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Great Film overall

Boring

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

I think the movie was enjoyable enough from an entertainment standpoint, but I feel it's better to treat this as a complete work of fiction and refer people to the book. There's just too many things that are off for probably artistic and/or dramatic effect, but I feel the story was dramatic enough without all that. Read the book if you want to know the actual facts. I could give a laundry list of differences, but there are just TOO many.

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.

I am a huge fan of Moby Dick. I've taught it as a novel; I've read it several times. Its artistry is beyond measure. Herman Melville certainly knew his stuff when it came to whaling and the sea. Apparently, Melville gained his inspiration from a particular whaling voyage that produced fodder for his imagination. This film takes the fictional Melville back to the time where he heard the story of the white whale. If one looks at the book as the allegory it is, we put the stamp of whiteness and all the implications of the color (or lack of it) that it implies. This movie takes any artistry out of the story. Ahab lost his leg and pursues the elusive cetacean in the ultimate act of revenge. Here, a bunch of guys get in over their heads. They had an overzealous captain who simply was out for the commercial value of the animal. When the whale destroys the ship (they do give him supernatural powers) part of the crew is in whaleboats, trying to get someplace safe. Terrible things happen, including cannablism, and some manage to hold off their fates till they are rescued. But there is something dull about the pacing of the story. We aren't made privy to much of what goes on among them. There are the obligatory sacrifices that are not new to this genre. It's a decent movie, but a better script and some more personal depth would have helped.

Why the hell would anyone want to make a movie about how these stupid men try to kill one of the most beautiful creatures that existed The planet and are about to get FUC**NG extinct?? like what the hell......this happened about 100 years ago, and they made a movie about this!? why??? It's disgusting and horrible to see how this peaceful animals get killed... they were at the border of extinction for the freaking oil.. for humans... what the hell seriously. I saw a part of the movie, the whales were all together swimming around this freaking monsters just being beautiful beings... there was even a baby whale... i mean why putting a baby whale (even if it's by freaking computing animation) whats the point of that? ... just bad. bad movie