Daffodil International University
Faculty of Humanities and Social Science => English => Topic started by: Razon Mahmood on October 19, 2010, 01:17:04 AM
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MOBY DICK- MOVIE REVIEW
Human Fury and Damnation
Moby Dick, an English movie, based on the eminent classic writer Herman Melville’s novel the “Moby Dick- a white whaleâ€, is directed and produced by John Huston. This movie is an account of the dreadful sea voyage of the captain, Ihab.
The storyline of the movie is narrated by one of the crew of the Pequod (a ship) Ishmael (Richard Basehart). The movie unfolds with the speech of Ishmael -“Call me Ishmaelâ€. He has a fascination for the sea who signs up for service abroad the Pequod with a newly made friend Queequeg (Friedrich Von Ledebur). The ship is sailed out of New Bedford. The captain of the ship is Ihab (Gregory Peck), who has no but one aim in his life that is to kill the moby dick (a white whale). Because, the moby dick disfigured him (caused the loss of his leg) in his previous sea voyage. Now, he is so desperate for revenging on the moby dick. Captain Ihab, the solid iron figure, commands his crew that they only have to look for the white whale and declares who will see the white whale first; he will get a Spanish gold coin as a reward. His declaration makes the crew more excited to find the white whale. Afterward, he hears about the moby dick from the captain of another ship and orders his crew to sail their ship towards the pacific, where mody dick is sighted. His shipmate, Starbuck (Leo Genn) warns him not to go there as the moby dick is enormous in size, which has destroyed many ships and crew before. But, Ihab agony leads him to go there. He says “There is one God over the earth and there is one captain over the Pequodâ€. Henceforth, they are afflicted by topical heat and violent storms going towards the pacific. Finally, captain Ihab sights the moby dick. He sails a small boat and orders other crew to sail some small boats on the sea. They run after the white whale and harpoon it but the gigantic whale destroys the boats killing the crew including Ihab. Eventually, Ishmael is saved by the grace of almighty, who actually tells the story. Finally, captain Ihab’s non-stop fury causes his fellow shipmates death and culminates into his damnation.
Dear viewers, the culmination of Ihab’s fury conveys an important message to us– our fury and ambitious nature for revenging causes ours’ plight. John Huston has masterfully cinematized this movie. This movie is full of adventures and suspense which will take any audience away from his time!!!
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Dear Razon,
Thank you for your vivid description.I could watch the movie by your eyes.Here is in fact the success of a reviewer.Still,I would love to venture the movie myself.
Thank you again.
Shamsi
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there can be acceptance of the view that we,the human beings,should not cross human limitation
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Good review. The movie is a superb creation of a skilled maker. You will be thrilled to see the way the white whale demolished the pride of Ihab. Thanks.
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There is a conflict between two forces: Nature and human strength
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@ Shamsi Madam, thank you for appreciating my review.
@ Irina Madam, thank you for your comment.
@ Rashel Sir, you are right Sir. We shouldn't cross our limit. Whatever we do we should keep one thing in our mind that we are human being.
I heard about the novel from our respected Dean Sir. When he told us the summary of the novel in our class from that moment I became a big fan of the novel.I wanted to read the book but I couldn't . I kept myself satisfied with reading the summary of the novel and watching the movie. This movie is really superb.....
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I heard about the novel from our respected Dean Sir. When he told us the summary of the novel in our class from that moment I became a big fan of the novel.I wanted to read the book but I couldn't . I kept myself satisfied with reading the summary of the novel and watching the movie. This movie is really superb.....
Dear Razon,
The above statement is also true for me.
Your review and findings are very fact full. I hope you will continue......
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Thanks brother.....