Games of Thrones + Peaky Blinders / Harry Potter = In the Heart of the Sea

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Games of Thrones + Peaky Blinders / Harry Potter = In the Heart of the Sea

IN THE HEART OF THE SEA

FILM | MOVIE | STUDIO | DRAMA

RATING: ★ ★ ★ ★

At least that seems to be the math formula used to come up with the cast list. I suppose, though, to get the full sum of major characters, we would have to carry the new James Bond movies and take the square root of The Avengers.

I was pleasantly surprised with this movie. I was prepared, based upon its flopping like a whale of a fish at the box office, for it to be a complete dud. However, except for some lame CGI scenes, I found it to be quite… “the bomb*.”

I especially enjoyed how the tale of a whaling ship being brought to doom by a vindictive whale – the inspiration for Moby Dick, of course – was unwillingly told by the old drunkard of a whaler Tom Nickerson (Mad Eye Moody) to Herman Melville (Q).

Some other notable cast member characters are:

Thor – Owen Chase

Vampire hunter, Abraham Lincoln – George Pollard

Thomas Shelby – Matthew Joy

Authur Shelby – Caleb Chappel

Catelyn Stark – Mrs. Nickerson

Benjen Stark – Benjamin Lawrence

Spiderman – Young Tom Nickerson

Tom Riddle – Henry Coffin

I guess I’m going to have to give the book the movie is based on another try. I downloaded the audiobook version via my Overdrive app a while ago, but it kept putting me to sleep. But, in the book’s defense, most audiobooks do that to me so it’s best not to judge it solely by its lullaby effect upon me.

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*In this instance, “the bomb” is used in the spirit of the contemporary vernacular of the youth to mean something good, as opposed to “a bomb,” which, of course and as oddly as it may seem, means something bad… like a dud.

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Rating System:

★ = Unwatchable

★ ★ = Poor Movie

★ ★ ★ = Average Movie

★ ★ ★ ★ = Outstanding Movie

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ = Exceptional Movie