Famous for the films “Apollo 13”, “Substitution”, “Knockdown” and “Mind Games”, director Ron Howard presented to the audience in 2015 a film adaptation of the story that underlies one of the significant novels of American literature - “Moby Dick” writer Herman Melville. In the film adaptation, quite famous actors took part. "In the heart of the sea" does not tell about the fate of book characters, but about their real prototypes - members of the Essex whaling ship team, which sank at the beginning of the 19th century through the efforts of a huge sperm whale. The rating of the film, compiled according to the results of peer review of film industry experts, in the world was 5.4 (42% of positive reviews). In Russia, the film was received more enthusiastically, the ratio of the number of positive reviews about the movie to the total number of reviews was 91%.
According to the plot
The actors called the beginning of the story “In the Heart of the Sea” a kind of prologue to the main story. The plot action begins with the arrival in the town of Nantucket, which is famous for its whale fat hunters , the young writer Herman Mellville. The writer was played by the famous actor Ben Wishaw, familiar to the viewer from the outstanding film "Perfumer". Melvin comes to the coastal city with one goal - to see the sea wolf, the old whaling man (actor Brendan Gleeson), who served as a young man at Essex. Herman longs for whatever it takes to try out the story of the shipwreck of the Essex shipwreck long ago, which clashed with a white giant sperm whale and lost it. The old man does not want to first share his memories, but for the promised generous reward is inferior to the urgent request of the writer. Such is the plot of the storyline of the adventure drama "In the Heart of the Sea", the actors and roles of which are chosen to each other filigree.
Going to whaling
Further, the narrative shows the recollections of the old whaler. Going once again to whaling, the crew of the ship under the command of Captain Pollard (actor Benjamin Walker) and the command of the old-timer Chase (actor Chris Hemsworth) could not imagine how the usual voyage would end. Before the fatal incident, the ship successfully plowed the coastal waters for a year and a half, and I am considered the most successful in whaling. The images of experienced and bold heroes were created by casting actors. “In the heart of the sea” will show not only the battle with a huge sperm whale, but also its consequences. After the attack of the white whale, the surviving crew members were forced to board boats from a sinking ship. Then, for four months, the sailors fought for survival in the ocean. They reached land by exhausted and survived something that even the most experienced whaler is not ready for. Such an idea of the creators-scriptwriters should have been conveyed to the watching actor "In the heart of the sea." According to the reviews of world film critics evaluating the films held at the American film distribution, the cast of the film coped with the task.
Unlike Moby Dick
Howard's new brainchild, unlike Moby Dick, lacks a greater share of philosophical reflection, but is created in the best traditions of the modern film industry with the active use of computer graphics. The adventure picture “In the Heart of the Sea”, whose actors have worldwide fame and recognition, is a spectacular movie strip based on two deep psychological conflicts. It is on them that the attention of leading film critics of the world is focused.
The first of them is considered by most reviewers as secondary in the narrative - this is the conflict of the hero with his own guilt and conscience. The extraordinary Irish actor Brendan Gleeson perfectly coped with his image , who played the role of one of the surviving members of the crew of a whaling ship, for the first time, after more than a decade, who lightened his soul with a story of the true history of a shipwreck. As already mentioned, the acquaintance of the hero of Gleason and the character of Wishaw, opening the story, immediately immerses those who look at that time period, his atmosphere, living in the memory of the old whaler. However, these actors “In the Heart of the Sea” are not the only performers of the main roles.
The second conflict. Captain
The second conflict, film industry experts in their reviews and reviews call the relationship between the captain of the ship Pollard and his first officer Chase. The fact is that in the whaling capital of the United States of the 19th century - the city of Nantucket - the hegemony of several genera, traditional for that time era, reigned hunting whales from generation to generation. The captain came from one of these clans, so in incomplete 29, without much experience and merit, he headed the crew of the ship. His character was embodied on the screen by the American actor Benjamin Walker, known to the movie community as the lead actor in the movie “President Lincoln: The Vampire Hunter” and the failed Beast from “X-Men: First Class”. The film "At the Heart of the Sea", the actors and the roles of which after the release of the films for rent, is known to every film fan and film critic, can be considered a successful step in the development of the actor’s creative career, in 2016 he received three attractive offers from Hollywood artisans at once.
Starpom
Senior Assistant Chase, Captain's opponent, is featured as a real superhero. He is not a native of the city, does not belong to any of the influential families. The hero achieved his officer rank thanks to real merits in whaling, but his non-native origin deprives the character of respect and honor of the city nobility. Chris Hemsworth, the well-known performer of the role of the god Thor, embodied on the screen of the old-timer. Trying to get away from the bothersome role of a stubborn, arrogant, and sometimes selfish lord of lightning, the actor still appears before the beholder in a similar way. The character of his hero is dominated by selfishness and perseverance, they, together with the captain, rush in pursuit of a white whale, not thinking about their team, not thinking about the possible consequences.
The images of such protagonists were created on the screen by Benjamin Walker and Chris Hemsworth - world-famous actors. “In the Heart of the Sea” demonstrates the grandiose work of an acting duet; they ideally managed to demonstrate to the viewer the scale of the transformation and change in the characters of their characters.
Acting ensemble of a picture
Almost without exception, the actors of the film “In the Heart of the Sea” are known to the viewer. Of course, the individual characters of this powerful multinational acting ensemble are strongly, Hollywood-style, hypertrophied. Nevertheless, each performer contributed to the film, fully playing the image of his character, therefore, while watching, everyone watching will definitely feel the subtle enveloping aura of the picture created with the help of a professional acting game. All performers involved in the film have significant filmography, they are known for:
- Avengers, Tohru - Chris Hemsworth.
- The Flags of Our Fathers, Dr. Kinsey - Benjamin Walker.
- Cold Mountain, Braveheart - Brendan Gleeson.
- “Cloud Atlas”, “Perfume” - Ben Wishaw.
- The Impossible, Loku - Tom Holland.
- Wuthering Heights, Faces of the Future - Charlotte Riley.
- “Game of Thrones”, “Heart Mechanics” - Michelle Fairley.
- “28 Days Later,” “Breakfast on Pluto” - Killian Murphy.
- “Eighth Sense”, “Fear the Walking Dead” - Frank Dillane.
- “The Great Train Robbery,” “The Peaks” - Paul Anderson.