Anyone else have to stop watching the movie "Master and Commander after the first 20 minutes?

When I seen Max Pirkis' character get hurt, my heart sunk, and then when I seen what they had to do to fix his broken body, I wanted to throw up. I cried with him, then (CLICK) ...I turned off the movie. That was a horrible scene and I think they should have cut it from the film.

Hosenhaus, be nice. To each his own.

I never bothered to watch Master and Commander. I think it looks like another expensive, crappy, "epic" Hollywood shlock. The kind that makes a lot of money and wins a lot of Oscars, but usually does absolutely nothing for me.

I'll give it another try zab , but I think I'll fast forward over that particular part. I know it's just a movie (silly) I'm not squeemish about blood and gore at all. I'm horror film nut...lol I just can't take seeing it happen to a kid, whether it's real or not....and you gotta admit they did a hell of a job putting that scene together. I think the director was aiming at the viewers heart's on that one. He got mine Dead center.



And yea, I love disney movies too hosenhaus...doesn't everybody? :p

I loved this movie, and was saddened by that scene.

but after reading a review elsewhere, (could have been here) I knew he would survive, so carried on watching

qoute:"The young midshipman lost a limb but perservered, a triumph of the human spirit" ..that's a very good and true way to look at it Wildeboy. That's the way I'll most likely see it when I give the movie another shot


To redefine my original question, I guess what I was actually asking is "did it bother anyone else?". Everyone react's differently to seeing certain things IRL or on screen. My reaction was to stop watching the movie. I think if you got past that particular scene without feeling or thinking anything, besides "oh that's life, poor kid.." then your dead inside, or you just scene it as really bad acting


quote: "The Napoleonic Wars are historical fact and many died or were wounded." ...that "fact" make's that sccene all the more powerful


Dude, I went to school. I know the history of the Napoleonic Wars. I know the world is a violent place. I'm not denying it, or saying that it shouldn't be depicted truthfully in movies or literature. I live in NY, and when the towers went down I wept. It broke my heart. I didn't need to see the crushed, burned, broken bodies for it to have an affect on me emotionally. My point being: just because we know the world to be a violent place doesn't mean we should just dismiss violence and stop feeling.

Again, I am not saying violence in movies is wrong. It's just sometimes, on rare occasions , i feel something beyond the usual blood and gore numbness we train ourselves to feel.