The Bounty [DVD] [1984]

Very good film to understand about the British navy and how breadfruit was transported from Tahiti to Jamaica. As a teacher, it's excellent as entertainment and history for over-16s. The one drawback to the DVD is that there were no subtitles for English language students to enjoy more as the accents of Hopkin's Bligh (played brilliantly) and others are hard to pick up for EFL students. Despite this, it is great to use in teaching language and history in conjunction with the graded reader, as I did, to enhance understanding of the story. Wonderful atmospheric music by Vangelis and cinematography is A-1. The downside is that the script didn't show more of Tahitian society at the time and the Tahitians were portrayed too simplistically although the central theme of the film was the tension and arguments between Bligh and Fletcher Christian. Overall a hugely enjoyable watch. Hopkins is an absolute treat to watch as Bligh.

Great film, the best, most fair rendition of the Mutiny (yes, I've seen the Brando/Howard and the Gable/Haughton features) to date, with wonderful acting by Hopkins (why Gibson, that sour, antipodean England-hater, gets pride of place in the queries is beyond me, but there you are). Audio quality could indeed be better, but the film is certainly not unwatchable (but then I'm not a die-hard HD aficionado). The most terrible feature is the dreadful music, which sounds so terribly dated as to be almost ridiculous. If ever the film company that owns the rights to this film should decide to restore it audiovisually, it would help very much to have the LSO can some Korngold or Shostakovich film music instead of the electronic noodlings of Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, the hellenic cross between Demis Roussos and Rasputin, aka Vangelis.

As a genuine admirer of William Bligh I found this more sympathetic treatment of the man very much to my liking and I couldn't imagine a better actor to portray this 'flawed' hero more realitically than Anthony Hopkins whom I found to be totally believable in the role. He brought real gravitas to the part.Regardless of the poor modern-day DVD transfer of the original print (it came across better years ago on some good quality VHS videos which were around in the early 1990's) I think the high production values are still evident and the film crew all took it very seriously. The actual cinematography is wonderful and, contrary to several reviews here, I find the score by Vangelis works extremely well, conveying, as it does, the gravity as well as the pathos of the various elements of the story.One of my favourite film treatments of any true-life story.

There is something I can't quite put my finger on that causes me to feel there is something lacking in this version of the Mutiny on the Bounty. The cast is first rate, but, well I think its partly Mel Gibson playing Fletcher Christian that turns me off slightly. The sequences at sea, which I found so good in the 2nd version, (Trevor Howard as Bligh), are not so good. Also the wide screen format on my version ended up as a reduced size picture in the centre of my TV screen, which spoilt it. I changed the settings to enlarge but with very little change; which is shame as this film needs a large screen.

Another version of the Mutiny on the Bounty event and the establishment of Pitcairn as an eventual British colony. This is better than the original 1932 version in my opinion, but not as good as the earlier 1960s version with Marlon Brando.

A family favourite with excellent scenery, masterful acting, stellar cast and the best Captain Bligh I have experienced.Bought second hand from a charity who considered a scratched DVD and greasy fingerprints as 'in very good condition ' when it is most definitely not.

A classic tale of seafaring. Anthony Hopkins nails it. capt Bligh was an extra ordinary navigator for his time. Conditions were very hard, This movie does portray that very well. This was a present, but I have seen this movie and other versions many times. Enjoy.

Bought it to show my son some of the History of his fathers side of the family