I only saw the last half of the movie, and I thought Salma was playing a shrew. Unfortunately, Russell Crowe's character didn't respond ala mode "Taming of the Shrew" which might have made a better movie. For supposedly intelligent characters, they didn't seem to have arguments based on differing philosophies of life. It appeared that she was a wedding obsessed woman, who wasn't subtle enough to manipulate her man when he had some cold feet. Russel Crowe seemed like he didn't want to play it the way he did. At the end, if Salma's character would have tried to bed Russell again, because that's how those type of women are, if the script was true. They feel this sense of deprivation or entitlement that attracts them to those they can't have.
Maybe Salma could get a part in the next Master and Commander movie, if there is one, and have it out with Captain Jack.
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