tikabuki This was a very bad remake of an amazing film. The acting was good but the script was hugely long with none of the wonderful suspense and effects of the original film. Essentially the entire book/movie was re-written as an entirely different story. It lacked everything that was amazing about the original film including the small nuances such as the seagulls, the prophesy and the way it came to pass or the way the coffin was carved. It held my interest for the first installment but I was disappointed with myself for watching the whole thing.

jacobjohntaylor1 I herd that is this a was great story. So I thought it would be a good movie. It is not. 6.5 what a bunch of hype. This is a 4. What an awful story line. And what an awful ending. Moby Dick (1930) is so mush better. Do not see this movie. Great actors wasted there talent being in this movie. Do not see it. It is awful. It is not scary. If you want to see something scary see King Kong (1933). Son of Kong is also very scary. King Kong (1976) is scarier. Do not see this movie. If you like good horror stories you will not like this movie. If you like good movies you not like this movie. Do not see it. It is a awful.

Lee Eisenberg So Gregory Peck's final appearance was in a movie based on the same story as one of his best movies. However, this version of "Moby Dick" is a little hard to take seriously. You see, Ahab is played by Capt. Picard, and Ishmael is played by ET's friend. A previous reviewer noted that they took so much out of the story that no character seems to have any motivation.But still, it's a pretty fun romp seeing the men sailing around the world on the Pequod, looking for the whale who bit off Ahab's leg. Maybe there might be a better version of it one day. On second thought, just stick with the 1956 version.

StarCastle99 Usually I don't expect much out of movies made for TV. They're seven acts, instead of the traditional three, which makes plotting difficult. They work on miniscule budgets, and usually use actors on their way up or their way down. Not to be compared with theatrical motion pictures - apples and oranges. However, the exception proves the rule.This is an epic telling of the Melville story. Okay, most of you probably had a bad experience reading the novel. You end up asking why Ahab was prepared to give his life for catching or killing the great albino whale. The answer is that Ahab and the Whale are inexorably bound in life. The whale is Ahab's grab for the eternal brass ring, one that eludes him time and again.First: Best motion picture score I've ever heard for a TV Movie. Second: This picture is filmed like a theatrical, meant to be projected on a large screen. Third: My dear friend, Patrick Stewart who doesn't know how to give a bad performance. Patrick, like the whale is a force of nature, not to be denied. I've directed Patrick on a number of occasions and there's none of the nonsense you hear about the whims of great actors. Patrick comes to work prepared and when he makes a suggestion you take it very seriously.I don't care about the other online reviews putting the knock on Melville or his story. What have any of us done recently that will live for more than a century and a half. That my friends is the mark of greatness. It's an elusive butterfly that anybody who gives their life to the creative arts covets and strives to achieve. I give it a ten and defy any reader of this review to tell me why it deserves a scentila less.