Mother nature's fury is epitomized by a giant whale in this thriller about a ship and its crew men in a battle for their lives. Thank you for joining us once again in this epic journey of mental rehabilitation. This edition's movie features a star-studded cast and is worthy of an epic rating. Enjoy reading.
- Wealth at all Cost
The movie starts with a narrator talking about the rush for whale oil, which was used as fuel to light street lamps. Imagine killing an entire humongous whale just for its oil?
During the periods of commercial whaling there was a great rush among ship companies and sea men to catch and kill whales, just to extract oil from the whale's head. What a wastage!
It is typical human scenario, for people to rush after and copy what someone else appears to be profiting from, without regards to the consequences or negative impacts. For example, if one person makes money from selling hard drugs or from online fraud, many people soon follow suit attempting to also make money from it. Instead of analyzing and being displeasured by the activity up to even chiding the individual.
It is important to understand that everyone has a gift that can become lucrative if properly harnessed, and not everything that appears profitable is advisable. The problem of having a mentality of wealth at all cost is also discussed in our movie review of Trigger Warning.
- The Burden of Leadership
"To be a Captain you cannot be a friend, you are their superior and you must make them understand that!", Captain Pollard (Benjamin Walker) gets advised before setting sale with the doom fated Essex.
Is it impossible to lead with love? Why does one need a domineering attitude towards leadership? Can't we all just get along?
Human beings tend to prioritize fear over love, even though love is ultimately more beneficial.
Many leaders have tried leading with love but ended up with the wrong result, mutiny or being deposed. Arch-angel Michael's attempt at guiding the human race with love has resulted in the death of many messengers of God, including Jesus. See 'Our Perspective sections and our eBooks for more insight.
The effects of a world lead by fear is vividly evident for everyone to see. In the media daily we see news of wars, discrimination, and unfortunate experiences. In a world of love there will be much joy and prosperity. Let us learn to be responsible towards our duties without needing to be forced. We are after all an intelligent species.
- Stories for Social Control
The rush for whale oil lead to a population decline in whales and ultimately a ban on commercial whaling in 1986.
The rebellious nature of humans creates a tendency to flaunt the rules. Therefore, humans have historically been guided by stories and legends.
For example, telling kids that evil spirits habit the evil forest would prevent them from wandering off. Another example can be found in religious stories that talk about the punishment of hell to prevent irrational behaviour.
Therefore, the story of Moby Dick served as a social programming story to help men overcome the madness of killing whales.
Stories for social programming are quite effective but we should be conscious of the overall effect of such stories on our human race journey.
- Hazards of Wrongness
Moby Dick attacks and destroys the ship resulting in the ship's crew abandoning ship. In the ensuing chaos, whale oil gallons explode trapping Mr. Owen Chase in the wreckage.
Disasters and Hazards are a consequence of wrongness. When we ignore the right things and pursue the wrong things madly, we create hazards to life, assets, and the ecological environment.
Moby Dick and the disasters from whaling might belong in the past, but there are still stories of explosions and hazardous mishaps in crude oil producing communities, including high fatality oil pipeline explosions, Water and farmland pollution, and vigilante violence. The negative stories of crude oil are quite stomach churning.
Humanity needs to rise above easy influence boosted by the pursuit of vanity. We need a more responsible mindset, especially in lure of our desires to ascend the cosmos. Everything expands, advances, or grows, therefore if we have a wrong approach towards things, that wrongness would linger and create much greater hazards in the future.
- Arrogant Hunters
The surviving crew men are marooned on an island they never knew existed. Isn't it arrogant to exploit something you don't understand?
How much do we really know about our world? Do we know the dimensions of the Seas or the actual depth of the Ocean? Can we pull our world apart in a computer simulation that would show the land mass, both height and width, of each continent and Islands including how the land masses connect underneath the waters?
There's much to learn about our world and even our body still holds much questions for scientists. For example, how does the nervous system control mobility and how can it help restore physical balance to paralyzed people who have no visible sign of injury on their limbs?
If we follow due process that's vetted for negative side-effects, rather than hold on to a battle of supremacy embellished in vanity and the abuse of feminine sexuality, we would fair better generally. The collateral damage to women is enough for a total mental rehabilitation.
- We Are No Match
To buttress the fact of the relative mightiness of mother nature, Moby Dick casually swims by the boat of the ill fated crew men, with a broken harpoon sticking out its head. Ship first-mate Owen (Chris Hemsworth) rejects the temptation to stick his harpoon at the easy target while the rest of the crew scream 'stab it, strike it, shoot it'. Owen reaches an elevated level of understanding the wrongness of whaling and the lesson is learnt. He understands the madness of thinking a huge whale can be killed by a little rescue boat and the wastage of killing it without reasonable cause.
In reality, we are a tiny speck in the grand scheme of things compared to the force of nature. Our entire trace and race can be wiped out by an asteroid or meteor flying through space. We owe more to nature than we deserve and we should respect the balance of things. This includes our sexual life because we are connected to the planetary bodies and the physical flow of our mentality is reflected in the alignment of planetary bodies.
It might sound ridiculous or unrealistic, but it is a well known fact that animals have a heightened sense of impending natural disasters and we are only a different type of animal. An higher more intelligent specie of animals, therefore our connection to nature is much stronger. Even though we seem to have lost touch. We are one with nature, and our affairs guides Mother nature's flow. Slowly but surely the results of our actions come. Let us be mindful and aware of consequences and long term implications of our actions. See our eBooks for more insight.
This movie turned out to be an exciting and thrilling take on the classic Moby Dick story. It was definitely one worth watching.
Thank you for joining us in uncovering hidden meanings in films and movies and hopefully you had a nice and enlightening time reading through this review. Enjoy the rest of your week.
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