Review of In the Heart of the Sea (2015) by Leon B — 09 May 2016

Review:

As expected, this movie looked truly amazing and all of the effects were used to perfection but I did find the movie slightly boring in parts, and there wasn't much depth to the characters. Chris Hemsworth (Owen Chase) was perfect for the lead and Brendan Gleeson (Tom Nickerson) brought emotion to the project, as he shares his experience on the boat with Owen, to writer Herman Melville (Ben Whishaw), who finally writes the all time classic, Moby Dick. The extreme circumstances that the crew go through, whilst searching for whale oil, is extremely epic and you can't help feeling sorry for the whole crew but when I saw them killing the whales, it did sicken me. I was hoping for a twist at the end but the whole film is basically what it says on the tin. You certainly can see were every penny of the budget went, because all of the scenes, when they are stranded at sea, looked real and the actors gave there all by losing loads of weight, which made there circumstances seem realistic but I found it hard to connect to the various characters. In all, it's definitely an epic movie which is worth watching but I doubt that it will go down as an all time classic. Enjoyable! .

Round-Up:

Chris Hemsworth, 32, started his acting career, for the big screen, in 2009 as George Kirk in Star Trek but he really shot to fame when he took the lead in Thor in 2011. Since then he has starred in the Cabin in the Woods, the Huntsman franchise, Red Dawn, Avengers franchise, Thor 2, Star Trek Into Darkness, Rush, Vacation and Blackhat, so he has definitely stroke it lucky with some of his major roles. With another Thor and Avengers in the pipeline, along with a role in the new Ghostbusters movie, he certainly has come far since his acting debut in Neighbours in 2002. Anyway, this movie was directed by the great Ron Howard, 62, who shot to fame after Splash was released in 1984. He has many hit movies under his belt, like Cocoon, Backdraft, Apollo 13, Ransom, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man and the Da Vinci Code franchise, and with 10 movies in the pipeline, which includes Inferno with Tom Hanks, he is definitely one of the top directors in Hollywood today. Although this movie made a loss at the box office, I'm sure that it won't hurt his reputation.

Budget: $100million.

Worldwide Gross: $94million.

I recommend this movie to people who are into their biography/adventure/action movie starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw and Michelle Fairley. 6/10.