Wednesday 19 October 2016

Lacking heart

In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

Directed by Ron Howard this film based on real events stars Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy and Tom Holland. Author Herman Melville interviews the last living survivor of a whaling ship to get material for his novel Moby Dick.

Whilst this film does a good job of capturing the era in which it's story is set the grand visuals never have a script that match their scope. The plot never really connects on a human or thematic level always seeming to be slightly at arms length from the audience. Some of the CGI use is a little heavy handed for my taste but in general this film is well made.


3/5

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