely un-chick-flick-ish; among other things there are no women in the film
except for a few rowing by bridling at the sailors off the coast of Brazil. And
the men don't bathe often, except for involuntary showers during storms.
Jo Walton
href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/papersky/114985.html?#cutid1">captured it
well, I think.
Later: NOTE: I didn't say women won't like it - after all, I did. I just said it
isn't a chick flick. Which, in my mind is not at all the same thing.