Movie review: "In the Heart of the Sea"

John, that sounds like a great night with your wife. I am eager to buy it as well. I told my brother about the movie and he wants to buy it too. I am looking forward to seeing this movie again.

On a different note. I am just starting chapter three of your book, The British Navy and the American Revolution. I am really enjoying this read. I certainly did not learn about these events and facts in public schools. This is really good stuff.

Ok back to reading.

Well, I don't foresee hundreds of people lining up to buy it, but I will. My wife and I have a date to watch it Tuesday night.

This movie is released for sale on Tuesday, 3/8. I assume rentals will be available on this date as well. Just in case you missed it in the theatres.

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Got it...perfect escape movie..

Rob

Speaking of the " Duke "

     Don't forget " Blood Alley " With the " Duke " and his own boat filmed in the San Joaquin/Sacramento Delta .      T.B.

Got all of those..great Duke movies for sure.

Rob

rwiederrich

Don't forget:

K-19

Crash Dive..and

K-19 was great - looking up Crash Dive I see 2. 1997 & 1943.

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My wife is taking to see Heart on my birthday. Not taking the kids.

I agree with all movies listed but I would like to add:

In Harms Way

Operation Pacific

They Were Expendable

Up Periscope

Steve

While looking for Up Periscope - I also found Down Periscope! 1996 movie I'd  not heard of!? (It's a comedy!)

Saw a trailer for this last nigth when we went to see Star Wars. I like the look of this one. I really like Master and Commander, so sounds like i wil enjoy this. Thanks for the heads up. Its not realsed here until Boxing day, which might explain why i had not heard of it.

JT, I went to see it on Wednesday and I loved the movie. I don't buy many DVDs these days but when this one comes out I will buy it.

rwiederrich

 With a twist, suggesting, that the Gregory Peck version was written to protect the people and reputations involved in the story(as suggested by the author interviewing the old man), and then retold in its current form attempting to follow the actual events that spured the original.

Just my twisted thoughts.

It will find a spot in my nautical collection as soon as it is released on DVD.

Rob

 

And, for many years, african american history writers have questioned why there were six black survivors, all who were the first to die; and the four that were eaten. Even Philbrick brings this question up.

My wife is taking to see Heart on my birthday. Not taking the kids.

I agree with all movies listed but I would like to add:

In Harms Way

Operation Pacific

They Were Expendable

Up Periscope

Steve

Thank you for your review. I got excited everytime I saw the trailer but my dad told me about all the negative reviews. I was still going to see it but didn't know what to expect, with your review its back on the "excited to see" list!

Don't forget:

K-19

Crash Dive..and

Murphy's War.

Saw, the movie today and I thought it was fantastic, however comparing Gregory Pecks version and the current one..it remains to be argued if the story line was generally the same or that the main characters were changed do to the horrific nature of forced canabalism.

The former version, was one mans personal vengful pursuit of the great white whale...where as the latter was the pursuit of the hapless sailors by the white whale.

Kinda reminds me of the two versions of *Omega Man* and *I am Legond*...both the same story told with varients to protect the viewers of the time, or to tell a more graffic rendition..based on the actual novel(Modern version).  With a twist, suggesting, that the Gregory Peck version was written to protect the people and reputations involved in the story(as suggested by the author interviewing the old man), and then retold in its current form attempting to follow the actual events that spured the original.

Just my twisted thoughts.

It will find a spot in my nautical collection as soon as it is released on DVD.

Rob

OK from a Sub lover:

Hostile Waters

Run Silent Run Deep

The Enemy Below

U-571

Hunt For Red October

Crimson Tide

Mind if I chime in? I,ve read both books. Philbrick's " Heart.." and Heffernan's " Mutiny " both great reads, will wait for Netflix on Heart. I did see " The Black Sea" last night with Jude Law, a little far fetched but some interesting ,to my uneducated eye, shots of submarine interiors for those so disposed, also one scene I thought would make an interesting diorama. Also some b&w shots at beginning of subs at sea. Any way I would like to add "The Caine Mutiny" to the list. Regards 

Thanks for the review,I am interested.

As for the list,I can add

The Hornblower Series

The whaleboats in the movie looked distinctly American to my eye. There's no reason the movie makers couldn't have had a good yard build them.

Whaleboats do make beautiful models. The modeler who wants to tackle one has some options; the best, as far as I can tell, is this one: http://www.modelexpo-online.com/product.asp?ITEMNO=MS2033 .

If we extend the movie list into World War II, it gets a lot longer. I'd nominate:

"The Cruel Sea"

"In Which We Serve"

"The Enemy Below"

"Das Boot"

- and probably quite a few others that I don't remember off the top of my head.

I want to see that movie as well. Most likely I'll wait til it comes out on DVD.

As the movie was filmed in part in the Canary Islands, I wonder if the whale boats were that or Azorean? Both are pretty credible looking little vessels. There's one in the Museum on Nantucket, of that islands origin, that is quite wonderfully outfitted with the plethora of gear they carried. The harpoons were kept in shelter on the ship, as I believe were the tubs of line they were attached to.

A modeler truly interested in whaling would have the opportunity to make something special at say 1" = 1'-0" of a whale boat.

So far the best I've been able to find about the brig in the movie is the term "mock up" which usually means something that might be a steel hulled fishing trawler tarted up. More later.

As for the top ten list of sea faring movies, agreed on all counts so far:

Sand Pebbles (engine was an auxiliary in a Victory ship)

Captains Courageous (the best in every way)

In the Heart of the Sea (have not seen it)

The Bounty (which one), I vote for Laughton)

Master and Commander (weak for me, to much below decks on the wrong type of ship)

Damn the Defiant (have not seen it)

I'd add "The Bridges at Toko Ri"

"Sink The Bismark!"

I read the book too, but that was quite a few years ago. I think I'll track it down and read it again. I've also seen a new, glitzy edition of Owen Chase's own account. I may pick it up.

I still have no desire to build a model of a whaler (or for that matter a whaleboat), though.

One of our club members built the Model Shipways Charles W. Morgan. The finished product is pretty spectacular. But whaling stuff just isn't for me.

Sweet. I absolutely loved "Master and Commander". I doubt the wife will want to sit thru another of "my" movies though...

I'd put it on just about the same level as "Master and Commander," and better than "The Bounty." The latter took too many liberties with history for my taste, and the dialogue was pretty bad. (Robert Bolt, who wrote it, was a great writer, but he apparently did virtually no research on nautical vocabulary.)

All three of them certainly are on my Top 10 list of seafaring movies. Others: "Captains Courageous," "The Sand Pebbles," "Damn the Defiant,"....

Hey - how did that last one get by, when Moby *** didn't?

How would you rate this compared to "Master and Commander", or "The Bounty"?

That sounds great. I figure it'll be on demand before too long.

I'll be seeing it alone, my wife could not get through the fish dock scenes in Perfect Storm.

Could a movie about the Globe Mutiny be far off?

I haven't been able to track down that brig either, but I'm working on it. I understand a great deal of the movie was filmed on a tippable deck set.

Interesting thing that the Essex was a fully rigged three masted ship, but was only 88 feet long. Whereas the America yacht was 101 feet long. If the Essex had lasted longer she probably would have been re rigged as a bark.

John,

I caught it opening night and the theaher was about 3/4 full.  The main actor plays Thor in the Avenger Series - I like the flashback idea. The details on the ship looked great. Nice to see one of the Ladies out in her Elements.  I'll pick up a copy when its released for the collection.

They showed a very good point that many whaling movies skip.  In the flenshing of the whale, it was being attacked by sharks, most movies skip that.