Sunday, July 3, 2011

2010: Moby Dick (2010)

A modern day telling of Moby Dick with Ahab being a naval man with a metal leg. In 1969, the great white whale chomped onto a submarine and only Ahab made it out alive. Now in 2010, he wants his revenge and he's going to use the navy's sub to do it.

The major problem with this movie, besides it being made by The Asylum, is that even though Barry Bostwick is chewing the scenery, his soliloquies are super boring. Another big problem is that everyone keeps talking about how white the whale is, but it looks gray.

Other plot holes - Ahab states that the whale has lured them to shallow water, but wouldn't a submarine's first priority be keeping track of the depth of the water? Also after the sub drives the shark into a reef , Ahab ponders how to get the sub in since the water is only 12 feet deep. Wait a minute.... so how'd the shark get in there? He's three times the size of the sub!?!

On the plus side, Ahab's leg gets blown off and he makes a new one out of a wooden cross. Also he pilots a rubber dingy while screaming insanely and holding a rocket launcher on his shoulder. Cool but not enough to save the movie as seeing pictures of those two scenes would satisfy my interest.

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