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Summary: Definitely the best telling of the story
Review: After muddling through the original "Mutiny on the Bounty" and Brando's version, I am nicely satisfied at this fresh outlook on the story. Now, I am a big fan of classic movies, but sometimes I think they are too dated to be more than a period piece. The Laughton/Gable version, while full of great actors, doesn't cut it with me: plastic ships in bathtubs, pirates with 30's American accents, and white girls with blackface makeup trying to look polynesian don't work. "The Bounty," on the other hand, strikes me as exciting, dramatic, fresh, tense and sexy (they definitely did the Tahiti scenes well). Besides, who could complain about Gibson, Hopkins and Neeson in one movie? I also agree that that soundtrack is hauntingtly effective. A very good film.
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Summary: "Bounty" is best... and we're not talking paper towels!
Review: How could people underappreciate a movie so much!? It's beautiful, entertaining, has a killer cast, and the soundtrack by Vangelis, who also did the BLADE RUNNER score, is (and I hate to use this overused word but nothing else can describe it) mesmerizing and makes the movie! I was too young to see this in theatres (I would've been five at the time) but I wish I had because I know so much must be lost without seeing it in a widescreen format... hmmmm, possibly a DVD would be in order but I'll believe it when I see it. I can't watch this movie enough!! It captures the feel of falling in love in a paradise on Earth that would melt even the toughest man's heart and it has something for everyone. Action, romance, history, and tragedy. Who really cares how historically correct it is, it's so entertaining! I was embarassed watching it with my grandmother though because the native women are pretty scantily clad for a PG rated film. Ok, they have no tops at all so be forewarned. Order this movie now and if you don't like it then you have me to blame!
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Summary: superb
Review: the scenery alone in this movie is so wonderful. photography is exquisite. i own this movie and highly recommend it for a sunday-afternoon-curlup-on-the-couch movie.
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Summary: A stunning performance
Review: "The Bounty" combines history and wonderful acting to make a true story more than a story. Anthony Hopkins is wonderful, as always.
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Summary: A Balanced Presentation of the Famous Mutiny
Review: The third time is the charm. I think this is the best of the three versions of "Mutiny on the Bounty." Captain Bligh was of humble origins and had achieved a high position in the British Navy through hard work and effort, not connections. Anthony Hopkins' performance makes that clear. As portrayed by Mel Gibson, Fletcher Christian is very shallow and immature, but Gibson is much more convincing than the foppish Marlon Brando. Finally, this film has the most authentic flogging scene. In the 1936 version, we saw only two or three lashes. In the 1962 remake, we are asked to believe that a sailor could take two dozen lashes with a cat-o-nine tails without crying out. In "The Bounty," Liam Neeson turns in a masterful performance. We hear his muffled screams (he is wearing a gag) and see several lashes strike his realistically-bloodied back. This version is also the first that gives any meaningful details of Captain Bligh's courageous journey back to England. An excellent work.
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Summary: A quality re-make of a classic story.
Review: Gibson gives a quality and un-hearlded preformance an the Officer on the HMS BOUNTY. He gives an understated performance of the role, but demonstrates clearly the inner termoil of the choice in the mutiny: his life and his crew balanced against his duty and honor. The scenery and natives of South Pacific are worth the viewing alone.
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Summary: A FAIR FILM CERTINATLEY NOT THE BEST FILM I'VE SEEN
Review: I saw THE BOUNTY and I have to say it was good but not great and here's why I think so. Having read FRAGILE PARADISE by GLYNN CHIRSTIAN who by the way is a descendent of the notrious mutineer FLETCHER CHIRSTIAN. I hoped that this film would accuratley potray THE BOUNTY MUTINY a lot better than it actually did and here's why I think so. Although ANTHONY HOPKINS was brilliant as CAPTIN BLIGH I found MEL GIBSON to be a little shallow as FLETCHER CHIRSTIAN after having read FRAGILE PARADISE, FLETCHER'S biography I was hoping MEL GIBSON would show a little more depth in his potrayal I also felt that movie jumped too far ahead in between important points that occured in the bounty's voyage even ignoring some incidents which I won't give away that occured between BLIGH and CHIRSTIAN before THE BOUNTY reached TAHITI that may have led to the mutiny itself. I really wanted to recommend this film but I find I can not so in my opinion read FRAGILE PARADISE by GLYNN CHIRSTIAN it really tells the full story from both sides which unfortunatley this movie often fails to do.
