Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: Shot by accident

[@Uajd-hb1qs]

Saying “I’ll have to study some pictures” was the 18th century equivalent of saying “I’ll have to google it first”.

[@piranhaattack4836]

“First just let me watch this tutorial video and we’ll get started” The patient: NOOOOOOO

[@Uajd-hb1qs]

@@piranhaattack4836 It’s a time sensitive surgery and two unskipable 3 minute ads come on

[@wordwyrd]

Modern surgeons often do exactly that when about to perform a less common procedure.

[@FerretJohn]

Higgins was what was known as a Loblolly Boy, essentially the Doctors assistant, today he'd be known as a Medical Assistant or Corpsman. Maturin had two assistants, Higgins and the big guy Padeen, though Higgins was the more medically skilled of the two, he could do simple first aid, stitch wounds, and remove limbs, Padeen was used more for caring for the invalids and restraining uncooperative patients.

[@Alastair_]

The scene later on in the movie where the marine looks over during the boarding action and sees the Doctor and smiles, that scene hits hard. He must have felt so guilty but to see him fighting meant he was all fine.

[@JOXCY]

Absolutely criminal that this film never got a sequel. It was so unfortunate to have been sandwiched between Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean. We'll never get a sea epic like this ever again.

[@pumpkinhill4570]

I’m still hoping for more Hornblower films.

[@willlwill4860]

@@pumpkinhill4570 SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

[@Fuhrious]

Prequel in the works!!

[@CrazySC833]

@@Fuhrious REALLY?! Source?!

[@CrazySC833]

I agree!!!! EXTREMELY well done this film. MUCH better than that fantasy crap.

[@genuinesaucy]

Only two things a sailor truly fears: scurvy, and the death of the ship's surgeon.

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

A close third the anger of the cook. You do not want that, trust me.

[@brutusmuerto]

@@The_Daily_Tomato Never EVER F* with the cook.

[@seaghanobuadhaigh8240]

And VD

[@ironcito1101]

I hear fire aboard is very feared.

[@Blashmack]

Improved it for you: Scurvy, having the ship's surgeon operate on you, and the death of the ship's surgeon.

[@StopFlaggingVideos]

i laugh when he takes a small sip and gets ready to study, turns the page and whimpers in horror at how complicated it will actually be. we've all been there

[@duffman7065]

Same - meanwhile the poor doctor is lying there next to him like death warmed up.

[@MrShovelBottom]

2:14 "THERE IS NO MISTAKING IT! SHE IS A FRENCHIE!" When Master Allen says it, it only reinforces the frustration realizing how close they are.

[@MrShovelBottom]

@liversuccess1420 I love all of his call outs.

[@LicardoDeBousee]

The score in this scene is incredible. It passionately conveys the sentiments of conflict in Aubrey’s mind and heart. Does he go for the Acheron? Or do what he knows is right and take the actions to save the life of their ship’s beloved doctor? Aubrey understands that he has the Acheron in his sights for the taking but feels zealously conflicted with the wounding and close-to-death status of his dear friend. He understands that saving his life wasn’t just critical to the survival of his men as the ship’s surgeon, but to their overall morale of the crew also. He gave up the prize for the good of what was right even if it costed him his ordered goal of taking The Acheron from his commanders above him. That not only takes guts, but an immense amount of pride and sense of duty.

[@kamdenbarclay486]

The name of the music here is the adagio from the Concerto Grosso written by Corelli. It was the perfect music for the scene, exactly melancholic, entirely contemplative and sweet.

[@ajohncant]

To add to the amount of guts needed to land and save Maturin, Aubrey could have been court martialled and shot for not doing his utmost to sink, burn, take, or destroy the Acheron, subject to the requirements of the service.

[@aaaa.6430]

Pure and beautiful friendship 💙💙💙

[@TheCoolProfessor]

"Do you not know that in the service, one must always choose the lesser of two weevils?"

[@RUdigitized]

I always liked how the marine Was genuinely sorry from the beginning

[@bodavidson2804]

Can't imagine the guilt he was feeling

[@CProductU]

It's nice Pippin was there to give some positive encouragement and some food 1:40.

