Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Chris Hemsworth , Brendan Gleeson , Cillian Murphy , Ben Whishaw , Tom Holland, Benjamin Walker , Paul Anderson , Joseph Mawle , Jamie Sives , Michelle Fairley
Plot: This movie is based on the book "In the Heart of the Sea" by Nathaniel Philbrick. Set in the year 1820, Captain George Pollard, Jr. (Benjamin Walker), first mate Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth), second mate Matthew Joy (Cillian Murphy), and cabin boy Thomas Nickerson (Tom Holland) are on a voyage in their whaleship Essex. The whaling ship is preyed upon by a large bull sperm whale, who eventually strikes it and the crew is left stranded at the sea for 90 days over a thousand miles from home. Things turn ghastly as the crew sails for South America but under the circumstances is forced to turn cannibalistic.
My Movie Review: The movie is sailing too deep in the sea causing it to sink despite of the good acting. In The Heart Of The Sea is a captivating film due to it's incredible story and stunning visuals showing larger than life whales and sinking big ships but I'm not sure what happen towards the middle where they didn't show the cannibalism parts it lessens the experience. Hard to see but that's the essence of a good film embracing it's own story. I like the scene were the smallest member of the crew went inside the whale to retrieve oil.
My Favorite Term: Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick is the story of a captain driven mad in his pursuit of a whale. But, as Ron Howard's In the Heart of the Sea reveals, the events that inspired Herman Melville were even more terrifying. But much more than that, Moby-Dick became a kind of modern American myth, woven around the legendary battle between man and whale, incarnate in the figure of Captain Ahab. The monomaniacal commander of the Pequod goes in search of the fantastical White Whale which had “dismasted” him, biting off his leg. Now Ahab scours the South Seas, seeking revenge on the gigantic creature.
Source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/in-the-heart-of-the-sea/moby-dick-true-story-whales-facts/
My Favorite Term: Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick is the story of a captain driven mad in his pursuit of a whale. But, as Ron Howard's In the Heart of the Sea reveals, the events that inspired Herman Melville were even more terrifying. But much more than that, Moby-Dick became a kind of modern American myth, woven around the legendary battle between man and whale, incarnate in the figure of Captain Ahab. The monomaniacal commander of the Pequod goes in search of the fantastical White Whale which had “dismasted” him, biting off his leg. Now Ahab scours the South Seas, seeking revenge on the gigantic creature.
Source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/in-the-heart-of-the-sea/moby-dick-true-story-whales-facts/
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