Product: Moby Dick [VHS] (1998)
Rating: 2.0
Slightly Disappointed
I was really disappointed with the movie. I read the book which had its boring parts, but it also had its exciting parts. I felt that the movie just dragged along very slowly. Most of the visuals of the whales are nothing more than a tail or fin. There are some computer generated whales that are shown, but they are far and few between. In one of the final seens where Moby Dick attacks the rest of the crew, you see one of the most ridiculous part of the movie. Moby Dick's tail slams down on each of the boats a few times and you are left to assume that all the crews are dead. It was very repetitive for that scene. I also thought that the movie made Starbuck appear as though he was going mad too, where as, he seemed a little more cool, calm, and collected in the book. Flask was way over acted as well. I think the portrayal of Stubb and Ishmael was very good though. I don't know, you probably can't make this book into a good movie without changing the script a little bit and "Hollywoodizing" it. But honestly the book on tape version would probably be more entertaining than this movie.