[@ActBreaker]

Billy Boyd!!

[@thomasfreitag7220]

The captain is a true friend

[@KaifongChang]

It was not until he realize he could lost a true friend, can he finally came over his pride of pursuing the Aceron.

[@TheBcambron]

A masterpiece. One of my favorite threads is Mr. Blakeney (that lost an arm) especially with his prowess in battle.

[@keedybrown2007]

This film was amazing in every respect.

[@marianoismann7227]

Oh my ... how I love this movie. An underrated MASTERPIECE !!!!

[@MrDavei47]

I hope you don’t mind me asking, what is the name of the tune in this part of the film when dr is gravelly ill I love so much this music

[@marianoismann7227]

@@MrDavei47 Sure! That´s the "Corelli Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8, Christmas Concerto - Adagio".

[@aaaa.6430]

It is not about a ship, it is about friendship

[@anonymousf454]

This dude thought he was gonna shoot a bird out of the air, darting in and out of the ship's rigging with a dam musket ball....lol what is he freekin Annie Oaklie..😂

[@Martin_Vienna]

What a beautiful Scene about friendship

[@darkestunborn]

Brings me to tears every time.

[@HandOftehEmpirez]

True love for ones friend

[@ewjiml]

Apparently, sailors back in those days had words such as “Damn it,” censored so their poor ears wouldn’t hurt. That’s sucks.

[@Swarm509]

Censored Damn it, but shows a man getting shot...

[@Sigma0283]

An albatross was considered good luck for sailors, while killing one spells doom and despair.

[@Mourtzouphlos240]

Absolutely the right choice to make. The Enemy ship had twice their number in guns and men. They didn't have any great tactical advantage and even if, by some miracle, they kill or capture the Aceron and only lose half their men doing it, they would lose half their men again to disease or wounds without their surgeon on the trip back to England. And then when everyone finds out he should have let him go an ocean and continent ago, first he would be keel-hauled, then court martialed, then keel-hauled again. And his best friend would be dead.

[@mwnciboo]

Officers were not keel hauled.

[@Pikkabuu]

@@mwnciboo The crew doesn't care about that.

[@PsychicIsaacs]

😂😂😂 I was a pirate surgeon in my past life. Agreed!

[@Retro-Future-Land]

Kinda BS on the third paragraph, there's no way a commissioned naval officer would be keelhauled. Cashiered and kicked out maybe. But not keelhauled etc.

[@Mourtzouphlos240]

@@Retro-Future-Land Tell that to the crew.

[@xe2594]

the bleep at the start makes this so funny

[@darkestunborn]

This scene always brings me to tears. The simple words, "my friend" always come to mind.

[@joelgastelu136]

Una maravilla de película

[@thehappy_spearman1389]

No Seńor, it is a PERFECT movie.

[@joelgastelu136]

@@thehappy_spearman1389 agree!!!

[@sandman9021]

2:45 tremenda escena se puede ver como extraña al doctor y reflexiona la decisión entre,dejar el akeron o salvar a su amigo,prefiriendo a su amigo y llevándolo a las galápagos,escena de lealtad, honor, valentía.una película de culto sin duda alguna una magnífica joya.

[@ajedreznoventa]

totalmente de acuerdo!

[@thedoctor4327]

Well someone didn’t read “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” it seems 😉

[@HeardItOnTheX]

What if Coleridge was O'Brian's inspiration, I wonder?

[@tinaperez7393]

Was thinking the same. Although this other commenter is saying could've been O'Brien's nod to Cooleridge's famous story. That would make sense! It's the sailor/s that should've known better - Cooleridge might've come after them but still wasn't there a seafaring superstition already as well to never go after the albatrosses. Still, must've been done many times. And always with the subsequent bad luck of course! 😜

[@holdencawffle626]

What does that mean?

[@mikel6237]

Most people haven't read it, myself included. But I'm a big fan of the iron maiden song and do know they say albatross in there

[@wilmetteentwistle9242]

And I had done a hellish thing, And it would work 'em woe For all averred, I had killed the bird That made the breeze to blow....

