No Coração do Mar

Ron Howard não faz um mau filme. Só que, por vezes, não acerta bem no alvo. As poucas cenas da mesa onde a narrativa começa e termina são mais poderosas do que o próprio cruzeiro. No navio, o argumento avança através dum conhecimento não revelador dos personagens e coloca-os em conflitos previsíveis. Além disso, não retira o que podia do seu lugar na história, e por isso, em geral, não sabe bem o que quer dizer em primeiro lugar. Há vários temas, mas nenhum deles conduz o filme. Temos o conflito entre o capitão e o primeiro imediato, a busca da riqueza que culmina na tragédia, e a contemplação de até onde é aceitável ir para salvar a própria vida. Mas é tudo rotineiramente sugerido e não avança com a história. O elemento mais discutível do filme, então, é a matança de animais, que supostamente faz dos nossos personagens heróis, cumprindo o seu grande papel para que possam regressar às suas famílias. Os nossos dias não podem permitir-se uma tal constelação narrativa. O filme é bom de ver. As espetadoras, em particular, gritarão de êxtase. Mas não é o filme cativante que esperaríamos de Howard. Mostrou tudo o atrativo para o público na montagem da ação nos trailers, e o trabalho com os personagens, que lhe deveria ter dado um arco dramático, é mais fraco. (03/12/2015)

A classic adventure voyage, filmed with enthusiasm. You have to fall in love with In the Heart of the Sea, otherwise you will be bothered by the green screens and the insufficient depth of some characters. The main trio is excellently cast, the characters are written very well and you will have no problem experiencing trouble with a big white whale. No shortage of action, but Howard is best in details and crushing situations. Baños’ music is stylish and catchy. Call me Ishmael. (04/12/2015)

A digital sea, a famously moving camera, and useless protagonists. Howard's confident dexterity handles things for the first half, but the second half, when the waves calm down, is accompanied by his traditional pain - zero passion. The characters speak from behind fake beards and swollen lips, but there’s really no emotion to it. Fail. 2 and a ½. PS: The digi visual is the ultimate cornea-burning bullshit. (04/03/2016)

What is a letdown for me is that "story-telling" line provides disproportionately more interesting characters (and also actors) than the "narrative" line where only shallow characters show up. And while Hemsworth carries the movies, at least because of his charisma, Walker doesn't. What is an even a bigger letdown is that it is often so obviously digital. There are not so many movies where it is so obvious that the actors are standing in front of a green screen in the studio, and all the rising waves and sea vermin are added subsequently. But even this can be done in such a way that you will not know it, but this is not the case. This is highlighted by the fact that, with a few exceptions, the camera zooms in on the actors’s faces and bodies in these scenes, which is rather unusual. Fortunately, there aren't that many these scenes, and as soon as it takes place in classic interiors and locations, it suddenly works much better. And why did I use a word letdown when talking about these two shortcomings? Because otherwise it's true classic (maybe too much though) manly old school maritime adventure movie about survival. (04/12/2015)

The problem with this movie is that it was made by Ron Howard. So before I even put the movie on, I was expecting a cinematographic quality. In the end, I ultimately got it. But it was worse with the plot that actually tells a story about how people destroy nature and how nature, because it can, returns the favor with the same force. So not only did I not hold a grudge against that whale, but even the fishermen didn’t bring out any emotions in me. Not even in the moment when they were dying in a long and disgusting way on the remains of the ship after a month in the middle of an ocean. But Ron is a director with a capital D and despite this, he prepared a few unforgettable scenes and quality moments you cannot overlook. But still, the story and the emotions connected with it knocked the movie down to being average, which proves how easy a story can affect an otherwise quality movie. (01/06/2016)