Advantages: somegood acting, good story Disadvantages: Bad and cheap effects
This for me is quite a strange film choice as it is not my kind of story but I was talked into watching it by hubby as it does star Patrick Stewart and am a fan of his. This is a DVD but is if of the 2 part feature which was shown on the BBC some years b ...
sewbizzie 02.10.2009 ·Read full review
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Review of Moby Dick (DVD)
Advantages: Kids would love it Disadvantages: Poor adaptation, rubbish special effects, flat dialogue
...Now let me just say that Herman Melville's Moby Dick is to me, the greatest book in the world. The 1956 original with Gregory Peck has somewhat done it justice but if you're a fan of this great story and you've read the book, you'd be very disappointed in ...
habitualdamnation 04.07.2005 ·Read full review
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Review of Moby Dick (DVD)
Advantages: A classic Disadvantages: The soundtrack
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MOBY DICK John Huston's (Director) acclaimed classic the authorative version of Herman Melville's novel about whaling in the town of New Bedford Intelligently adapted by novelist Ray Bradbury - screen play also includes Richard Basehart wit ...
Advantages: atmospheres of menace and foreboding a classic thriller Disadvantages: old fashioned in presentation , very churchy as was the book it came from
This story was of an age of daily piety missed with human suffering to make a crust in the world. In that world, there was no safety nets like unemployment benefit or subsidised housing like there is today.
There was no pension, no sickness benefit; just ...
vancouver12 06.05.2007 ·Read full review
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Review of Moby Dick (DVD)
Advantages: Curtis, Ron Silver and the great shootouts. Disadvantages: Lack of any extras and some of the dialogue.
Kathryn Bigelow followed her Western Vampire Near Dark (1987) with this film noir/slasher. Both films share the same cool style but the action is now relocated to the urban environment rather than the desert.
This film follows disgraced rookie cop Meg ...
