Customer Ratings & Reviews

The tale of the Essex is a remarkable story. It offers the high adventure of a shipwreck and prolonged effort at rescue. It provides a window into the life of whalers at sea and an overview of a colorful, bygone industry that, as several of the characters note, provided light and fuel to the world in the era before gas and oil. There's even the possibility of a Captain Bligh/Mr. Christian conflict in the characters of Pollard and Chase (an option with which ItHotS flirts but doesn't develop). Above all, the story provides an opportunity to explore both the hubris of human illusions that nature can be mastered and the intimate drama of conflict and cooperation among individuals pushed to the edge—the same explosive mixture that James Cameron exploited so effectively in Titanic. Howard's film touches on all of these elements, then shortchanges them in an effort to invest the story with Melville's profundity. He would have been better off remaking Moby-Dick. A decent Blu-ray, especially for the audio, but not recommended as a film.

This is a upconverted 4k movie. So quality isn't much better than a 1080p blu ray.

I would recommend this movie to anyone! The story is amazing! I loved watching it in 3D, however it would be great in any format.

Great movie, great picture, great atmos, Chris hemsworth's dialect....? Awful.

Great period peace outlining the inspiration for Herman Melville's "Moby Dick". Fantastic story and performances.

Great adaptation of this classic story. Good action and acting.

An epic tale about the true events that inspired the story Moby Dick.

Overall great 3D movie for the movie. Even the kids enjoy the film.

Great acting and crisp details in 4K make this classic tale shine.

More mature take on a classic tale with great score and ok story.

It was ok the graphics were really good so was story line

Well portrayed by actors. Bringing real life to the big screen

Feel like your there on the ship, great depth and amazing cg. Story is good yet simple. Good performances.

I would recommend watching in 3d. Not the best 3d, but good.

Tells the story that inspired Melville. Very well acted

this is a good movie and looks great on 4K as well

Great movie start to finish. Would work as a classic even if it wasnt a retelling of moby dick.

movie is entertaining but the ending is very weak.

This was a very interesting movie with great special effects. The picture is top notch.

The difference between the Blu-ray and the 4K is surprising!! Wow the detail!!