[@Acc0rd79]

Flog that man for even waving a gun around so many people. Holy cow!

[@vishnu79]

It's a bit more complicated than that, unfortunately. That marine was an officer, a Captain of Marines, likely either a nobleman or well-connected to have been able to purchase/gotten his commission, and was the commanding officer of the ship's Marine detachment. There is literally almost no chance that he would have ever been flogged for what happened. Hanged or shot, maybe, after a suitable tribunal, but certainly not a tribunal conducted by the ship's captain aboard that same ship. Had Captain Aubrey had him flogged, you can be sure that it is highly likely that Captain Aubrey would have been censured, or possibly even relieved, upon reaching England.

[@Swarm509]

@@vishnu79 If I recall the Captain of the Marines was basically the same rank as the Captain of the ship, and nearly as important. He couldn't take over a Navy Captains role and would follow his orders as commander of the ship, but he commanded a powerful force on said ship with the Marines who directly followed his orders. Either way he could be punished, but it would have to wait till they are back in England....

[@vishnu79]

@@Swarm509 Well, yes, and no. The (Naval) Captain of a ship is more of a title, than a rank. For example, one could rank as a Commander, but still be the ship's Captain, as in, the most senior Naval officer in the direct chain of command of that particular vessel. A Captain of Marines is a very specific rank. Now traditionally (and it is done in the film, as well, I might add) a ship can only have one man with the title of "Captain", whatever his rank, and so, other persons that might have a rank of "Captain" such as the Captain of Marines, is temporarily given (this is called being "brevetted") the next higher rank in their organization, in this case the rank of "Major". Rank conventions aside, a Marine officer will TECHNICALLY ALWAYS be outranked by a Naval Officer so long as that Marine is stationed onboard the Naval Officer's ship, and the Naval Officer is the Captain. You could have a Brigadier General of Marines onboard a ship, and if the ship's Captain happens to be ranked as a Lieutenant, then that Lieutenant will ALWAYS outrank that General, so long as they are aboard the Lieutenant's ship. Those are the rules. However, we then come to that thing that makes everything built by Man work, namely, politics. The General MIGHT be outranked by the Lieutenant aboard ship, but if the General wants to do something, let's say he happens to want to come onto the Lieutenant's bridge, he'll politely ask for permission before doing so, thus showing deference to and respect for, the Lieutenant's position and title (but NOT the Lieutenant's RANK). A wise Lieutenant, however, would NEVER think of denying the General's request, even though he has the right to do so, and might not want to talk to the General at that moment, because the General is undoubtedly connected to the overall military hierarchy and organization at a MUCH higher level than he is, and can cause a LOT more problems for him, even if only indirectly. The General in the situation as described above cannot (under most circumstances) give orders to the Lieutenant, and a smart General will not try, but he CAN and WILL give "advice" if he think's it's called for. A smart Lieutenant will carefully listen to, and give good consideration to, any "advice" the General may happen to give, even if he doesn't really have to, according to the rules. The Lieutenant may ultimately decide to disregard the General's advice, but a smart Lieutenant will ALWAYS at least make it look like he gave some thought to whatever the General said. Because appearances matter. Now this plays into what we see in the movie not so much because there is any question as to whether or not Captain Aubrey has the right and authority to have the Marine Captain/Major flogged. He actually does, and could do that. It's just that Captain Aubrey would NEVER give that order, and any man that had made it to the rank of Commander (which is Captain Aubrey's actual rank) and had been given a ship (and thus the title of Captain) to command would know better than to even imagine doing so under anything but the most dire of circumstances. Because of politics.

[@Spearca]

IIRC Aubrey begins the book series as a commander but is made captain in the second, before he gets _Surprise_ in the third.

[@astrotrek3534]

@@Spearca Technically he is a lieutenant on the first page, but he gets his promotion almost immediately.

[@benscampers1818]

"Sail on the horizon sir, running west... Bye sir" Translation: you're a dead man.

