Netflix’s True Survival Story comes to life with Marvel stars
From Jonathan Klotz
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There is no rhyme or reason to what becomes a streaming hit, a current box office hit Horizon: An American Saga And Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Becoming hits on Netflix makes perfect sense, but surprisingly it’s a historical adventure In the heart of the seaa 2015 box office flop, has joined them. The Ron Howard-directed film only grossed $25 million in theaters, but these days streaming success is becoming increasingly important. With a cast that includes Chris Hemsworth, Tom Holland and Cillian Murphy, it’s no wonder curious subscribers checked out the film.
The inspiration for Moby Dick
In the heart of the sea tells the story of a whaling ship, Essexattacked by a large white whale, forcing the crew to seek shelter on three smaller whaling boats. Adrift in the open sea, the crew fights for survival, fighting against the weather, the sea and each other. With Ron Howard behind the camera, the story is both magnificent and harrowing, but all the more dramatic because it’s based on a true story.
The Essex was a real whaling ship that was sunk in 1820 with only a handful of survivors, but two of them, first officer Chase Owens and cabin boy Thomas Nickerson, eventually wrote about the incident when they returned home from Nantucket. In the heart of the sea is a dramatic retelling of their accounts, adapting historian Nathaniel Philbrick’s non-fiction book of the same name. In case you are curious, the whale who brought down the ship described as the “great white whale” inspired Herman Melville’s writing Moby Dickwhich you probably never knew was partly based on a true story.
Saved from darkness by the superstar cast
It is not the fans of classic literature who provided the impetus In the heart of the sea to the top of Netflix Streaming But instead it was the increased star power of the three leads. Over the past decade since the film’s initial release, Chris Hemsworth has become known as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Tom Holland is Spider-Man, and Cillian Murphy became famous thanks to him Peaky Blinders And Oppenheimer. Hemsworth played Thor in 2015 avengerHe wasn’t a loner, and Holland landed the role of Peter Parker partly because of his performance as Nickerson, the cabin boy.
The future superstars didn’t accept it In the heart of the sea That, too, was easy, partly because of the extreme physical demands of the players stranded on the open sea and partly because of Ron Howard’s decision to bring the storm to them. Rather than relying solely on CGI, Howard fired cold water cannons at the cast on the deck of the ship to convey the real feeling of being hit by the fury of the ocean. Hemsworth called the film the most difficult and demanding performance of his career, but he was rewarded with critics praising his performance upon release.
While the film was liked by critics, it suffered from a poor release date as it was clearly intended as a counter-program from Warner Bros., the studio that can’t seem to do anything right. In The heart of the seaan old-fashioned period drama that premiered on December 11, 2015, a week earlier Star Wars: The Force Awakens, one of the most successful films in human history. It turns out that the film was simply ahead of its time and the cast becoming superstars sparked interest in their previous works, and a survival adventure on the high seas is a better choice than watching Black hat.
In the heart of the sea is now streaming on Netflix.
