Steven Greydanus, my movie guru, raves Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World -- and he's even read the books! (Thanks, Victor, for the heads up.)
I could blog on and on about how much I love the books. I'm still only halfway through reading the series for the first time -- I'm pacing myself to prolong the pleasure of the first reading. Come for the adventure, but stay for the characters and O'Brian's exploration of how we humans can be so intelligent, stupid, noble, base, sinful, curious, obtuse, calculating, loving... all at the same time. Nothing that is human is alien to O'Brian.
