Beat to Quarters- Master and commander

When you're at war and in doubt it's best to make ready.

I watch a hundred of war movies in my life, but this movie ist the best👍

Man that sound design when we're introduced to Jack. so good

Straight at em Sir!!!!!!

Great movie, we who worship the books were amazed! 10/ 10!

I love the sound of the drum.

This is my favorite film. I have seen it, literally, dozens of times. But, one of the things that has escaped me until this very moment is that Hollom was correct. He was the only one to actually notice something, even if he wasn't sure he had seen anything. Though he eventually hesitated, if he hadn't made those initial stirrings in the first place, which prompted Callamy, then the ship would have never gone to quarters and would have been completely unprepared for the engagement with Acheron.

Love this movie .

Poor Hollom

All I can say here is that when they finally get a clear look at the Acheron, all I could think is "Oh crap...they're fighting the Americans". Thankfully that wasn't the case. That would have made this movie painful to watch. Hopefully the War of 1812 is the last time that ever happens.

very exciting!

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One of the best scenes in any movie ever.

The Irony here is that even though the crew later thought Hollum cursed, and the reason for their misfortune, in spotting that ship when no one else did he actually saved countless lives.

We shall beat to quarters!

Hallways on a ship were all removable to be folded into the ceiling during action, I love the detail of the walls folding away around Jack as he walks through the boat.

I love the return of the king but this film is far far superior

This movie should be addressed to as Masterpiece, Master and Commander, I agree.
Sadly, shipmates, it didn't receive the additional tot of rum, nor was it mentioned in dispatches, but it nevertheless confims Lord Nelson's words!
A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators!!!
Hip-hip!!! Hip-hip!!! Hip-hip!!!

Movies like this with zero female roles don’t win beat picture

In the book the phantom is American (Yankee built kinda references that in the movie) but that never wouldve played with American audiences so it was changed from War of 1812 to Napoleanic wars

We should beat to quarters~~!!!

"WE SHALL BEAT TO QUARTERS!!!"

Hollom is so terrified of making the "wrong" decision he can't make any decision at all, which is, in its own way, worse

Hearing the drums, the men prepare to fight, and the doctor prepares to operate. Right in this early scene, the movie tells you combat isn't pretty.

Long we’ve tossed on the rolling main, now we’re safe ashore Jack….
Don’t forget your old ship mate. Folly folly, folly, folly, rydo 🇬🇧

This scene is one of 500 reasons I love this film.

Best historical fiction film ever made.

It is a masterpiece

the first 5 minutes of this movie so incredibly well illustrates the life on board a frigate during the Napoleonic Wars. The details you see during the crewman inspecting the ship at night; little things like the Marine outside the Captains Cabin being rather sleepy at that time of night; the kegs of supplies and the animals there for food and so on. The hammocks all clustered together; slowly swinging with the movement of the ship. And so on.

What a lot of the commenters are missing is that in addition to Hollum’s possible sighting of the Acheron through the fog, earlier the lookout on the bow had reported possibly hearing a bell indicative of a passing ship. Hollum had then instructed Callamy to take a sounding (“Five fathoms”) and a sediment sample (“Sand and broken shell”) to determine if the ship was approaching a coral reef and rule out the possibility that the bell was a reef marker. It always bugged me that this wasn’t reported to the Captain as well and it should have provided Hollum more encouragement that beating to quarters was a sound course of action.

Superb film in many ways. Grossly underappreciated at the time. Naval combat, musical score, acting, cinematography, all at the highest level. And Darwinism too.

It’s he’s wrong , just call it a drill 🤷🏻‍♂️

"We shall be to quarters". A beat is something else in sailing.....

Look at it this way, you call Beat to Quarters and it turns out to be nothing but "smoke & mirrors", the good news is you just gave everyone a great drill and you can evaluate performance based on your call. Now if it turns out to be enemy contact, then you were prepared to fight, either way, you made a good call.

Your officer of the watch, Hollom you must make a decision, we shall beat to quarters

Later in the film when they vilify this character called him bad luck they seem to forget the only reason they're around to do that is because he initially raised the alarm that saved them.
Seems to me he's a good luck charm to have about.

Back before the internet they had to beat to quarters.

Never had to deal with the size of wood splinters these sailors did.

It's better to be angry and tired than to be dead. Always beat to quarters if you think an enemy ship is nearby.

God that movie sucked. 🥱

As stated later in the movie men want to see their officers leading them and not being hesitant since they know that a moment of indecision can see them getting killed. Oh and above all make a decision because the worst thing you can do is not make a decision since speed is everything in early 1800 naval combat.

Great movie

We shall be to quarters. Not “beat.”

All of this history, the ships of the French and the English; the treasures, are strewn all around Nova Scotia.

This movie is so good.

As good as war movie as you'll ever see!