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In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Director: Ron Howard
Writer: Charles Leavitt(screenplay & story)
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson
Length: 2h 2min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Litterary Biography
Rating: PG-13
Synopsis: In 1850 the young author, Herman Melville travels to Nantucket to interview the last surviving member of the ill fated Essex wailing ship that encountered a giant white whale in the 1820s. Melville's novel will latter become the classic, Moby Dick.
1850's...This sounds like a great premise: we get Melville in the 1850s interviewing a reclusive, lone alcoholic survivor of the Essex, who suffers from guilt and can't bring himself to tell the horrible truth of what happened. Seems there's been a white wash and the truth of the giant white whale and the fate of the Essex's crew has been hidden from the public.
1820's...We then get most of the story as a flashback which takes us on the original journey of the Essex's as it sails out of Nantucket and around the horn of South America. Finally it enters deep uncharted territories, thousands of mile away from land in the middle of the Southern Pacific Ocean.
Cultural clashes...We see the hostility between the first mate who was born to a poor landsmen and only through adoption was able to become an officer aboard a whaling ship...and...the young captain on his first sailing voyage, who hails from a family known for famous captains. His is a life of high wealth and prestige. The two class violently.
The story of course is the actual events as told to Melville about the sinking of the Essex by a giant white whale and the survival of the men . Some of this is based on historical fact.
Blame Ron Howard....This sounds great but Ron Howard ruins the movie with ultra quick headache-inducing cuts, that during the action sequences are cut at 1 to 3 second intervals. The CG effects are so totally over the top as to look like a video game movie made for teens. And maybe it was. It's a formulated, typical Hollywood, gee-whiz CG movie. Blah!
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Director: Ron Howard
Writer: Charles Leavitt(screenplay & story)
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson
Length: 2h 2min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Litterary Biography
Rating: PG-13
Synopsis: In 1850 the young author, Herman Melville travels to Nantucket to interview the last surviving member of the ill fated Essex wailing ship that encountered a giant white whale in the 1820s. Melville's novel will latter become the classic, Moby Dick.
1850's...This sounds like a great premise: we get Melville in the 1850s interviewing a reclusive, lone alcoholic survivor of the Essex, who suffers from guilt and can't bring himself to tell the horrible truth of what happened. Seems there's been a white wash and the truth of the giant white whale and the fate of the Essex's crew has been hidden from the public.
1820's...We then get most of the story as a flashback which takes us on the original journey of the Essex's as it sails out of Nantucket and around the horn of South America. Finally it enters deep uncharted territories, thousands of mile away from land in the middle of the Southern Pacific Ocean.
Cultural clashes...We see the hostility between the first mate who was born to a poor landsmen and only through adoption was able to become an officer aboard a whaling ship...and...the young captain on his first sailing voyage, who hails from a family known for famous captains. His is a life of high wealth and prestige. The two class violently.
The story of course is the actual events as told to Melville about the sinking of the Essex by a giant white whale and the survival of the men . Some of this is based on historical fact.
Blame Ron Howard....This sounds great but Ron Howard ruins the movie with ultra quick headache-inducing cuts, that during the action sequences are cut at 1 to 3 second intervals. The CG effects are so totally over the top as to look like a video game movie made for teens. And maybe it was. It's a formulated, typical Hollywood, gee-whiz CG movie. Blah!