Product: Moby Dick [VHS] (1998)
Rating: 3.0
if you can't improve on a classic, leave it alone
If you've never seen the earlier film adaption of Moby Dick starring Gregory Peck, then I'm certain you will enjoy this version more than I did. My problem was that it seemed like this one was from beginning to end trying to displace the older one and scene for scene failed utterly. I can't blame them for trying. It seems producers can do many things that were never conceived of 30-40 years ago, but the thing about a classic is that it somehow transcends the advantages of production. A classic has a feel to it, a flavor, and you can't just super-size that.