In the Heart of the Sea Movie Review

In the Heart of the Sea is a 2015 American-Canadian-Spanish biographical historical disaster survival-drama thriller film based on Nathaniel Philbrick's 2000 non-fiction book of the same name, about the sinking of the American whaling ship Essex in 1820, an event that inspired the novel Moby-Dick. 
It was directed and produced by Ron Howard and written by Charles Leavitt. 

Cast

-Chris Hemsworth as Owen Chase, the first mate
-Benjamin Walker as Captain George Pollard, Jr.
-Cillian Murphy as Matthew Joy, the second mate
-Tom Holland as young Thomas Nickerson, the cabin boy
-Brendan Gleeson as old Thomas Nickerson
-Ben Whishaw as Herman Melville
-Michelle Fairley as Mrs. Nickerson
-Gary Beadle as William Bond
-Frank Dillane as Henry Coffin
-Charlotte Riley as Peggy Gardner Chase
-Donald Sumpter as Paul Macy
-Brooke Dimmock as Phoebe Chase
-Jamie Sives as Isaac Cole
-Joseph Mawle as Benjamin Lawrence

Review

1. Honestly, this movie was not in my watchlist and I googled 2015 hollywood movies and this movie caught my eye and I decided to watch it and it was so good, I said to myself that I have to do a review on this one and here it is. Hope you like it guys!!

2. To put it in simple words, the story is about a voyage of Captain Pollar with his firstmate Owen chase and crewmen on the ship named Essex in search of whales so that they can harvest the oil from it and bring it back home for industrial purpose. There is whole lot of things that cannot be expressed in plain words.

3. This story doesn't actually happen in the present time of the movie but is retold by Thomas Nickerson(his older form) to Herman Melville in exchange of cash as is shown as a flashback. At first, he denies to tell anything but after his wife insists him, he begins to tell the story of his voyage and why he has bottled up all the things that happened then, slowly. It's sad as well as exciting.

4. After a promise to command his own ship is put back, Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth) is ordered to serve as First Mate to the inexperienced, yet well connected George Pollard Jr. (Benjamin Walker.). Their vessel was the Whaleship Essex, their journey was deemed implausibly scuttled, yet after years of silence and secrecy, the true story of a crew of sailors versus a seemingly aggressive white whale will be revealed by one of the surviving crew members (Brendan Gleeson) to the man who would make it famous - Herman Melville(Ben Whishaw). 

5. Shortly after the start of their voyage, they come upto a storm to which Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth) tells their captain that it would be wise to avoid the storm due to the danger it carried both to the ship as well as crewmen but Captain George Pollard(Benjamin Walker) due to his stubbornness orders to enter the storm and is nearly responsible for the death of the entire crew including himself. But later he scolds Owen Chase for his own stupid mistakes. Honestly, I hated Benjamin Walkers' character until further into the movie.

6. After that, they kill their first whale since the voyage started which leads everyone celebrating but later they are not able to find even a single whale. Fearing that they wouldn't be able to collect as much oil as demanded by the officials, they meet Captain Clemente Pelaez of the Santa Maria asking him about the voyage where they find the heart of whale habitat. He then tells him what the white whale that killed many of his crew and how he lost an arm in that voyage but Matthew Joy(Cillian Murphy) finds it hard to believe. But, later Captain George Pollard decides to go there in order to search for the whales and there they face the white whale which destroys the Essex and they are  left with boats and very little food and water. After this.....not gonna spoil you of any longer if you haven't watched this movie yet. 

7. This movie is truly a great one. Imdb rate it 7 out of 10 which is a balanced rating i guess. For all intents and purposes, it is a film that is excellent in caliber, and manages to keep the audience entertained with its tale of survival on the high seas. This film was made for patient,  tasteful audiences who want to hear a story, while being entertained in the process. The enormity and danger of the ocean is more than enough drama on its own. It is a recommended movie for all people out there hungry for a decent one!!


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