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Summary: Fletcher Christian and the Mutiny as you've never seen them-
Review: "The Bounty" is the story of one of the most famous incidents in maritime history. For anyone who isn't familiar with it, this particular movie is, perhaps, not the best way to begin that knowledge. Yet, it has some of the better characterizations and cinematography which have been put on film since John Ford left us. Sir Anthony Hopkins is, as ever, excellent as Captain Bligh: seeking to do his duty as the British Royal Navy deems necessary. His epic open boat journey was a triumph of seamanship and well deserving of the filmtime devoted here. Mel Gibson, as Fletcher Christian, is a young man attempting to come to terms with his life while learning command seamanship from his older friend, Bligh. His performance is, at times, wooden and completely unemotional - just as are most very young men. At other times - again, just as other young men - he lashes out at the overbearing authority-figure in his life. Only, this time the lash has the effect of changing not only his own life but the lives of every other man on the ship. Mel Gibson may not be the definitive Fletcher Christian but he most emphatically DOES give one of the more riveting screen portrails of a torn and ultimately doomed man. Watch this movie again and learn to know the inner man as well as the mutineer who's actions eventually changed the policies of the British Royal Navy itself.
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Summary: Being two things at the same time.
Review: I've not seen either preceding version of Mutiny on the Bounty (neither Gable's nor Brando's) so my review reflects only the value of this flick independant of how it may compare with it's antecedents.On the whole, this is a compelling movie. It's creators understood the value of embodying two polarizing forces within the same character or situation. By exploiting that tension, you create real drama. It's a simple formula, but easier said then done. Fortunately both Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins are able to pull it off elegantly and seamlessly. Gibson is simultaneously pulled by both the responsibility of loyalty and the passion that any vital man possesses. Hopkins is divided by both the egoists desire to create a legacy and the LACK of male vitality that usually fuels such desires. Of the two, Hopkins part is much tougher, yet he captures it in all it's poetic sadness. In watching a conflict like this, everyone has to chose a side. I relate much more to Gibson, his disloyalty notwithstanding, as he allowed himself to be led more by power than form. (And I saw this before Mel became one of my all time great heroes for his phenomenal work in THE PASSION.) Hopkins was an old man in the dark days of pre-Viagra civilization. He just didn't have any mojo left and his men sensed that. Given that he was cooped up in a boat with ALL MEN for countless days, it boggles the mind that ANY man would not feel he had found absolute paradise when landing on Tahiti and all that it offered. And I mean ALL. Mel of course understood exactly what they had swung into and, given his game, quickly began enjoying it to it's fullest. That is essentially what this movie is about. The conflict between true, perhaps even raw passion and an old decaying passion limping along on it's last pathetic leg while attempting to provide some subtext for it's existence. Two best scenes: 1) Mel and his Tahitian bride coming together for the first time. 2) The bitter tears shed by Mel's father-in-law as his daughter chose to go with Mel rather than remain with him. BTW - I don't know why the last 3 reviewers of this film are all from the Ann Arbor/Plymouth Michigan area. Perhaps we just enjoy tropical climates more than others around the country!
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Summary: Excellent film
Review: This movie manages to portray Lieutenant Bligh in a much more sympathetic (and historically accurate) light. Instead of the 'control freak' monster portrayed in earlier films, we see a man with poor interpersonal skills who is nevertheless trying to be a good leader. We also see what an outstanding seaman and navigator he was as he steered the launch boat across the ocean to safety after he was cast adrift.
Roger Donaldson has focused on the difficulties of ship life during the 1700's and shown the tensions that can so easily arise living such a precarious life. Tensions that, in the case of the Bounty, led to the infamous mutiny
Featuring such names as Anthony Hopkins (Bligh), Mel Gibson (Christian), Liam Neeson, Daniel Day Lewis, to name but a few, this is a film that is well worth watching. The atmospheric soundtrack by Vangelis adds to the experience. Highly recommended.
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