I've seen countless films and this is one of my personal favorite films for some odd reason. I could watch it over and over and never get bored of it. But why hasn't there been a sequel further entailing the adventures of Jack Aubrey?
I know the author died but surely he left a legacy of other stories and adventures.
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This is a mystery to all fans of this movie. I can watch it over and over as well and gave it 10/10.
shareI think I read somewhere that the movie didn't make as much money as they would have liked, probably because it caters to a niche audience of sailors, grognards and history buffs. My dad, brother and I all loved it but we just happen to be interested in ships and military history. Not many of my peers feel the same way so, based on the box office, the producers, studio, etc. probably didn't think it'd be worth it to continue the series.
shareThe biggest single reason was that it wasn't a smash at the box office.
And the O'Brian fandom wasn't totally wild about the film, every fan I spoke to agreed that the film was okay overall, but they'd totally missed on the characterization of Dr. Maturin, and that they would have done better to make a straight adaptation of "Desolation Island" anyway. So in Hollywood terms, the sequel wouldn't have been very "pre-sold", and that's what they like to see before funding an expensive project.
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Because Peter Weir and Samuel Goldwyn Jr had done what they wanted to do with the material and moved on. So had the cast,,which they had taken literally years to put together. Even if M&C had made more money than it did, it couldn't have been repeated to anything like the same standard - you'd have had a hack director and whatever actors the studio could dredge up.
sharethe cast... had taken literally years to put togetherI recently watched this film with the "making of" notes on the Blur-Ray and there I learned that the filmmakers took great pains to hire supporting actors, bit players and extras who somehow had "eighteenth century faces", even using as their guide daguerreotypes of British fishermen from the 1840s. share
Because most of times the sequels are dreadfully bad and they also ruin the 1st classic as well. Some movies should remain "sequel-less" forever to keep their beauty intact always and to remain the one of a kind.
shareI would love to see a sequel, after all the captain of the Acheron did get away...
sharei wish there was a 2nd too
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