The film is based on a novel by Nathaniel Philbrick. The story recounts the real shipwreck experienced by Essex whaling ships.
This film panorama shows all aspects of the human whaling industry in the early 19th century, describes the life of whalers at sea in detail, and relatively completely reproduces the thrilling voyage described in the novel.
In 1819, the Essex whaling ship sank in the South Pacific after it was struck by a whale the size of the novel. The surviving sailors were crowded into three small boats and drifted at sea for 90 days. During this period, they experienced pain, hunger, and human entanglement, and finally even killed each other and cannibalism.
"Deep Ocean" is directed by Oscar-winning director Ron Howard , starring Chris Hemsworth , Ben Whishaw , Cillian Murphy and other stars.
"Thor" male lead Chris Hemsworth will play the whaling ship's first mate, who led some of the crew to survive when the ship was attacked by sperm whales. He is also the star of the film, the second time he and Ron Howard have worked together since "It Happened".
For this film, Brother Thor can be said to have fought his life. In order to show his skinny state after drifting at sea in the last few months, he really changed himself from a muscular man to a pile of bone sticks. Percentages are amazing.
New Spider-Man actor Tom Holland will play the survivor boy Thomas Nixon, and the whole film will be narrated from his perspective.
These two superheroes got together at sea ahead of time before Avengers 3. To be honest, watching Thor and Spider-Man can't beat a big whale really made people feel a little short of heroic.
The part of the film about whaling at sea is very thrilling, with first-class special effects. The people watching the scene of the confrontation between the huge whale and the whaling ship can't help but pause for breath, so shocking! A job well done by Oscar winner Anthony Dod Mantle.
Ron Howard has a lot of ambitions for this film, and has plans to make it a maritime epic, but the narrative aspect is too smooth and lacks ups and downs. Maybe he thinks the story has enough ups and downs, but from the perspective of the finished film, the visual effects are amazing. The tension of the plot is mediocre, and it is worse than his previous works, and even less than Ang Lee's "Youth School" of the same theme.
When you face the vast ocean, you understand the insignificance of human beings, and when you face the great creatures, you understand the awe of nature. When you have lost everything, you will understand the despair to the bone, and when you have survived, you will understand the most important quality in your heart and the brilliance of human nature.
Ironically, the film tells us at the end that the oil has been extracted in large quantities, which means that the whaling industry, which everyone in the film depends on, is about to face a bitter winter. No amount of personal effort and hard work can match the pace of the progress of the times. In the face of the torrent of human civilization rolling forward, we are no different from the whaling ship facing the wild nature, and we are just a drop in the ocean.
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