Post by henrythemorerecent on Feb 4, 2015 21:07:54 GMT -5
I just finished reading 'In The Heart of the Sea' which inspired Moby Dick and is also coming out as a film this year. Great book if nobody has read it. Anyway, it got me thinking on Moby Dick as a movie.
I've read Moby Dick. But I count myself on the side of I appreciate the book, I absolutely love the storyline, the character of Ishmael and Ahab's madness and the classic revenge tale but I just find the bulk of the book very, very boring. I know it wasn't written to be an entertaining adventure, but that is the only part of it I enjoy.
I think no film version will ever satisfy Herman Melville purists, but the bones of the story of Moby Dick make for such an entertaining movie.
I saw the Gergory Peck film when I was younger and remember loving it but as a kid of course I loved a story about a giant whale attacking a ship. But I can't recall if it's that great of a movie. The Patrick Stewart TV mini-series is awful, I saw it recently and couldn't even finish it. But then I saw today there was another one starring Ethan Hawke and William Hurt which I didn't even know existed. Has anyone seen it and is it worth a watch? The cast seems amazing but the fact it was straight to DVD has me worried its not very good. And you can't trust Amazon reviews anymore.
I've read Moby Dick. But I count myself on the side of I appreciate the book, I absolutely love the storyline, the character of Ishmael and Ahab's madness and the classic revenge tale but I just find the bulk of the book very, very boring. I know it wasn't written to be an entertaining adventure, but that is the only part of it I enjoy.
I think no film version will ever satisfy Herman Melville purists, but the bones of the story of Moby Dick make for such an entertaining movie.
I saw the Gergory Peck film when I was younger and remember loving it but as a kid of course I loved a story about a giant whale attacking a ship. But I can't recall if it's that great of a movie. The Patrick Stewart TV mini-series is awful, I saw it recently and couldn't even finish it. But then I saw today there was another one starring Ethan Hawke and William Hurt which I didn't even know existed. Has anyone seen it and is it worth a watch? The cast seems amazing but the fact it was straight to DVD has me worried its not very good. And you can't trust Amazon reviews anymore.