In the Heart of the Sea

This is going to be a strange comment, but there goes. I loved the story, and I thought the acting pretty great too. I didn't feel like there were lower keys from any of the cast, and it's really nice when everyone is even and giving great performances. But I did have a problem with the visuals of the movie. It was so perfect, so pretty, the light was just so artistic, that I found it took from the drama they were trying to display. It was just really off, how everything looked so beautiful while everyone was suffering, in pain, hungry, thirsty, afraid. In the end, as hard as I tried focusing on the performance, the background kept reminding me of how unreal the whole thing was. It was distracting and ultimately, disappointing. I felt the experience could have been much better if the visuals were just a little more somber.

I wouldn't get too excited for the movie. It isn't what is advertised as (at least that's my reaction after watching it). The whale isn't really the plot of the movie. It's more about the hard way of living of the whalers, the trouble they had surviving, etc. 2/3s of the movie were kinda boring to me. The actors did fine but the characters they portrait don't have too much to care for. Overall it was pretty disappointing to me.