[@randomguy-xp7se]

Except he was a hell of a surgeon.

[@ewjiml]

More like all the men are dead. Without a proper war doc, they will die before he does.

[@JohnCampbell-rn8rz]

This is the one scene in the movie that doesn't ring true. No Marine would have been running around trying to shoot anything without orders from the ship's captain, much less taking potshots at a bird on the deck of a ship at war crowded with sailors.

[@mistermonologue2442]

Exactly right. Not on a leading nation's military ship...I even imagine most captains on general seafaring ships would have this guys head for trying that even if no one got hurt.

[@JohnCampbell-rn8rz]

@@mistermonologue2442 That was the part they left out of the movie. The Marine getting a good flogging, as was the custom in the Royal Navy in those days.

[@Master-Mirror]

Definitely agreed. It also stuck out a bit that the Marine Captain isn't punished for this at all. Hell he doesn't even appear to lose any standing as he continues to stand among the officers for the rest of the movie with nary a resentful glance from them. They underplay just how serious a mistake this was on his part. The movie is of course still wonderful, but this did raise a bit of an eyebrow.

[@JohnCampbell-rn8rz]

@@Master-Mirror Exactly. It just threw a bit of a shadow over a great movie. Apparently so we could have the scene of the doctor operating on himself. They could have left the whole episode out and not altered the story line one iota.

[@Master-Mirror]

​@@JohnCampbell-rn8rzOh I don't really mind the 'Maturin gets shot' plotline. Just could have been handled better. First off by not having the Marine senior officer be the one to shoot him, but instead some particularly undisciplined lower ranked Marine who gets punished for it off screen.

[@orakelgottes]

Always make sure that there is no obstacle between your muzzle and target in the line of fire

[@Captainkebbles1392]

best scene in the film. i LOVE their friendship I also love how the Marine is slowly going stricken with guilt And who is first to check on the dear doctor? Just wonderful relationships all around

[@annteve]

The chain-of-command and the order it brought to the vast complexity of not just sailing a ship of war-knowing every part, its use, limits and repair, and all the materials of which it was comprised, marlinspike and nautical seamanship, gunnery and fighting-meeting the incredible and myriad challenges of nature and war is to be marvelled at. Duty in the face of death; steadfast honour, for a few sovereigns and rations of rums.

[@rc59191]

Bad luck to shoot a seabird.

[@ryanwalker4618]

HARK!

[@ayframe4202]

How did they afford Russell Crowe for a gun safety ad?

[@saintkartano]

Muzzle discipline.

[@elxaime]

I'd rate this film right there with Stanley Kubrick's The Duellists in capturing beautifully the ambiance and feel of Napoleonic times.

[@michaelscovell193]

Kubrick didn't make The Duellists tho, Ridley Scott did

[@elxaime]

@@michaelscovell193 haha my bad. That actually makes things worse. Ridley had the ability to repeat the magic but face-planted instead.

[@mikeburch2998]

Does anyone know what that dish in the silver serving utensil was? It was being served to the officers and divided into six servings.

[@Melkur1981]

You may have already found the answer, but it's a variation of Cheese on Toast.

[@kamdenbarclay486]

​@@Melkur1981 it is as you said, toasted cheese. It was a particular favorite of the captain and the doctor on many a evening. While the cheese lasted of course.b

[@BGSKYDUDE]

It's funny how Captain Jack decided to change into dress uniform before checking on the doc :D

[@Captainkebbles1392]

Good eye! It's an editing thing The longer scene Jack ordered them to turn around as he is walking back off the bow He then goes to see Steven Then spends time looking at the instruments waiting for them to get to the islands, the scene playing more as 'god I hope we make it in time" thing He then checks on him one final time after preparing to go ashore, hence why the uniform is the same as the beach But it was changed to give the scene more "will he won't he "tension and be more heart warming

[@oldmate3152]

"bad luck to kill a seabird"

[@ijunkie]

@2:40 bromance. can't live without your best mate.

