And yeah as expected, I earn a lot of moral values that can be applied in our daily life. Very inspiring movie, I tell you. Before that, I would glad to share synopsis about this movie. Special for you guys ;)
In the Heart of the Sea is an American biographical adventure thriller film, based on the sinking of an American whaling ship Essex in 1820. In 1850, author Herman Melville visits innkeeper Thomas Nickerson, the last survivor of the whaleship Essex's last voyage, offering money in return for his story. Nickerson initially refuses, but finally agrees when his wife intervenes. The story turns to 1820: a whaling company has refitted the Essex to participate in the lucrative whale oil trade, and 14-year-old Nickerson signs on as a cabin boy. The owners hire veteran whaler Owen Chase as first mate, though he is disappointed not to receive a captain's commission. The captain is George Pollard, an inexperienced mariner from an established whaling family who envies Chase's skill and popularity. Chase and Pollard clash, leading Pollard to sail into a storm against Chase's advice, nearly sinking the ship. The two agree to put their differences aside rather than risking their reputations by returning to port without profit, and soon, the crew kills their first whale.
However, three months pass with no further successes, and Pollard realizes that the Atlantic is fished out. The Essex sails for the Pacific hoping for better luck. In Ecuador, the officers meet a Spanish captain who tells them his crew found the bountiful "Offshore Grounds" 2,000 miles to the west, but claims that a vengeful "white whale" destroyed his ship. Enthralled by the prospect, and disbelieving of the white whale story, Pollard and Chase lead the expedition west. They find the undisturbed grounds, but when they launch the whaling boats, the white whale, a massive bull sperm whale, attacks, damaging the boats and turning on the ship. Chase harpoons it from the Essex's deck, but the whale stoves the ship, killing two men. The crew abandons the Essex on the three intact whaling boats, and must sail hundreds of miles to shore on very limited supplies. The whale follows and attacks again, but they escape to the tiny Henderson Island. While gathering food, Chase discovers the corpses of earlier castaways, and concludes that the crew will die before another ship passes by. Four men decide to stay, while the rest set sail again on the boats. Soon after, one of the men dies, and the remaining crew reluctantly decide to cannibalize him.
The elderly Nickerson is overcome by emotion and stops his story. However, when his wife comforts him, he feels encouraged enough to finish. Back in the 1820s, the three boats separate and one is lost. The other two further resort to cannibalism to survive, with Pollard's cousin sacrificing himself. The whale returns, but Chase decides not to attack and it leaves forever. A passing ship rescues Pollard's boat, but Chase's boat continues to drift with no food or water. Finally, with the survivors on the verge of death, they reach land. The survivors return to Nantucket and their families. The ship's owners ask Pollard and Chase to cover up the story to protect the industry, but after Chase refuses to go along, Pollard reveals the truth in the inquiry. Nickerson relates that Chase continued sailing and became a merchant captain, while Pollard led another expedition to kill the whale, but the ship wrecked and he was forced to retire.
Some moral values that I earned from this movie:
1. Do not make a promise if you cannot keep it.
The whaling company promised to make Owen Chase as the captain of the whaleship as it able to earn 1500 barrels of whale oil on the previous whale-hunting but they easily broke their promise and decided to make George Pollard as the captain. This is a really heartbreaking, and I am very allergy to someone who always break their promise. Do not make a promise you cannot keep and do not say something unless you mean it. Tell me, why it is so hard to keep a promise?
2. Listen to others' advice, they maybe expert than you in some cases.
Captain George Pollard refused to listen to Owen Chase, who have a lot of experiences than him just because Chase is only the first mate not the Captain. Thus, making the whale ship into a thunderstorm and nearly sinking the ship. In every matter, we need to consider others' opinion and advice. Do not be too arrogant. Listen to your elders' advice, not because they always right but because they have more experiences of being wrong.
3. Do not be too greedy.
The decision made by both Captain George Pollard and Owen Chase to hunt for more and more whale at 2000 miles from the west is totally a wrong decision. They never have been there before. They do not know what is actually happened. Greed is so destructive. It destroys almost everything. But somehow, I respect for their braveness.
4. We need to sacrifice something in order to survive.
After they sail away from Henderson Island, one of them died. At that time, they all have no more food supply. So, Owen Chase decide to cannibalize it. But all of them seem reluctant because that guy is one of the crew since ages. Come on, can you imagine you eat your own friend? But somehow, they need to sacrifice that guy in order to stay alive.
5. Be grateful.
Watching this movie, make me grateful for having enough food supplies and everything. Just imagine, they do not eat healthy foods like we do about 90 days. They only eat a piece of biscuit shared with 4-5 people. I repeat, A PIECE OF BISCUIT. Oh my godness, please guys do not wasting our foods. There are people out there who need it :'(
In a conclusion, you should watch this movie. I rank it 8/10 stars. Marine life is not as easy as expected. They faced a lot of obstacles, nearly sank into the deep sea, not having enough food supplies, thunderstorm and also being attacked by the whale or maybe shark. Let's appreciate mariners. And for me, I also will survive in whatever I do. Never give up!
