Netflix's true survival story comes to life with Marvel Stars

The author Jonathan Klotz
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There's no rhyme or reason to what's becoming a streaming hit, a recent box office bomb Horizon: An American Saga and Furiosa: The Mad Max Saga Becoming a Netflix hit makes some sense, but surprisingly, the historical adventure In the heart of the seaThey were joined by the 2015 box office dip. Directed by Ron Howard, the film grossed just $25 million in theaters, but streaming success is becoming increasingly important these days. With Chris Hemsworth, Tom Holland and Cillian Murphy in the cast, it's no wonder that curious subscribers have watched the film.

The inspiration for Moby Dick

In the heart of the sea tells the story of a whaling ship, Essexwhich was attacked by a great white whale and forced the crew to take refuge on three smaller whaling boats. Drifting on the open ocean, the crew fights for survival against the weather, the ocean and each other. With Ron Howard behind the camera, the story is both gorgeous and harrowing, but it's all the more dramatic because it's based on a true story.

The Essex was a real whaling ship that sank in 1820, and there were only a handful of survivors, but two of them, first mate Chase Owen and cabin boy Thomas Nickerson, eventually wrote about the incident when they returned home. Nantucket. In the heart of the sea is a dramatic retelling of their stories, adapting historian Nathaniel Philbrick's fiction book of the same name. If you are interested in whale which capsized a ship described as a “great white whale” helped inspire Herman Melville when he wrote Moby Dickwhich you probably never knew was partially based on a true story.

Superstar Cast rescued from obscurity

It is not the lovers of classic literature who pushed forward In the heart of the sea Netflix on top streaming chart, but instead it was the increased power of the three leading stars. Over the past ten years since the film's original release, Chris Hemsworth has become known as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Tom Holland is Spider-Man, and Cillian Murphy became a star thanks to Peaky Blinders and Oppenheimer. in 2015, while Hemsworth had already played Thor The Avengershe wasn't in the solo draw, and Holland landed the role of Peter Parker thanks in part to his performance as Nickerson, the saloon boy.

Future superstars did not take In the heart of the sea easy too, partly because the men playing are stranded in the open ocean and partly because of Ron Howard's decision to create a storm for them. Instead of relying entirely on CGI, Howard blasted the sailors on board with cold water cannons to experience the true feeling of being hit by the ocean's fury. Hemsworth cited the film as the most difficult and demanding of his career, but he was rewarded with critical acclaim for his performance upon release.

Although critics liked the film, it suffered from a poor release date where it was clearly intended as a counter-program to Warner Bros., a studio that can't seem to do anything right. In Heart of the seaold-fashioned historical drama premiered on December 11, 2015, a week before Star Wars: The Force Awakens, one of the most successful films in human history. It turns out that the film was simply ahead of its time, and the cast's rise to superstardom has fueled interest in their past works, and a survival adventure on the high seas is a better choice than watching. Black hat.

In the heart of the sea now streaming on Netflix.