[@oneproblemcanttrustanyone.9489]

captin: note to self bring more doctors on board

[@Tadicuslegion78]

I still can't believe this movie somehow managed to get approved to film at the Galapagos islands

[@MusicFed]

why this movie hasn't been released in 4K is beyond me...

[@nl-oc9ew]

Funny, this is the second time he's been shot and lived. Sharpe didn't kill him either.

[@JnEricsonx]

Both times in the same area too! In the same rough time period!

[@ironcito1101]

How were they not constantly bumping their huge pointy hats into everything? 😅 Seriously, though, what a great movie. It's a shame that it didn't start a whole franchise. There is certainly enough source material. Perhaps some day.

[@jamesbrindley649]

As a guy who has had six surgeries in my life so far ... I don't know how people faced surgery in the 18th century. Pain tolerances must have been off the scale.

[@toto__1926]

i love thess parts 1:18, 2:41

[@garystarr448]

A fine movie

[@JoeMama-dt4jg]

Don’t shoot an albatross. It’s bad luck…guess this fellow didn’t know that

[@Scriptum_1]

That man was wearing a red coat, probably wasn't a sea man

[@Swarm509]

@@Scriptum_1 Didn't Marine's of this time think of themselves more as typical infantry that happened to be on the ship?

[@Scriptum_1]

@@Swarm509 There's a huge difference between _infantry_ consisting of a couple of years of service and those ones who spent their entire life since childhood (as shown here with the kids) on the ship

[@laurasaxon694]

The bleeped out profanity at the start of the clip makes it all the more hilarious. I love how Stephen slowly collapses after Mr. Howard shoots him and then Mr. Howard figures out fairly quickly that something's gone wrong and goes to check on Stephen and then Jack comes along as well and has Higgins sent for. They don't show how long it took to get Stephen below, but the level of detail that went into him looking poorly after the shooting, including him sweating and Padeen hovering over him was very well done. Higgins was not very confident. I wouldn't have wanted him as my assistant. He doesn't come out and say he's not confident, but you get it when he says that he has to study the doctor's books to get his bearings. Jack doesn't change expression, but you can tell that he's not best pleased with what Higgins just said. I also love how Higgins is sitting next to Stephen's hammock and studying the book. The makeup department did a great job in making Stephen look pale and sickly the further out from the shooting he was. The addition of the musical theme that Stephen and Jack played at the beginning of the movie was very well done, too and the way Jack is in his cabin looking at the cello or whatever the instrument is that Stephen plays. I also love how Jack smiles at Stephen when they're taking him to his tent after they go ashore.

[@nrsrymj]

Is this a perfect movie?

[@Swarm509]

The interesting thing is it appears nobody said anything to stop the Captain from returning to the islands for the doctor, or that they have a duty to go after the French ship no matter what. You can see it when he is asked if they should beat to quarters and he leaves the deck, they are all thinking the same thing about Stephen. It seems the entire crew was happy, or at least OK with, turning back to save the one mans life who had probably saved many of theirs. That is something quite profound.

[@aaaa.6430]

1:26 😂 🤭🙈

[@marcmelander1815]

The 20 books are absolutely brilliant.

[@NoName-hl8wb]

To know when something is Not worth the price.

[@sas2300]

Of course its on the doctors account, apart from the captain the doctor on a ship of war was the next most important person by far. Whether in combat or not there were high rates of attrition amongst crews on ships in those days, without their doctor the majority of the crew would die before the ship ever got home to port again.

[@old_boy9030]

After the initial shock, if I were in Jack's position, I would've had that Marine flogged for reckless misuse of his firearm

[@vishnu79]

That marine was an officer, a Captain of Marines, likely either a nobleman or well-connected to have been able to purchase/gotten his commission, and was the commanding officer of the ship's Marine detachment. There is literally almost no chance that he would have ever been flogged for what happened. Hanged or shot, maybe, after a suitable tribunal, but certainly not a tribunal conducted by the ship's captain aboard that same ship. Had Captain Aubrey had him flogged, you can be sure that it is highly likely that Captain Aubrey would have been censured, or possibly even relieved, upon reaching England.

