I liked Master and Commander, but it wasn't a good enough film to be best picture. Russell is good, as he always is, but like Gladiator I thought the movie was well done but not so well done as to be at the level of Oscar greatness. Master and Commander had serious flaws. It didn't end, for example. The novels don't begin or end either, but that doesn't excuse the movie from having to be a great film. Though I suppose one could argue that Return of the King had too man endings. The two movies had their flaws, but certainly Master and Commander is the worse of the two. I haven't seen Mystic River, but I'm going to pull for Return of the King. I think that in this case it deserves special dispensation as it represents a series three films.
Posted by jherr at January 28, 2004 09:07 AMI recommend you seeing Mystic River. ROTK was an excellent more involved production and I do think it will win, but Mystic River was a really well done film and deserves its nomination.
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