Andy Hilal (ahilal)

This is a great, great, great, great, great, great movie!! Awesome mix of seamanship, early life sciences, period notes from the Napoleonic wars, and action! Pacing superb. Writing fantastic. Performances uniformly brilliant. Every time I watch it I notice something new and don't want it to end.

A little more entertaining than the first one, perhaps. More back lore, more creature effects. And an interspecies sex scene, wooo!

What an indelible character is Max Fischer. He's like a midlife crisis before he's even lost his virginity: all early promise that turns to nothing when the rubber meets the road. This film is wonderfully balanced and masterfully made. It's hilarious, inspiring, tragic by turns. It makes me laugh and cry and cheer and shake my head, sometimes all at once. The soundtrack is also amazing.

A beautiful film with a beautiful cast and a beautiful score. Humorous, sensual, sinister, passionate, tragic... It's also that rare case where the film is better than the book.