[@DaHuntsman1]

@@vishnu79 The Navy has always been the senior service in the British military, and the Royal Marines generally answered to the captain of the ship they were on. Captain Aubrey likely would have disciplined the Marine Captain (really should be referred to as Major as Marine Captains would get a courtesy promotion so as to avoid confusion with the Navy Captain) as it would have been well within his right too, especially since the victim was the Ships surgeon, arguably the second most important person aboard the ship other than the Captain himself, and i doubt the Admiralty would have blinked, the Marine shouldn't have been idiotically waving around a gun and shooting the ships surgeon to boot.

[@old_boy9030]

@@DaHuntsman1 my thoughts exactly. Even if express physical discipline such as that wasn't allowed at all, I'd still take him aside and give him the one of, if not THE sternest talking-to's in history, and assure him that the admiralty would be hearing about his stupidly reckless behavior if we survived to get back to England

[@Swarm509]

@@DaHuntsman1 Nailed it on the head, especially with a civilian specialist like the Surgeon serving on the ship. If he had died there would be hell to pay in England later.

[@quixoticfiend9274]

Captain Howard would have been cashiered for this in real life.

[@briantaylor9285]

Getting shot with a musket ball had to hurt.

[@JnEricsonx]

Considering that a musket ball is bigger than your average bullet, I'd say very much so.

[@edwardsisson3580]

Tis but a scratch.....😅

[@briantaylor9285]

@@edwardsisson3580 👀

[@KMDragonS]

It would be worse if that bullet was made of lead.

[@astrotrek3534]

@@JnEricsonx .65 caliber ball coming out of a brown bess

[@philoshaughnessy906]

I thought that sailors would be too superstitious to try and kill an albatross.

[@skepticseeker]

Bread and Baguette fighting unnecessary wars....!

[@marianovaliente2103]

Pero que burrete señor.un capitán de la infantería de marina del rey por dios!!! Casi mata al doctor por accidente.

[@holdencawffle626]

Study some pictures?

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

Fun fact - the marine is played by a young Dick Chaney.

[@Alihanko-jc3zy]

I never understood why Captain Howard wasn't punished following this incident

[@bernardus4646]

Maybe people were more understanding of accidents.

[@Alihanko-jc3zy]

@@bernardus4646 maybe!

[@PoleVault]

I just watched it finally. I understand now why it flopped. Pretty lackluster film.

[@efraim3364]

*DO NOT SHOOT THE ALBOTROSS*

[@DocLeQuack]

Everytime he touches his face I fucking lose it with annoyance because obviously with modern medicine we know not to fucking do it.

[@fabiofilardi7736]

LEMBRO DAS PALAVRAS DO DR BONES MCOY, MÉDICO CURA- TE A TI MESMO.

[@KMDragonS]

0:14 ah, Oops

[@carloschu7127]

It is a long way to be a surgeon. By looking at anatomical pictures wont be enough. Medical students also need to study cadaveric dissections to obtain more 3D knowlege of human body.

[@acoupleofgsanrandaneaniandann]

Three cheers for Captain Obvious!

[@jesygalan1]

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Miramax Home Entertainment Universal Studios Home Entertainment

[@joewhitehead3]

Shoulda just let the bird be

[@truthseeker9117]

Any funny Pippin comments?

[@aaaa.6430]

Is it any possibility to survive such shot without proffesional health care? I mean sterile tools, antibiotics.

[@spoopy9689]

It is, the doctor had to do surgery on himself to get the piece of clothing out of the wound, they have to boil the tools to sterilize them as far as I know, he lives but I have no idea how they prevent infection.

[@blackened872]

Shouldn’t have been standing there.

[@aaaa.6430]

They should't hunt this bird

[@MainTopmastStaysail]

A ship full of hungry, bored and bloodthirsty European sailors was an extinction-level event for isolated islands. Guys like that Marine wiped out the dodo, the sea cow and the great auk.

[@atilax6452]

I know I would never have had the metal to b one of these boys. The gigantic see of centuries past, was just too fukking terrifying to me. God, how tough they were.