This movie brought me back to the days of “Horatio Hornblower” type epics, and all the swash buckling on the high seas. The story is very good, but I wasn’t pulled into the film emotionally: maybe I was seeing this as a “guy flick”. Jack Aubrey had total control over his men and he noticed every aspect of the ship. If a man was out of line, he dealt with it on the spot and all on board saw the action he’d taken. He had a wonderful friendship with the ship’s doctor, and some of the best scenes were when the two of them played classical music together. The counterpoint of the rough men, fighting and bloodletting, to the music they played was lovely! Captain Aubrey misses his wife, Sophia intensely, but this is portrayed with elegant restraint. There are scenes that are almost breath taking: the ship with all sails up, with men and boys silhouetted against the sails, on the all of the cross bars, and many scenes on the Galapagos Islands. This isn’t a movie for young children, due to the realistic fighting and wounds shown on the men. There are no female speaking parts in this movie. Men will enjoy this movie, as well as women, if they enjoy making their men happy, just by going along!