Hottoceame
The Age of Commercialism
Bea Swanson
This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
Cristal
The movie really just wants to entertain people.
calorne
There was no spirit to this film. It was watchable, but not in any way compelling. If the intention was for viewers to feel some emotion with regard to what was said at the inquiry at the end then the film did not achieve that aim in my view, as it made no difference to me either way.For a far better tale of fishermen in the relatively recent past I would suggest Perfect Storm which drew me into the story completely.
sadaomuraki
I cannot understand why it was a commercial failure. Great story script and casting. Some people can argue that the rhythm is a little bit slow. However, three months floating in a lifeboat seems to be almost impossible to bear. This is not an action movie. This is an history of tragedy, point-break, survival, honor, and a great homage to Herman Melville and his masterpiece, Moby Dick. Many people who didn't read yet the novel will be undoubtedly interested to do it after watching this movie.
Emma
This movie was pretty darn good. I thought that it was a little sad when the people harpooned the mama whale who was trying to get away to protect its baby, but then again, its life so that happens. I was excited when the giant whale came in to save the day but then just wished it would go away when it kept bothering the already ship-wrecked people. It was very disturbing when they had to eat a person, and then pulled sticks to see who would be killed and eaten next. Over all this movie was a 9/10 I would recommend this to anyone who likes a roller-coaster of a movie and a great story!
morrison-dylan-fan
After watching the marvellous 1976 film Bartleby,I started looking for other Herman Melville-related projects. Trying to sail in a different direction to the famous productions of Moby Dick,I was intrigued to find a flick about the inspiration behind Melville's book,which led to me meeting the real Captain Ahab.The plot-1850:Wanting to build on the outline for his next set-at sea novel, author Herman Melville tracks down Thomas Nickerson,a former cabin boy who is the only living survivor of the sinking of the Essex. Pushed with money by Melville,Nickerson begins telling his tale.1820:Cashing in on the whale oil gold rush, whaling company includes some quick additions to the Essex so it can go whale hunting. Hiring Nickerson as a cabin boy,the company get Owen Chase as First Mate and George Pollard as Captain. Going deep into the Offshore Grounds,the crew try to catch a white whale,but fail to,and are left with a broken ship. Stranded in the middle of the sea,the crew enter the heart of darkness of the ocean.View on the film:Racing down from the race tracks of Rush with the same lead actor and cameraman,director Ron Howard & cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle ride the wave of "Golden Age" Hollywood epics, where sweeping crane shots over the beautiful Canary Islands and very well done earthy CGI make the ocean go as far across the screen as the eye can see.Harpooning the crew into the depths of the sea,Howard washes the bright blockbuster blue away for over saturated burning yellows and blood reds dehydrating any memory of adventure from the crew.Altering the fascinating real story behind Nickerson's autobiography (he wrote it in 1876,and it remained lost until 1960!) the screenplay by Charles Leavitt/ Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver brings to shore the friction Chase and Pollard over who should be the captain,whilst the crew keep their eyes on the task at hand. Carving out the boys own Adventure into incredibly dark themes that include suicide,the writers give the months lost at sea a real weight,where the dialogue,and the life drain out of the survivors.Reuniting with Howard, Chris Hemsworth gives Chase a salty gravitas,which Hemsworth uses as a uniting glue among the others. Following orders from Benjamin Walker's slick Pollard, Tom Holland wonderfully grinds down the wide-eyed innocence of young Nickerson,as he enters the belly of the beast.
