~~- Master and Commander sails the high seas By MATT NKMEY I sat in the theater cringing, and eating nachos. as I saw the trailer for, The Day After Tomorrow. h is the new Memorial Day release by Roland Ernerich aal Dean Devlin. the same European idiots behind big, dumb. glossy special effects pic tures Independence Day, Godzilfa, and the abominably fictitious Met Gibson tale. The Patriot. Their manifesto for making movies seems to be, - The more sensekss computer effects we use, the less the audience will realize OUT scripts suck. - It makes sense doesn't it Sure. if hinnarts stilt lived in cases eating wildebeest carcasses and walking around on hairs' knuckles. thought that trailer was going to be a had omen, considering was lust about to watch Master tutd Commanckr, the hotida . v special effects movie Ise surreptitious avoided - seeing for the past three months Depressed. and wanting a cigarette. I sank in rtr seat and thought. - If this is Gladiator on a boat To my delight, Master and Commander turned out t be engaging. beautiful, precarionsly lacking. itt CGI, all out char acter driven. and unlike Gladiator. extremely well paced. Hands down, it is an intelligent and entertaining film. Note to Devlin and Emerteh: Why pander to the lowest common denominator? Oh I forgot you're missing the key ingredient, TALENT! The film is written and directed by the great Peter Weir, the Feels Like Home maintains Jones' award-winning orginality fi t; N.r 1 ; te, Alt)i.tw .11> 4V N E Fihrl fl'iteq,‘tiewer SEE MEE REVIEWS 1\11( 114 ,bRu AR), ((ANA fiRALIE. jIIfI lie- AV 'Mt -.ldt• WPSH The FtEecoctcor Jib N (JR Al 1 ifls 4 Aim I=l osvn , N=cpri Rc »Ck Australian genius behind *Vines, Picnic At Hanging Rock and The Mosquito Coast, Russell Crowe stars as Lucky Jack, the "Master and Commander, - of a British vessel during the war with France in 1805. The movie centers on a eat and mouse garne between Jack, and the faceless French boat he has been ordered to intercept. It is your "tale of the tuiderdog,7 except a bit grittier and better devekved.. Wei'w takes you on a knimy.. showing the glotions exp of traveling, the high seas. while also showing the exliansdh' m of living on a crowded boat and always being at the mercy of mother nature. Master and Commander is surprisingly good, and I would consider it to be one of the better films of 2001 Take out the flat, ending and that annoying bump in between Russel Crowe's eyes, and I might even consider it great, As far as The ay . DAfter Tomorrow goes, well, it might make for a good commercial. Eight-tune Gramin3„ Award-Winner, Norah Jones, has again released an athum that will make one feel at home. With twr second album, Feels Like Home. Jones again displays her unique talent with thirteen new The greatest part about this album is the fact that she hasn't gone too far out into an: unfamiliar world of music. She stays pretty true to her ortetnality. however. she does add a twist of reek to a kw songs_ Carnival Ttwr, and Creeptn' der thspla . v a new flavor to her already moving sounds and The Prenievt Thing and Don't F. lou All are definitely the greatest tracks- on the album. This time around, Jones had a. large part in the writing process as opposed to her other album Conte Away With Me. Although her tirst album won her several Grammy s. fans of Jones' can appreciate the young musi cian a little more due to her hands on approach. After the release of Feels Like Home. looks like Jones - favorite direction is UP. Russell Crowe stars in Master and Commander, a movie about being at the mercy of nature during the war with France in 1805. 1 tit Kt IloRki1311: I It ARd wow.; TU Al It, DON 'Rob:Ably Bu pENclous **
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