Most action is based on redemption and revenge, and that's a formula. Moby Dick was formula. It's how you get to the conclusion that makes it interesting.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Besides all those whaling details, Moby Dick is about someone who's looking for something so huge, something they've wanted all their life, yet they know when they find it, it will kill them.
Revenge is a particularly interesting concept, especially the notion of whether or not it exists outside of just an abstract idea.
I think people have the wrong idea of 'Moby Dick' as this somber, boring thing.
Reading 'Moby-Dick' helps you discover how to live.
Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody's acting.
Action is character.
The thing about Moby Dick is that, at heart, it's a very simple plot - there's only one white whale in the ocean. When you're a boy growing up in a hostile home, you imagine it's unique: it's happening only to you.
Revenge is a powerful motivator.
I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.
'Moby-Dick' has a remarkable way of resonating with whatever is going on in the world at that particular moment.