The Bounty

11/5/2023

When you already have a definitive version of a story on film (1935) it's always tough to remake it successfully. To be fair to Roger Donaldson, he has managed to come pretty close - and do far better than the 1962 iteration - with this well cast telling of a story of mutiny and brutality. It's told by way of a retrospective as Lord Hood (Lord Olivier) conducts an investigation into what happened aboard the ill-fated ship. Anthony Hopkins is the disciplinarian Lt. Bligh in charge of the glorified freighter "HMS Bounty" which is charged with heading to Tahiti to secure breadfruit trees that can be used to feed the slaves by the colonies in the West Indies. His second-in-command is the no-nonsense but eminently more fair Fletcher Christian (a competent effort from Mel Gibson) and as our jour

9/18/2025

**_The most accurate and realistic version of the infamous mutiny_** The 1935 black & White version of "Mutiny on the bounty" may have won an Oscar for Best Picture at the time, but will likely strike modern viewers as dated and unrealistic. Marlon Brando's 1962 remake is the most epic, captivating and compelling version. But Mel Gibson's 1984 version, simply called "The Bounty," is the most historically accurate and realistic cinematic version of the infamous mutiny. The Bounty mutiny story is so fascinating because it's TRUE (***SPOILER***): William Bligh, as acting captain, was sent on a mission in December 1787 to bring breadfruit plants from Tahiti back to Jamaica. Bligh intended on circumnavigating the globe in fulfilling the mission. Unfortunately he and his crew failed to get