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[PhoenixDark]

That looks horrible. Everything is getting a prequel this days, I wonder what's next.

 

[BLACKLAC]

I like it.

 

[Solo]

That looks horrible. Everything is getting a prequel this days, I wonder what's next.

The Bible

 

[Busty]

For an early teaser trailer it worked even if it didn't 'flow' right.

I'm in.

Also it's interesting that WB are releasing this in March. That's traditionally when they've done well with films like 300 and Clash Of The Titans. I wonder if they will try and sell this film the same way?

 

[jett]

The Bible

LUCIFER UNTOLD

It writes itself.

 

[More_Badass]

That looks horrible. Everything is getting a prequel this days, I wonder what's next.

What are you talking about? This isn't a prequel to anything

 

[TOP SHOTTA]

That looks horrible. Everything is getting a prequel this days, I wonder what's next.

Are you thinking it's a prequel of some kind to Moby Dick.
I guess I can see why someone may think that, but it's not the case.
What did you mean by this?

 

[Raptor]

Haven't seen Rush, have to remedy that.

This looks decent enough.

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

Are you telling me there is a chance that we get 2 good Ron Howard films in a row? Looks really decent.

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

That's a heavy-handed tedious, boring trailer. I hope that's not indicative of the movie. It looks almost like they were going for a Ten Comandments/Noah religious kind of feel. Almost as if they are saying "if you believe this, you'll believe anything".
I like Ron Howard in general, but this should have been Rush on a boat.

 

[Jimothy]

That trailer didn't feel like the book at all. I pictured a more There Will Be Blood-esque aesthetic and this looks like over produced crap. I'm not optimistic about Howard portraying the brutality of whaling either which is a shame, cuz holy shit was it absolutely barbaric.

 

[Scoot McNairy]

That trailer didn't feel like the book at all. I pictured a more There Will Be Blood-esque aesthetic and this looks like over produced crap. I'm not optimistic about Howard portraying the brutality of whaling either which is a shame, cuz holy shit was it absolutely barbaric.

Eh? Watching this trailer gave me proper TWBB vibes.

 

[lazybones18]

Well I loved Rush, so I might give this movie a chance

 

[Valtýr]

WHITE WHALE

HOLY GRAIL.

 

[Dan]

I was kind of with it until the big action kicked in. The CGI got pretty rough and the whole thing seemed to get overblown and ridiculous.

 

[TOP SHOTTA]

I was kind of with it until the big action kicked in. The CGI got pretty rough and the whole thing seemed to get overblown and ridiculous.

That's just the thing. From what I've read (and we're talking about a lot) the amount of action and the effects were perfect to me. Exactly as crazy as it is supposed to be and not much more. That movie poster is the only thing that's off - and it is way off, but those things aren't supposed to be literal interpretations of the movie. I still don't think they needed to embellish the Essex whale.

I haven't done a scale measurement, but the Essex whale was estimated to be 80-85 feet long. The whaleboats were about 25 feet. So the whale depicted in the poster is roughly more than twice the size it should be. Maybe more like 3x.

This was the Titanic sinking of the day. This was talked about and referred to for 50-75 years later. This whale was a real motherfucker.
Bad day. Unheard of event. It changed the industry.

 

[Blader]

Pushed back to December 11

 

[Akahige]

Pushed back to December 11

I guess that's a damn good sign about the quality of the film.