In the Heart of the Sea

December. 11,2015      PG-13
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In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.

Chris Hemsworth as  Owen Chase
Benjamin Walker as  George Pollard
Cillian Murphy as  Matthew Joy
Brendan Gleeson as  Old Thomas Nickerson
Ben Whishaw as  Herman Melville
Michelle Fairley as  Mrs. Nickerson
Tom Holland as  Young Thomas Nickerson
Paul Anderson as  Thomas Chappel
Frank Dillane as  Owen Coffin
Joseph Mawle as  Benjamin Lawrence

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Reviews

GrimPrecise
2015/12/11

I'll tell you why so serious

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Voxitype
2015/12/12

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

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Jenna Walter
2015/12/13

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

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Scarlet
2015/12/14

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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paulclaassen
2015/12/15

Some amazing shots unfortunately does not compensate this film for being slow moving and ultimately quite depressing. I do realize this is based on fact and it must have been depressing for those involved. From an entertainment perspective, it simply is not entertaining. Jumping back and forth in time also kills the suspense. Being a box office flop despite all the big names, i'm sure I'm not the only one feeling this way...

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TanQ
2015/12/16

I'm a sailor and being a sailor I love sailing movies. I also loved Moby Dick, a book that's touching, humorous, thrilling and a deep exploration of the human condition. I was excited to finally get a chance to watch this film, thinking it was an adaptation of that great book. Within the first few lines of dialogue I thought, wait a minute, this writing is terrible. Then I realized this wasn't Moby Dick.The story of the Essex, the whaling ship that inspired Moby Dick, is a harrowing tale of survival. In the Heart of the Sea is not that story. Instead, it's a bland and meandering tale. I don't know how they managed to take a survival story with truly horrifying elements and reduced it to this CGI screensaver but I have some suspicions. Ron Howard should have been my first warning. He's a director that could make the Battle of Stalingrad feel like two hours waiting in a cafeteria line. It's truly appalling. Anyone who's been on a sailboat knows how dynamic the experience can be. They also know how sedate it can feel, as well. Howard focuses on the sedate. He truly has no idea what to do with drama and I can't understand how people keep letting him direct things. Instead of depth and subtlety, we get pedestrian and direct. Another problem is Chris Hemsworth. Hemsworth is the perfect superhero actor. His ability to spout throwaway catchphrases is commendable. His attempts at drama, awkward at best. I would like to think that part of the problem was the script, it's just awful. But better actors have done more with less. Nicholas Cage can turn crap into gold. Hemsworth just looks confused and unsure of himself. He may become a great actor, but I think he'll have to find a direction other than drama. People may defend this film, although I don't know how. I think the biggest flaw was they tried to take a harrowing tale and turn it into a popcorn adventure story. It just doesn't work. When I think of other true stories done far, far better I think of Alive, the 1993 film of a plane crash in the Andes - a gripping tale that gets over the action filled plane crash and focuses on the survivors actions until their rescue. Even Blind Spot. Hitler's Secretary, a documentary where an old woman talks for an hour and a half in a monotone in German was far more gripping than In the Heart of the Sea. Thinking about this, I now think I understand the greatest problem with Howard's film. It tries so hard to give itself some sense of importance by dwelling too much on it's connection with Melville's masterpiece. It forces the whaling aspect of the film while completely missing out on what whaling was all about. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that no one connected with this film had actually read Moby Dick. If they did, they would realize how much of the book is on whaling and why. I'm sure Howard just looked and thought "Moby Dick is a story about whaling so we have to have whaling stuff." He completely misses that Moby Dick is a story about revenge and madness but the Essex is a story about survival. So instead of the survival we get this forced connection with Moby Dick. It's dull, rambling and pointless. Skip this movie.

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PWNYCNY
2015/12/17

A prequel to a work of fiction. The conflict between the captain and first mate, mentioned near the beginning of the movie is not borne out by the rest of the movie. In fact, all the characters are secondary to the whale whose presence dominates the story. It's all about the whale that refuses to die and trashes an entire ship. The movie does a good job in depicting the challenges associated with whaling and why it was such an important industry. Chris Hemsworth offers an excellent portrayal of the first mate, Chase, who is at odds with the captain, Pollard, who got the job through nepotism. The movie tries to play up the class differences separating the two men, but the captain isn't arrogant enough nor the first mate resentful enough to generate any intense drama. Whether all the crew will survive is another question, and it is that aspect of the story that gives the movie its dramatic power. These men risked their lives to fuel the country and were the heroes of their time. The movie shows that and for that reason is worth watching.

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gloriahur
2015/12/18

Based on the true story of the Essex, this movie depicts the physical and mental conditions of the crew very well with magnificent visual effects that are not exaggerated and realistic. The first half of the movie shows the conflict between Chase and Pollard when Pollard, who is not experienced in the whaling business but is from a prestigious family, becomes the captain of the ship instead of Chase, whose dream was to become a captain. Chase actually was promised to get the position this time, but was put off due to his status in the society. This illustrates the social inequality at that time.The second half of the movie becomes much more intense and turns on to the human instinct of survival. Although the action that was shown in the trailer was very brief, the stillness and the emptiness of the sea after the destruction of the ship is emphasized more through the contrast between the scenes. Everything becomes much more depressing and tiring and the image made me feel as if I was also lost in the sea. The fear and the despair of the lost crew is well portrayed through the great acting and the plot doesn't lose focus until the end of the movie. Some scenes of the movie, although realistic, were quite shocking, and the scenes when Chase looked into the whale's eye and didn't kill it, and when someone said that oil was found in the ground lingered in my mind for a while.

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