Who are we supposed to be rooting for here?
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Isnam777 — 13 years ago(June 01, 2012 04:33 AM)
Ha! I was always kinda partial to the crazy Vietnam vet character myself, "I think you are gonna hire that guy!" and the English perv Niles Standish, "Betty, I could get you on the guest list. How does that sound?"
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Lunchbox-3 — 12 years ago(April 29, 2013 10:07 AM)
I've always maintained this movie is a reverse Moby Dick. A man harms a whale and the whale spends his life trying to get revenge against the evil man, but in the process the whale becomes the very monster it's trying to destroy.
Of course Nolan doesn't put up a fight, he lets himself be killed because he knows he's in the wrong, so he's not really that evil. -
darryl-tahirali — 11 years ago(September 03, 2014 02:38 PM)
I've always maintained this movie is a reverse Moby Dick. - Lunchbox-3
I'm sure this movie was pitched to Paramount as, "It's
Jaws
meets
Moby Dick
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AaronCapenBanner — 12 years ago(July 22, 2013 01:52 PM)
Orca and his family were the victims here, and his actions are similar to Paul Kersey's from
Death Wish
I & II!
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lm362 — 9 years ago(September 14, 2016 12:36 AM)
Nolan was also a victim. He had guilt over not doing anything to the drunk driver that killed his wife and son and wrongly thought the orca's actions showed more love for its family than he did for his. His wrong attitude made him a victim. I felt sorry for him.
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pierce-mn1 — 11 years ago(April 26, 2014 12:23 PM)
Oh, come on! The whale, of course, because nature wins out over man. Also, Charlotte Rampling is wandering around the Arctic in designer clothes not appropriate for below zero temperatures and you don't think that's cheesy? That's what makes this movie so much fun!
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dbzgal04 — 11 years ago(May 09, 2014 09:32 PM)
I started out rooting for the whale, but he turned into an a$$hole too, so nobody to root for in this film.
the whale spends his life trying to get revenge against the evil man, but in the process the whale becomes the very monster it's trying to destroy.
Very well put. I lost all sympathy for the orca when he bit Annie's leg off. -
david_ash99 — 11 years ago(August 24, 2014 01:53 AM)
Not sure who we are supposed to be rooting for here. But I will say one thing. The Orca seems to know his way around a glacier. Somehow I think that if it comes to an Ice Bucket Challenge, the Orca will emerge the winner!
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pavel-959-574618 — 9 years ago(April 28, 2016 08:42 AM)
The bad guy is whoever wrote the script.
The good guys were the actors who managed to speak some of the silliest dialogue lines without breaking into laugh.
Still a fun movie to watch. It was my favorite movie when it came out, but of course, I was very young at the time.
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