So much average

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

This is so overrated. I thought it was going to be good. 7.4 no. 3 is more like. This story line is awful. The ending is awful. It is not scary at all. Moby Dick (1930) is better. Jaws is very good movie. This has got to be one of the worst monster movies I have seen. It is so bad the Moby Dick (1998) is better. And that was an awful movie. If you what to see a really scary monster movie see Jaws 2. Or Jaws 3. This a a very scary movie. And this is a big pile of Whale pooh. Do not see this movie it is a waste of time and life is to short. Do not wast your money. If you see movie you will waste your money. If you want to see a good movie see Jaws the revenge.

MOBY DICK is a solid combination between human drama and sea adventure. This movie is probably the most faithful adaptation of the popular novel by Herman Melville. A sailor comes in a small fishing town in New England. He becomes one of the sailors on the whaling ship. Despite sailor stories that the captain is a freak whaling is successful. However, one day the captain starts to mention the mysterious white whale ...The story focuses on a man and his obsession. Motivation, which establishes very good and dramatic plots, is highly questionable. Despite the captain's consuming hatred and passion for revenge, I think that the motivation of the crew by the captain is the biggest flaw in this film. This is kind of a symbolic representation of the "profound" dialogue that only deepens human agony. Mr. Huston has filled dark atmosphere with a certain amount of mysticism that enhances the feeling of agony and emptiness during the sea wanderingHuman drama is the harmonious combination between effort, error, hope and despair. Sea adventure ends with an expected incident that in the final climax is not impressive. A lot of time and effort was spent on visual effects and it should be respected.Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab is tall, thin and a pretty unconvincing character as a notorious captain, who is torn between his own obsession and revenge. He poisoned the whole crew with his craziness. Characterization is average, due to the complex story. Richard Basehart as Ishmael is a young whale man, observer and storyteller. Leo Genn as Starbuck is the voice of reason. Friedrich von Ledebur as Queequeg is a grotesque phenomenon who is skilled with a harpoon and predicting the future. Orson Welles as Father Mapple got his 5 minutes in the movie. The friendship between the two great directors resulting in an unnecessary appearance.This is an ambitious project which resulted in a solid film about revenge, self-destructiveness and fight against one's own destiny.

I guess "Moby Dick" is my favorite American novel. I've read it numerous times and taught to to many students. It is such a complex book. Much of it should just be ignored because of its endless explanation on whaling, but the central story knows no peer, in my opinion. I am also of the opinion that one should never judge a movie based on a literary classic, using the same criteria as the book critic. This is quite a wonderful film. The screenplay by Ray Bradbury, one of our contemporary gems, is engaging. He seems to pick out enough of the significant events to get the idea across. Some characters are missing, but then.... He must deal with the time constraints of two to three hours for a book of over 700 pages. We get a genuine feel for Captain Ahab, played beautifully by Gregory Peck. He has that stark unapproachable being, those chiseled features, and a voice that comes from deep in his psyche. He is, of course, on a death mission and his unfortunate fellows are along for the ride. The action scenes are intense and violent and capture the monomaniacal sense of Ahab's being. I loved two other parts of this film. One is Orson Welle's sermon as Father Mapple. The other is Ishmael's introduction to Queequeg, as they become bedmates at the Spouter Inn. Great fun.

Last Time I watched this movie I was a young boy,so I viewed it with a child's mind. Having just watched it again,I enjoyed it very much and rate the 1956 version highly.Though there where certain things left out of the 1956 version in comparison to the book, it did not take away from my enjoyment of the film,though Nantucket being referred to as New Bedford did annoy me a little, but I soon got over that.Still trying to decide who said this line best "I'll follow him around the Horn, and around the Norway maelstrom, and around perdition's flames before I give him up". Ricardo Montalban (Wrath of Khan) or Peck !Overall this is an absolute classic movie and for me one of Pecks best performances. For the younger people out there, don't be put off by this being an old film, it is well worth watching, but try to read the book first to fill in the gaps.