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1. Same thing as Xmas decorations before Halloween

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 06:08 PM

Dec 2015

We went to see "In the Heart of the Sea", supposed to tell the TRUE story which led to the creation of Moby Dick. It was great! All the whales were CGI, and the cinematography was stunning. The closest thing to a similar plot was the Odyssey. But the most unusual part of the movie was the lesson in economics:

The board of inquiry wanted the sailors to lie and say the ship ran aground. They didn't want people to know that a giant, vengeful whale destroyed the ship and pursed the sailors until they escaped the sea or died. Otherwise, they couldn't get insurance for their ships, nor sailors. The story ends with the announcement of oil coming from the ground: the petroleum strike of 1850. Probably the only reason there are any whales alive today, that plus Moby Dick, the Avenger!

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