pcsimonson1651 Stiff acting!! CGI whale looks more fake than the puppet model in the Huston version. Starbuck had a modern California accent, and he came across like he was bored and couldn't wait to say his lines, and get out of there. Richard Baseheart was a far far far better actor then that baby faced kid playing "Ishmael" Patrick Stewart did NOT play a convincing role as Ahab...it was just Stewart playing Stewart. Gregory Peck actually was Ahab in the earlier version. Even little Pip was better portrayed i the Huston version then this bomb. In fact the entire cast seemed to be bored and just wanted to get it over with. Many of the others did also.

jacobjohntaylor1 I herd that is this a was great story. So I thought it would be a good movie. It is not. 6.5 what a bunch of hype. This is a 4. What an awful story line. And what an awful ending. Moby Dick (1930) is so mush better. Do not see this movie. Great actors wasted there talent being in this movie. Do not see it. It is awful. It is not scary. If you want to see something scary see King Kong (1933). Son of Kong is also very scary. King Kong (1976) is scarier. Do not see this movie. If you like good horror stories you will not like this movie. If you like good movies you not like this movie. Do not see it. It is a awful.

Lee Eisenberg So Gregory Peck's final appearance was in a movie based on the same story as one of his best movies. However, this version of "Moby Dick" is a little hard to take seriously. You see, Ahab is played by Capt. Picard, and Ishmael is played by ET's friend. A previous reviewer noted that they took so much out of the story that no character seems to have any motivation.But still, it's a pretty fun romp seeing the men sailing around the world on the Pequod, looking for the whale who bit off Ahab's leg. Maybe there might be a better version of it one day. On second thought, just stick with the 1956 version.

TexasRedge I didn't even know that this film even existed until one day I was at the check-out counter at my local Wal-Mart store and the had a shelf/table full of discounted videos(you know-the ones thay couldn't sell at full price,so they move them to the front of the store and mark the price way down) And being a lover of films, I took the liberty to sift through these to see if there was anything there that might peek my interest. ....and that is when I found Moby Dick. So,I purchased the film for only $3.99I remember reading Moby Dick in my 8th grade Jr.High class and I also remeber that I didn't like it, and I remeber wondering why this story had been so popular for so many years, and I remeber wondering why it had became such a timeless classic. Dispite the fact that I didn't like Moby Dick as a novel, for some reason I though I might Enjoy this film. Seeing how I only had $4 bucks invested in it - it seemed that I couldn't go wrong.I ended up liking everything about this film but the story.The Music is first rate, the costumes are great,The acting is very well done. In fact this is one of the best quality Made for TV films of the 1990's (exclunding epic mini-series which are always done much better than single Made for TV films like this one). My problem with Moby Dick was that the source material for this film(the Moby Dick novel itself)isn't good to start with. Once again just like when I was 14 and in the 8th grade (only now I'm 32) I must admit that my yunger 14 year old self was right. this story is pointless. Captain Ahab chases a Albino(White) whale all over the world because he is own a revenge quest to kill the great white whale nick-named Moby Dick. only to get him self and his entire crew killed in the process. leaving only the stories main charactor as the sole survivor.Once again at age 32(just like when I was 14)I found myself wondering why this story has managed to stand up to the test and time and still remain one of the worlds great literary classics. The story has always been pointless to me. However this movie did absoletly the best they could with the source material that had. I guess the best way to make a movie thats not very good is to base it on a classic novel that not very good to start with.I gave this film 6 out of 10 stars- only because the production,Music, cast and crew did a very fine job. it the story Moby Dick that stinks